Fires at Cessnock
CESSNOCK Friday.— Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out twice yesterday afternoon to deal with grass fires which, were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
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Brigade Attends Two Fires
West Maitland Fire Brigade, under station officer. Galbraith, received, a call yesterday, to attend an outbreak of fire at Hampton…
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The Fire Brigade was called to two outbreaks of fire yesterday. At 1 p.m. there was a call to a grass fire in Ferguson-street, and at 4.40 p.m. to a…
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SEAILAM Saturday—Bush fires are still burning firefly in the East Seaham freely Much damage has been done…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—One man was burnt to death and 80 houses were destroyed in the zushfires in Victoria this week…
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James Butler Hodgson (67), farmer, of Hedland, South Gippsland, was burned to death, many homes were destroyed, and considerable damage…
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GOSFORD Friday.— Homes in Wateral and Terrigal were threatened late yesterday by a bush fire which ravaged dry…
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Kurri Kurri fire brigade was called to a fire at the corner of Neath and Greta-sts., Pelaw, Main yesterday afternoon. A four-roomed…
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On Tuesday last, at 6.41 p.m., the Cessnock Fire Brigade was called our to a fire on a vacant allotment of land near Messrs. M. Light and Son. A…
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CAIRO March 13. — A communiqué issued, by General Headquarters yesterday declared: “There was some…
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BOMBAY March 13.—Eight persons were killed and 20 seriously injured when police fired on strikers attempting to wreck…
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NEW YORK March 13.—A small five broke out on the star board side of the Luxury liner Normandy, now lying on its…
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CANBERRA Tuesday. — The Minister for the Army Mr. Forde, revealed to-day that a coastal [?] recently fired on a trawler…
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SCONE Wednesday—A bushfire caused considerable damage to The Vale Pas. Co., Ltd., the property of Mr. Stan Holmes, of…
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SYDNEY Thursday.— The Premier (Mr. McKell), in order to prevent bushfires and to improve the brownout, has issued an…
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To keep a promise he made when addressing public meetings at various centres recently, the Chief Warden of Tarro Shire…
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To prevent bushfires and to improve the brown-out, the Premier, Mr McKell, on Wednesday issued an order under National Security…
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The town clerk of West Maitland this morning received a communication from the bush fires emergency committee of the…
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MUSWELLBROOK Monday—An attempt to “milk” a petrol tank is claimed to have been the cause of a motor lorry being damaged…
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