No Fire in Court Room
Again this mornings the West Maitland courtroom was without a fire The weather was utterly cold probably the coldest of the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
359 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 18
Signal Box Fire
Pangela signal box was destroyed by fire at 4 a.m. yesterday. The outbreak caused delays in rail traffic. New equipment has been installed…
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MURRURUNDI : Called out at 4 a.m. yesterday Murrurundi Fire Brigade found the signal box at Pengela railway station, four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JAVA. Army Ordered to Stand By Dutch Air Attacks Reported. Warships and Shore Batteries Exchange Fire. BATAVIA
General Soedirman, Commander in Chief of the Indonesian National Army, has ordered all Indonesian forces to "stand by for an onward march." He said Dutch aircraft had indiscriminately carried out attacks on the Republic. To the Indonesian people and the…
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Three men in a jeep yesterday opened fire on armed sentries at the gate of the Jubilee Hall, Rangoon, where bodies of General Aung San,…
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SAN JOSE (Costa Rica), July 24.—Five persons are reported to have been killed and 20 founded when Government forces fired…
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At 11.55 p.m. on Monday last a fire broke out at the residence of Thomas Matthews, at Cruickshank Street, Bellbird. Cessnock fire brigade was called,…
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NEW YORK (Associated Press) A new explanation of why haystacks sometimes catch fire spontaneously is given by…
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Whilst visiting his wife, who is in hospital, Mr. Bill Forbes of Nooroo, an ex-Digger of the last war, had the misfortune to suffer the loss of most…
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FRANKFURT (Associated Press): Some 500,000 gallons of fire-bomb jelly—left over from the American air campaign…
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A large area of grass in vacant land near High-st overbrisge West Maitland, was destroyed by fire late yesterday afternoon…
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Yesterday was one of the. coldest days of the winter, and it was a cheering sight to see a fire in the West Maitland courtroom…
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On Monday night last a garage and motor car at the residence of Mr. H. kempe, of Alexander Street, Cessnock, was destroyed by fire…
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SYDNEY, August 2. — While quests in the Crystal Palace Hotel George Street remained [?]isturbed in their [?] 60…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Fire Society” Spreading Terror in Rural China
PEIPING (Associated Press). — An organisation new to Chinese country life is spreading terror and poverty among villages re-occupied by the government after commits withdrawals, says a Government officaial who retuned to Peiping frpm a visit to his native community…
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PRAGUE, August 4.— A fire caused by the heat wave destroyed the entire village of salce, near Banska…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Hangar at Canberra
CANBERRA, Monday—Automatic sprinklers saved 20 R.A.A.F. Planes worth more than £100,000 from destruction by fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Midnight Cease Fire Order In Indonesia "No Ground for Security Council Intervention"
The order has been given to terminate Dutch action in Indonesia at midnight to-night, the Dutch Lieutenant Governor-General (Dr. Van Mook) announced in a broadcast last night. The announcement followed the decision of the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Order Given to End Dutch Action in Indonesia “Cease Fire” Order Issued By Security Council
BATAVIA, August 4 (A.A.P.-Reuter). — An order has been given to terminate the Dutch action in Indonesia at midnight to-night. A Republican Government broadcast from Jogjakarta said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fight Against Fires In Sydney, Queensland and Canberra Thousands of Pounds, Damage at Northmead —45 Flee From Boarding House— 'Planes Saved From Destruction
Menaced by falling pieces of blazing timber, 20 firemen from three brigades battled for more than an hour to control a fire which practically destroyed Northmead Eublic School at 2.30 a.m. to-day. Immediately after the fire, which caused thousands of pounds…
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