Plane to Watch for Fires
SYDNEY: A small Auster-aircraft will patrol fire danger areas between Newcastle and Wollongong on Saturday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
336 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 17
Carrowbrook Fire
About 25 acres of stubble were burnt out during a fire on the property of Dr. J. Harrison at Carrowbrook…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Danger High Ban On Fires In Open
The Sydney Weather Bureau has issued a warning that the danger of bushfires in the Hunter area is moderate to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Had 78 Calls
Maitland Fire Brigade answered 78 calls to fires during the 12 months ended December 31…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Contribution To Fire Board
Maitland City Council’s contribution to the Board of Fire Commissioners for 1958 will be £1727/0/4. The board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reds Fire On Stranded Armoured Car
LONDON: A British patrol in an armoured car was met with a [?]all of shots when it overshot the East-West…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Wipes Otut Family Of Six
ERIE (Pennsylvania): An early morning fire wiped out a family of six yesterday. The dead were George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Gutted 800 Chinese Huts
HONGKONG: Four thousand Chinese were homeless here last night after fire gutted 900 wooden huts in Humuni[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Correspondence Fire at St. Clair (To The Editor)
Sir,—If you will grant me a little space In your paper I would like to enlighten readers concerning the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mens' Clothes Blaze As Plane Explodes SYDNEY
—A crashed plane blew up shortly after three men had staggered from it at Taree today. Wreckage and blazing fuel showered over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rugby League Internationals Under Fire
LONDON: Players of both sides in the Rugby League lest match between Australian and Britain at [?] last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire In Home Of Baccarat King
SYDNEY: Police are trying to trace mystery intruders who set a house alight at Centennial Park last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brothers and Dog Die in Fire
POUGHKEEPSIE (New York): A three years old boy died with his two year old brother yesterday, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Patrols For Sharks, Bushfires
SYDNEY: Aircraft of the Volunteer Coastguard Corps will patrol about 2000 square miles of the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Die in Fire
HOUSTON (Texas): Fire swept an old tenement house two doors from a fire station yesterday and killed five…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader What Phillip Did Net Know Canadian Liner on Fire at Liverpool Docks Harbour Authorities Fear Ship May Become Total Loss
LIVFERPOOL: Fire swept unchecked through the 20,325-ton Canadian Pacific liner, Empress, of Canada, at Liverpool dock last night. Authorities feared the ship might become a total loss. Hours after the fin wot found below deck, amidships about 4.30pm the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader School’s In Again ! Ending Fire with Fire
MORGAN CITY (Lour[?]tana): Fire fighters called for Army bazookas yesterday to shoot off the valves of two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →250 Huts Destroyed In Fire (AAP-Reuter)
HONGKONG: About 2500 people were homeless yesterday after a fire which destroyed 250 Chinese huts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire On Main Deck Of Queen Elizabeth
LONDON: Fire broke out in a main deck cabin the liner, Queen .Elizabeth ; at Southampton, last night, but was quickly brought under control. The Queen Elizabeth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Fire For Tobacco Road
NEW YORK: The play, “Tobacco Road” under censorship and legal fire in Vancouver, British Columbia, was…
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