£1500 Fire at Luna Park
SYDNEY, Monday.— A 75ft. tower in front of the entrance to Luna Park caught fire on Saturday night. Damage estimated…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
359 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 18
Fought Fire with Bare Hands
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Using his bare hands to prevent the spread of a fire which broke out in a city workroom, a man saved…
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KATOOMBA, Thurs. — As a goods train was passing through Katoomba last night it was noticed that a truck containing eight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fresh Fires Cause Exodus From Stricken Texas City
NEW YORK, April 18.—“The evacuation of the lower metropolitan area of Texas City was ordered last night [?] fresh fires in the oil refinery and a shifting wind caused new threats to this devastated Gulf of Mexico port, where 70 city blocks were wrecked in 30 hours of utter tragedy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dingo Killer, Between Two Fires, Has Life of Destruction Ended
One of the dingoes which has been causing havoc amongst sheep for many months, has been run to earth. Its killings came to an end last week after an exciting chase which cornered it in an area surrounded by an electric fence, which sheepowners, on their own initiative, and at their own expence, erected for protection. The frenzied animal, trapped on one side by the electric fence, which…
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NEW YORK, April 23.—A warehouse containing ammonium nitrate burst into flames in Texas City yesterday, seven days after the disastrous explosions caused by the same chemical that killed hundreds of people and demolished large…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Damage estimation at £18,000 was caused by a fire at Fielding’s Permit Paste factory at Woolloongabba…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →History of Local Fire Engines
The first fire engine was stationed in Dungog on the 1st January, 1924. This was a horse-drawn turbine engine and was comparatively slow…
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A brand new Tennis engined Fire Engine, one of the latest. models, arrived in Dungog on Tuesday afternoon from Sydney. It was driven up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Morning Call for Fire Brigade
Members of Singleton fire brigade were out early yesterday morning in answer to a call to fire. The outbreak occurred in a lavatory at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. “Attlee Pepper Bombed” at Fire
LONDON, April 26.—university students at St. Andrew’s, fire, “pepper bombed” Mr. Attlee as he finished his speech…
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COQUIMBO (Chile), April 27.— Nine men lost their lives when a series of explosions rocket the blazing petrol laden coastal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Killed in Fresh Calcutta Mots Police Fire on Crowds
BOMBAY, April 30—Three persons were billed and six injured when police fired 23 rounds in the centre of .Calcutta during further serious rioting yesterday. Reuter says that the disturbance began when a bomb…
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WASHINGTON (Associated Press).—Washington foremen offered this explanation for a fire that burned off…
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East and West[?] brigades tuned [?] afternoon when [?] a fish soup…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →16 Killed and 20 Wounded in Acre Prison Raid British Troops Open Fire Ambush At Haifa
NEW YORK, May 6.—The latest casualty figures resulting from the Jewish terrorist raid on the Acre prison in Palestine are officially added up to the total of 16 dead and 20 wouned. The dead were six Jewish terrorists, who wore stolen British…
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The Hunter District Water Board has agreed to provide 27 new are hydrants in West Maitland at an estimated cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parking Breaches Under Fire At City Council
The parking problem in Maitland was becoming desperate and breaches were to be observed every minute of the day, said Ald. J. V. [?]ennedy at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Insurance Divisions to Be Investigated
Maitland City Council Is to seek Information from the Underwriters Association concerning the determination of divisions for fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Detectives Fire Warning Shot
SYDNEY, Friday. — Five youths were arrested after detectives fired a warning shot in a 60-mile-an-hour…
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