Mine Fire Almost Subdued
CESSNOCK, Wed.—The men from the South Maitland mines rescue station engaged at No. 1. tunnel of Cessnock No. 2 Colliery…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Cessnock Colliery Fire Controlled
Mines Department officers who inspected the Cessnock No. 2 colliery expressed approval of the means taken to subdue the fire…
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One of the greatest fires in New South Wales, outside of Sydney, was at West Maitland, said the Chief Officer W. H…
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“Smoke and flames shot 50 or 60 feet into the air,” declared an eye-witness who saw fire break out in the disused Ayrfield…
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Lorn Fire Station is to be closed shortly, the president of the NSW Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith)…
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CESSNOCK Friday.—The manager of Cessnock No. 2 Colliery. Mr. Barrett, to-day replied to statements made by the…
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The New South Wales Fire Service was one of the biggest fire administrations in the world, declared the President of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith), speaking to volunteer firemen at west Maitland last night…
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Another scaled mine, Ayrfield No. 1, which is between Kurri Kurri and Maitland, burst into flames on Friday when stoppings,…
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Mr. W. Dalton, Hon. Secretary. Parkville Bush Fire Brigade, writes to the Editor : SIR,—In answer to my enquiry…
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No matter what may be said to minimise the seriousness, of the disturbance at the Sydney Town Hall on Monday…
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YORK, May 9—The Russian delegate, M. Gromyko, boycotted the meeting of the Security Council which bad assembled to hear reports of the Red Army evacuation of Persia…
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The Scone District Coroner (Mr. W. T. Seaward) on Friday last conducted an inquiry into the disastrous fire which occurred in Scone on the…
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MELBOURNE, Monday—When a fire truck rah oft Point Nepean-road, Mornington, on to loose send and overturned; a junior…
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The fire which caused more than £1000 damage on the 16,000-ton liner Panamanian last night, was accidental, according to the ship's…
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SYDNEY Wed. — The fire which caused more than £1000 damage on the 16,000 ton liner Panamanian last night, was…
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Dropped in inaccessible parts of Chelan National Forest, Washington (U.S.A.), parachute fire-flghters have proved so successful in putting out…
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WERRIS CHEEK Monday—A fire, which broke out in the upper storey of the Railway Hotel at Werris Creek did damage…
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SYDNEY Wed—A fire which started in the men’s dressing room causes extensive damage to a building occupied by Chas. E…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. — Damage estimated at about £25,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the furniture factory and…
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[?] —Police fire [?] during disturbance. Groups of follo[?]…
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