Couple Save Six Children From Fire
SYDNEY: A man and a woman dashed into a blazing building last night to save the lives of six young children…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1954
292 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 15
Unauthorised levee banks under fire
The Hunter Valley Conservation Trust decided this week to recommend that the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commisson act against the erection of unauthorised levee banks and the raising of other banks beyond their previous heights…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Economic Bureau Under Fire From Dairy Bodies
Three dairy organisations strongly disagreed with some of the judgments and assumptions made by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gundy Pensioner's Death Fell Into Fire
A MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY WAS HELD AT THE SCONE COURT HOUSE ON THURSDAY LAST, WHEN MR. D'ARCY CLUFF, ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OCCUPIED…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horses Lose Lives In Stable Fire
BRISBANE: Valuable horses screaming in fear and pain, galloped madly along streets with flames streaming from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Second Big Blaze in Brisbane
BRISBANE: Brisbane bad its second big fire in three days when two floors of Epworth House, opposite the City…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moonan Flat Store Gutted by Fire Adjoining Cottage Saved
A FIRE WHICH BROKE OUT IN MR. DANGAR MORRISON'S STORE AT MOONAN FLAT AT ABOUT 1.30 A.M. TODAY COMPLETELY GUTTED THE BUILDING AND DESTROYED ALL STOCKS…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Fire, Riot in Prison
KINGSTON (Ontario): K[?] convicts toached off a big fire at Kingston penitentiary in an escape…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire guts store at Noonan Flat
A fire which broke out in Mr. Dangar Morrison's store at Moonan Flat at about 1.30 a.m. on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader Education Week Fire in Brewery
MELBOURNE: One of the biggest fires In Ballarat’s history caused £30,000 damage age at the Ballarat Brewing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horses Die in Trap Stable Fire
Four horses died in a fire at the Brisbane stables of owner-trainer Athol Strong, early on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Brigades In Hopper Fight
Bush fire brigades may be thrown Into the anti-grass ho p. per fight expected I nthe Hun. tar Valley towards the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blow Torch-Starts Fire
A spark from a blowtorch started a fire which severely damaged five pla[?] of [?]encing and slightly damaged a wall…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fuse Box Fire
Cessnock Fire Brigade was called to a fire in George Street, Cessnock, yesterday. The call was to the home of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor-cycle Caught Fire
A motor-Cycle, owned by John Barry McGarry, caught fire when it backfired into the carburettor while being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pacific Orders U. S. Navy Units Will Fire on Any Forces Showing “Hostile Intent”
WASHINGTON: United States navy units off the Communist China mainland will fire an any forces which may approach “with obviously hostile intent,” America’s defence chief in the Pacific has stated in an interview published here. Admiral Felix Stump, who commands all U.S. ground, sea find air forces in the Pacific, told the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Kitchen
Singleton Fire Brigade was called out on Monday afternoon to attend to an over heated electric kitchen stove…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Committee Will Be Told of Bush Fire Methods
Patrick Plains Shire Council will tell the NSW Bush Fire Committee of the methods used in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →“Blown” Safe Fires Hotel
SYDNEY: The second upsurge of crime by cracksmen this month occurred, early today when safebreakers stole…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire fighting units for Shire
The Department of Local Government has sent three fire fighting units to Patrick Plains Shire Council…
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