£20,000 Hotel Destroyed by Fire
BRISBANE, Mon.: Hampered by strong wind, firemen battled for hours in an effort to subdue a fire which destroyed the £20,000 Grand…
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Victorian Fire Brigade Strike Hay End Today
MELBOURNE, Wed.: The fourteen-day-old Metropolitan Fire Brigade “press button strike” may end tomorrow…
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Failure to make headway with the construction, of a farther batch of fat sheep pens at Deniliquin Municipal…
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There is sufficient long grass in Albury’s back and side streets to cause a major configuration if it as allowed to dry. In some streets…
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ST. JOHN’S (Newfoundland) Fri.: Six persons, including two children, died today in a fire that gutted two tenement buildings…
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Thirty-five Rural Fire Brigade Association units showed or Wodonga racecourse on Saturday that Victorian brigades are well manned and equipped to cope with bush fires this summer. Over 400 people witnessed demonstrations and competitions by…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Only light damage was caused by the fire which broke out early this morning on the 10,089 ton inter-State…
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Spread of Patterson’s Curse and action to combat bush fires were among matters discussed by Holbrook Shire Council yesterday. Patterson’s Curse came up for…
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Wodonga residents saw a procession along High st. of 35 rural fire brigade units prior to the brigades’ demonstration and competitions at Wodonga race-course last Saturday. Art units were from the…
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WONSAN AIRFIELD (Korea), Tues.: A United States Marine Corps spokesman said today that Chinese Communist anti-aircraft…
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Careless smoking is America's greatest single cause of fire, states C. Laster Walker in the October Reader's Digest. In the United…
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SIDNEY, Wed.: An executive member , of the Bushfires Advisory Committee, Mr A. G. Kings-mill, said today that wide powers…
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The danger of bush fires this summer was stressed by the Conargo shire president (Cr. A. C. Bradford) when he addressed…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: The charred remains of a grazier, aged 51, were found today In the blackened debris of a burnt-out cottage…
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LONDON, Sun.: Firemen and shipyard workers today saved the new 28,200 ton Orient liner Oronsay from keeling over onto…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Fire destroyed the rooms of the Russian Club, in George street, City, early today. Firemen from five fire stations…
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LONDON, Mon.: Fire and other damage to the hull of the 28,000-ton Orient liner Oronsay could total up to £300,000…
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For some lime Council has been trying to get an authoritative statement on responsibility under Workers' Compensation Law…
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The following office-bearers were elected at the annual meeting of the Morven Bush Fire Brigade: President, Mr. Keith Jenkins; secretary and…
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Sir,—May I bring before your readers an urgent case of need. Yesterday, a fire in the railway yards, Parkinson st., destroyed the…
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