Tram Fire Follows Collision Sydney
Passengers and crew scrambled to safely when a dram collided with a lorry and caught fire in Elisabeth street, city to-day…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
533 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 27
Bush Fires Rage in Queensland Brisbane
Huge fires are raging in South West Queensland, and last night it was estimated that two million acres of bush and grass were…
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An R.A.A.F. plane surveying bushfires in south-western Queensland yesterday plotted 2½ million acres burned out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Out Of Control BRISBANE
Bush fires continue to rage over much country in south-west Queensland. At Mitland 100 man are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Area Destroyed By Fire in Queensland
An R.A.A.F. "plane surveying bush tiros on south-western Queensland plotted 2½ million acres burned out at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Abermain Colliery Cessnock
Abermain No 2 collery was unable to work today b[?] of a fire in No 2 west south [?] The heating took places with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-Day's World News Australians in Big Battle. "Walked Steadily Through Enemy Fire." Tokyo
Australian troops are engaged in a savage fight with Chinese Communists south-east of beleaguared Chipyong on the central Korean front…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spontaneous Combustion Causes Fire Section Sealed at Aberdare
Spontaneous combustion has caused another outbreak Of fire In a Cessnock colliery. The fire broke out In Nos. 21…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire At Burrinjuck Dam. YASS
Fire in the workshops at the Burrinjuck Dam destroyed property worth £50,000 to £100,000. Electrical and pumping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Fires in Eight Days Lismore
Armed men and police are searching for [?]ng who started five fires in eight days at the [?] old town of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Station on Showground
Cr. Richardson at the Shire Council meeting said the sub-committee appointed to consider a site for a [?] station had not met…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Robs Singleton Family of Their Only Home-a Tent But Consolation Comes In Good Neighbourliness
IN SINGLETON today, fire destroyed a tent. Not a very substantial loss in terms of £.s.d. but, to a local couple and their seven children the fire was a tragic one. The tent was their living quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thieves Blamed For Factory Fire SYDNEY
An squad of detectives suspects that explosion and fire which wrecked a furniture factory and damaged two houses…
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A huge fire has destroyed 1500 houses and caused damage estimated, at £760,000 sterling in Myaungmya, 80 miles south-west…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Value Of Conservation Of Soil To-day’s Leader: Keep The Home Fires Burning
Chairman of the Hunter Valley Trust (Mr. F. H. Brewater) said at the meeting in Maitland yesterday that soil conservation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Damage In Gran Mill Fire MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at more than £60,000 was caused by a huge are which gutted a three story grain mill at Box Hill to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thrills and Comedy Make "Borderline" a Sure-fire Hit
"Borderline" which opens at the Central Theatre, next Thursday, costars Fred McMurray and Claire Trevor and combines suspense and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Started Fire To Beat Conscription New York
Because he thought a criminal record might bar him from being conscripted, Richard Stay, 19 of Loosing, Michigan, set are to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Fires in Army Store Sydney
Detectives are seeking the fire-bug who started three fires in the army engineers’ store In [?] st. Randwick, late last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army Saved Deep Creek Property Grass Fire Danger Was Quickly Checked
Three hundred acres of valuable grass land owned by Dr. L. J. Harrison was destroyed by a bush…
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