Mystery Fire At Katoomba
KATOOMBA, Wed.—A fully-furnished four-roomed fibro cottage at Katoomba was totally destroyed by a mysterious five…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
309 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 16
Lorry Knocks Fire Alarm Off Post
A lorry, owned by Plumbers’ Supplies, and driven by David Maxwell Avery, 17, of Lochinvar, this morning knocked a fire alarm box off a…
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SYDNEY: A fire in a goods truck near Newnes Junction destroyed nine 10-gaIIon kegs of beer, a quantity of bottled beer, a new piano,…
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SYDNEY, Sat—Damage exceeding £10,000 was caused by a fire which partly destroyed the Lion brick and tile works at…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The bushfire danger was Increasing in some coastal and inland centres, a spokesman tor the State…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two firemen fighting a fire at Rushcutters Bay early to-day were severely burned when blazing plastic fell on them…
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THE excessive heat of recent days serves to again direct public attention to the need for the utmost caution in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: Bush Fire Legislation Needed Resignations of Hungarian Officials In U.S. Reaction To Conviction of Cardinal Mindszenty
LONDON, Feb. 9.—Resignations by Hungarian consulate officials in the United States form part of a fresh upsurge of world-wide protests which have followed the conviction and life sentence imposed on the Hungarian Primate,…
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Lightning during last night's storm caused an electric light switch to burn out at the home of Mr. Basil George Bessoff, in Moore-street, Cessnock,…
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An 18-months-old baby, Kerry Hunt, was burned to death, and five other people injured, one seriously, when a fire destroyed a weatherboard…
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CESSNOCK, Saturday.— For the second time in two days, lightning struck and set alight to a building In Cessnock at the…
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GUAYAQUIL (Ecuador), Feb. 14—At least six people were killed and 15 injured en Saturday night when an angry mob set fire to the “El Commercio” newspaper building at Quito, housing a radio station which had broadcast…
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In its report to last meeting of the Merriwa Shire Council, the works committee (Crs. J. A. Henderson (chairman), and J. J. Cannon) said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flash From Electricity Short Blinded Fire Officer Fire at Sawmills
Sub-Station Officer J. Kennedy, who was in charge of firemen at O'Hara'a Sawmilis on Friday night, when lightning struck the main electricity switch,…
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LITHGOW, Wed. — Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire in a storeroom at the rear of a building used as…
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Maitland firemen to-day extinguished a grass fire near the foodpath in Parallel-street, opposite High-street railway station…
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Early on Friday morning last the motor garage at Cassilis, owned by Mr. Keith Lennon, was completely destroyed by fire…
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Two composite-timber "houses" were constructed, 8' x 8' x 8', with a standard sprinkler valve In each celling, so that comparative tests could be made,…
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AUCKLAND. Monday. — Two women lost their lives when fire destroyed a large boarding-house in Remuera, an Auckland…
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Firemen from eight brigades donned gas-masks to fight a fire in packing cases in the basement of the State Government’s…
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