Grass Fires at Kurri
Three grass fires were attended and quickly subdued by members of the Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade on Wednesday. The first occurred in grass and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
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Fire Threatens Port
SIMONSTOWN, Feb. 6. — A great fire sweeping down the mountainside on a four and a half mile front endangered the…
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CAPETOWN, Feb. 7.—A fresh bushfire broke out at Simontown naval base yesterday and a few hours after the district’s worst…
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LONDON, Feb. 8.—West Berlin police feel that fire hoses, rather than tanks, will be the best answer to the rumoured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reassurance on City’s Fire Protection Council Told That Arrangements Are Adequate
The Board of Fire Commissioners has sent Maitland Council a letter reassuring the council about the position of fire fighting arrangements in Maitland. The city was quite safe, it said…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— A fire which swept through the first floor of a two-storey building in Haymarket this morning is…
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The future of Alerdare Extended mine will depend on the success of steps being taken to combat a new fire which has developed in old…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →City’s Fire Protection “Going Backwards,” Volunteer Fireman Says
Maitland was moving forward but its fire protection was going backwards, Mr. Hunt, a volunteer member of Maitland Fire Brigade, said to-day. He described as a retrograde step…
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SINGLETON, Tuesday:—[?] Volunteer Fire Brigade[?] extinguished a fire in the home[?] owned by Mrs. Noble, at the [?]…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A clothing factory in Chuter Avenue, Ramsgate, was gutted by Are early to-day…
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A fire at the premises owned by Mrs. Noble, on the corner of Goulburn and Broilghton Streets, Singleton, on…
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The century old convict-built hotel at Ourimbah, near Gosford, was gutted by fire this morning. The hotel was a…
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GUNNEDAH. Monday.—A fire which broke out at Gunnedah railway station, about 6 o’clock last night extensively damaged…
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Ship passenger's indifference toward the hazard of fire at sea is doubtless a major reason for the backwardness of ship…
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AUCKLAND, Feb. 21 (AAP-Reuter).—An employees and two firemen were injured when the factory of Droid Products Ltd…
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LONDON. Feb. 21 (A.A.P).—All 115 passengers and the crew were rescued when fire broke out on a Danish ship seven miles off the…
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PITTSBURG, Feb. 22— Ficeman fought their way through pickets yesterday to put out a fire at a coalmine near Brookville,…
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Ship passengers' indifference to-ward the hazard of fire at sen is doubtless a major reason for the backwardness of ship builders in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bellbird Fire Under Control Some Days Before Colliery Works
The lire which broke out in the eastside of No. 3 tunnel at Bell bird Colllery was under control, the Miners District Check Inspector…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—In an atmosphere of intense heat, smoke and dust and under dangerous roof conditions, mine workers are stiff battling in Bellbird colliery to save a large section of the mine which has fired and threatens the…
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