Work Resumes Today After Colliery Fire
Work will be resumed this morning at Old Bulli mine following the fire last Wednesday night…
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Fire Brigade Sets Fire To Building
BERGEN (Norway) (By Reuter).—The Bergen fire brigade reversed their usual role by setting fire to a…
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Five fires in the Wollongong nearby areas occurred on Friday. The Wollongong and…
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Wollongong firemen were called to a fire in the grass and scrub on the cliff face below Cliff Road early yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—Two days of hot weather following dry conditions, has made the bushfire…
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Fireman yesterday warned of a big bushfire risk in the district. Grass and bush are very dry after an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 Fires This Year
Wollongong fire brigade yesterday attended its 100th fire for 1953. This is an average of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Timely Fire Fighting Equipment the Timely Installation of First Aid Fire Fighting Equipment Was Made at Minnamurra on Sunday As the Smoke From Grass Fires in the District Could Be Seen Rising Into the Air
Grass and undergrowth is very dry from lack of rain and smoke was seen at Shellharbour. Marshall Mr., Tongarra, and on the mountains…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—The threat of freshening westerly winds is intensifying the "very serious" fire danger on the New South Wales Coast and mountains, the executive member of the state Bushfire Committee (Mr. A. G…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bellambi Family's Total Loss In Fire
A Bellambi family lost all its possessions when its three-room cottage was completely destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Peril Is Growing State Warnings
State authority clamped down with fire precaution regulations this week-end as the dry Spring weather gave rise to the gravest bush menace for many years…
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Legislation which gave liberty to public authorities such as the Railway to burn off ground at any time without control led…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£72 Donation After Fire Loss
Staff members of Metal manufactures Ltd. yesterday donated £72 towards a special fund opened by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Prominent Men Escape Airport Fire
SYDNEY, Fri. — The Queensland Premier (Mr. Gair), Government Senate Leader (Senator Neil…
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A growing awareness of the imminent danger from bush fires was indicated by several moves reported from official circles during the past few days…
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Wollongong fire brigade attended two fires, one on Friday night and the other on Saturday morning…
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The method for prohibiting the lighting of fires in the open air which will be followed, should the need arise during the…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—A fire early today destroyed a box-making factory and an adjoining paint ware…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fireman's Apt Description of Port Kembla Fire
A "series of mushrooming explosions, resembling a miniature Hiroshima", was volunteer fireman's, Norman…
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A fire destroyed a home early yesterday morning. while fighting the fire a…
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