Fire Brigade To Be Formed At Nelson’s Bay
Port Stephens Shire Council has decided to co-operate with the Bush Fire Committee, and hare fire-fighting equipment made…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
321 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 17
Three Dead in Cruise Ship River Fire
QUEBEC, August 16.—Three bodies recovered yesterday from the charred wreck of the cruise ship Quebec, which caught fire…
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NEW YORE, Aug. 19. — An American freighter, the 7247-ton Russell R. Jones, was yesterday reported to be on fire on the edge…
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SAN FRANCISCO, August 21— Evacuation of four towns in the Pine Valley (California) settlement was ordered yesterday when…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A change of wind saved a row of houses from destruction by a fire which gutted a factory at…
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Detective Sergeant D. G. Sutherland, of Maitland CIB, is carrying out inquiries in connection with the fire which broke…
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When a blind man smelled smoke at his home at 79 Bridge-street, Cessnock, this morning he called the local Fire Brigade…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—With only a towel around his waist, a young man dashed into a blaring cottage at Merrylands to-day…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— A nightwatchman fired three shots at an intruder after he had disturbed him at a Roselle factory late last…
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A quantity of wearing apparel was damaged by a fire which started in the laundry of a house owned by Mr. James McLaughian, at 41…
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Fire, which destroyed a bulk store on Sawyer's Gully-road, Abermain, on Tuesday, caused damage estimated at approximately £2,500…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Firemen from all over Sydney are fighting a terrific blaze in a big storage shed at the railway…
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SYDNEY, Mon—Amid shattering explosion and dense black smoke, Aremen from all over Sydney are fighting a terrific blaze…
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A second-hand utility truck bought only last week by E. Kilroy was damaged by fire when being driven by W. Williams along the New England…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Ruins of the fire which destroyed the Railway Department’s bulk store in Abattoir Road, Lilyfield,…
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The director of transport and highways (Mr. R. Winsor) stated, last night that a preliminary report from the Railway…
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An open verdict was returned by district coroner, Mr. V.R. Jenkins, this afternoon, after evidence had been heard at Maitland courthouse at an inquiry touching the origin of a fire, on August 21, which destroyed a tent at Eastville,…
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A fire yesterday in a shed at Y[?]an, in the north-west at New South Wales destroyed wool valued at £11,000…
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When Kevin John Garland was starting his motor cycle on Tuesday evening the machine burst into flame as a result of a petrol leak in the…
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Backed by the insurance companies, which contribute 75 per cent, of its total revenue, the N.S.W. Fire Brigades Service…
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