First Bush Fire This Season Maison Dieu-camberwell Firemen in Action
Fifteen firemen from the Maison Dieu and Camberwell Bushfire Brigades went into action for the first time on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
384 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 20
Alleged Cause of Fires
MUSWELLBROOK: At the council meeting Aid. E. H. Thompson alleged that two grass area recently at Bengalla and…
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The house occupied by Mr. Huckstaadt at Karuah and owned by Mr.[?] Peache, was entirely destroyed with all contents at Karuah on Monday afternoon. It is not…
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A fire broke out in a hayshed on a property occupied by Mr. E. Lawlor at Phoenix Park, Morpeth, at 4.30 a.m. to-day. The…
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GUATEMALA CITY, Dec. 17.— Eleven persons, Including an Infant, are reported to have been killed and 16 injured when a…
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Insurance cover against fire for the showground bandings Is fur too low. the Northern Agricultural Relation president (Mr K. Warburton) said at Its meeting on Saturday…
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East and West Maitland toe brigades were called out to two grass fires yesterday. West Maitland brigade attended a small grass fire…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday. — The bush fires racing uncontrolled through miles of heavily timbered county In the Blue Mountains…
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EVANS BEAD, Tuesday.—A large fire which broke out In the hangar of the R.A.F. station at Evans Head about 10.30 to-day is…
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CANBERRA, Tues. — The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) after a meeting of cabinet to-day said that the Commonwealth Government would…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Most of the State was like a “tinder box,” the chairmen of the Bushfires Advisory Committee, Mr. H. E. Messer, said. The executive member of the…
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East Maitland Fire Brigade this afternoon extinguished a small fire which had broken out in a vacant allotment near…
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The National. Safety Council of Australia has issued these anti-fire hints, some of which apply particularly to…
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Singleton firemen were called to attend a grass and scrub flre which threatened a coffin store at Bartrop's monumental works…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs. — The British freighter, Merchant Royal, with a cargo of wheat from Newcastle, put Into…
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Fire caused damage estimated at more than £40,000 to Mosquito bomber aircraft at a former R.A.A.F. station aerodrome at Evan's Head on…
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Supported by Columbia and Syria, the United Stales, called on the U.N.O. Security Council to order an immediate "cease fire" in Indonesia and the immediate withdrawal of Dutch troops to their side of the demilitarised zones…
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PARIS, Dee. 23.—Supported by Colombia and Syria, the United States yesterday, called on the Security Council to order an immediate cease fire in Indonesia and the immediate withdrawal of Dutch troops to their tide of the…
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The members of the Town Fire Brigade are attending regular weekly fire drill under their captain, Mr. H. Arnold. The brigade, however, is still…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Two married sisters, trapped by flames on top of a blazing shop ill Bay-street Rockdale, last night, narrowly…
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