Spectacular Blaze at Hamilton
NEWCASTLE Tuesday.—One of the worst fires experienced in the Newcastle district in 1945 broke out between 10 and 11…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Fire Brigade Activities for 1945
The Maitland Fire Brigade gave figures for the year 1945, showing that the brigade was: called out 76 times [?]…
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SYDNEY Wed.— Of 6870 calls to. fire brigades in the city and suborns during [?] nearly a quarter were false realise…
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A fire which started in a salvage depot near Hamilton railway yards on Monday night destroyed a foundry owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children Have Narrow Escape in Bulga Fire
Two girls and a boy had a narrow escape from being incinerated when fire destroyed a home, known as the old post office, at Bulga last…
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SYDNEY Thurs.—Gas-Producer cars were a menace in the wheat country, said the senior agricultural Instructor for south-eastern…
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SYDNEY Thurs.—Several persons received alight burns in [?] from a block of [?] which was destroyed by [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Russia Playing with Fire” Says Paper Australian Associated Press
LONDON, January 3.—The circum stances in which the Government of persis in breaking up must be viewed with [?] by the British people, says the “Daily Mail” in a leader. It adds that Moscow’s policy forced the resignations in Teheran…
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SYDNEY Friday.—Urging that the utmost care should be exercised regarding fires in the open, the Chief Secretary, Mr. J. M…
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The Maitland Fire Brigade received a call to Victoria-street, East Maitland, at 7.20 last evening, but the fire turned out to be…
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In view of the dry conditions throughout the State, the Chief Secretary (Mr Baddeley) has issued a warning that the…
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SYDNEY Sat.—When the engine of a double-double-decker bus burst into flames at the top of Tavernier’s Hill Parramatta road…
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SYDNEY Saturday.— The State forest at West Pennant Hills, where the famous Koala Park is situated, and…
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THIS is the season of the bush fire, and with a full knowledge of the terrible destruction that can be caused…
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LONDON Jan. 7.— It is not a happy beginning that the State Department’s venture should have been given a curiously aggressive…
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TAMWORTH.— Four hundred men, some of whom had no sleep for over 48 hours, fought grass and bushland fires which swept…
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The School of Arts at Corrimal and contents were destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. The damage is estimate at £5000…
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During the holidays, the weather-board shop and cafe known as "Lucky Frank's." and situated in Vincent Street, Cessnock, was totally…
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SYDNEY Wednesday.— Mrs. Grace Elizabeth Braggs Received burns to the head and shoulders in a fire which occurred in her…
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The first few days of the new year have been marked by extreme heat wave conditions and a series of bush fires in the district. The spontaneous…
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