Plane Destroyed by Fire
BRISBANE, Thursday : A Qantas Dragon plane was destroyed by fire, and four passengers and the pilot narrowly escaped with their…
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Fire Precautions Brigades Re-forming Authority for Burning Off
CARRATHOOL Shire Council, discussing fire-organisation at its last meeting, decided that authority to permit burning off during the danger season should remain with fire-cap-tains, except where the applicant was outside a brigade area,…
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"Shire Councils strongly support the protest voiced in Parliament by Mr. F. J. Cahill at the delay in introducing the new Bush Fire Bill," said Cr. A. R. Townsend, President of the Shires Association. It is now two years, he said since…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bunnaloo Fire Brigade
On Tuesday of last weels the Bunnaloo Fire Brigade held its annual meeting There was a moderate attendance presided over by the captain, Mr. G. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Makes 21 [?] Homeless
BRISBANE, Monday : [?] one people are homeless [?] of a fire which gutted [?] in Holland Park Housing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Firemen Will Only Attend Fires Semi-strike in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Mon : Metropolitan firemen decided tonight that from tomorrow morning they would perform no duties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray River Steamer Destroyed by Fire
ECHUCA, Mon. : Murray river steamer, Murrumbidgee, was completely destroyed by fire near Moama at 3 o’clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →27 Bodies Found After Store Fire
MEXICO CITY, Mon.: An undetermined number of persons were killed when fire gutted a hardware store in the…
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LONDON, Mon.: One man was killed and it is feared that several others have been trapped following an explosion and fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Bush Fire Season, 1948-49
The bush fire season is with us. Everything points to an unusually dry summery, a red hot one with bush fires, dust storms…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade has Busy Day Car Catches Fire
Deniliquin Fire Brigade had a busy day yesterday with two calls within 12 hours. At about 10.20 p.m. the siren went,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →River Steamer Destroyed by Fire
The paddle steamer Murrumbidgee was completely destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon fast when three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Break Damage Insurance Companies' Liability
The question whether insurance companies were liable to meet claims for damage caused when bush fire brigades burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Old “Independent” Printing Workshop
The charred ruins which marked the site of the fire-gutted “Independent” printing workshop in Cressy Street, were the scene of another fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.s. “Murrumbidgee” Destroyed by Fire on Murray Near Echuca
CARRYING a complement if 17 passengers and a crew and staff of five, the paddle steamer “Murrambidgee” was destroyed by fire on Monday afternoon when three miles up stream from the Goulburn junction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£10,000 Showground Fire
GRAFTON. Sunday.— Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the grandstand at Grafton showground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wage Increase for Fire Officers
SYDNEY, Mon.: The Board of Fire Commissioners has agreed to 25/ a week increase for fire officers throughout NSW…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire
Just before [?] on Tuesday afternoon of last week a [?] what was generally known as [?] which, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Factory Fire— £500,000 Damage Sydney
FED by explosive lacquers and paints, a roaring fire gutted a factory the size of a small city block in half an hour at Five Dock this afternoon. The factory, owned by Richard Hughes Pty. Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cease-fire Agreement
LONDON, Wed; A two-weeks’ cease-fire agreement between the Iraqi and Israeli forces came into effect at 4 p.m. (G.M.T.) to-day,…
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