Fire Damage
SINGLETON Monday — Only slight damage was caused when a fire occurred in the premises of Mr. V. Harris, View-street, on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1943
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Fire in View Street
The Fire Brigade received a call at 10.55 a.m. on Saturday to premises at 11 View Street, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Viv. Harris. However,…
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The annual Christmas party of Singleton Fire Brigade was held on Saturday night in the station premises, Pitt Street. There was a…
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A Chinese at Perth (W.A.), Walter Sang, who won £2000 in a lottery, threw his winning ticket into the fire…
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Crouched low in the face of enemy fire, Allied infantrymen cross a blasted railway bridge over the Voltur[?] River to drive the German iron the strategic town of Cancello, Italy…
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The equipment of the West Maitland fire station has been improved by the arrival of a new American built engine. It is one…
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SYDNEY Thurs.—A warning of the serious risk of bush fires in this State was given to-day by the Chief…
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MELBOURNE Thursday.—The death roll in the Victorian bush fires has now reached five, the latest victim being an…
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It is reported from Brisbane that thousands of pounds worth of netting fences have already been destroyed, and that heavy stock losses…
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MELBOURNE Friday. — Nine persons have now lost their lives in the devastating bush fires near Wangaratta and two firefighters…
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Thousands of pounds worth of netting and fencing were destroyed, and heavy stock losses are expected from bush fires, which have already…
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Six deaths have occurred as the result of fierce bush fires which are raging over an area of 60 square miles of country…
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WASHINGTON: Sailors’ inventiveness has reduced the peril of fire of United States aircraft carriers, which are now no longer…
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MELBOURNE Friday. — Blood plasma has been rushed [?] to Wangaratta Hospital to aid the hospital in their desperate…
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SYDNEY Monday.— The Chief Secretary, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, stated to-day that with the increase in temperatures the bush…
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LONDON Dec. 26— Swedish air travellers from Berlin reported yesterday that fires started during the R.A.F. raid on the German…
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MELBOURNE Tues.—Five of the Victorian bushfire victims in hospital are still named on the danger list and the condition of…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) again warns of the bush fire danger. Fire defences in the State were the best in history, he said…
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CANBERRA Thurs.—The award of the Victoria Cress to Private Richard Kelliher, who three times dashed through a hail of…
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MELBOURNE Friday.— The tenth fatality from the recent bush fire, Arthur Wellington, 46, of Wilawa, fanner, died In…
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