Fire Danger — Take Care
Campers and holidaymakers in Deniliquin district are urged to take particular care when lighting and leaving…
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Recruiting Campaign for Fire Brigade
As part of the general plans to strengthen all English civil defence services, a big recruiting drive was conducted to gain recruits for the fire brigades. The picture shows the London Fir Brigade demonstrating as part of the campaign…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Thurs.: The United Nations has sent a second cease-fire appeal to Chinese-Communists…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Luxury Craft Burnt Out
SYDNEY, Fri.: A former RAN patrol boat, converted to a luxury cruiser valued at £7000, was gutted by fire near Tom Ugly’s…
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TOKIO, Fri: The Chinese Communist Government has rejected an invitation by a United Nations Committee to discuss a cease-fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →150 Volunteers Fight Fire
MELBOURNE, Mon.: More than 150 volunteer fire fighters rushed from Numurkah to fight a fire which threatened 110 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family’s Shed Home Destroyed by Fire
SYDNEY, Monday : Employes at Mascot aerodrome started a collection for a family of six whose living quarters were…
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Firemen tonight found the charred body of a man on the second floor of a fire-gutted block of shops and offices in George St., city. The body has not been…
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PERTH, Monday ; Fire devastated grazing and dairy country over an area 16 miles by 20 miles in the upper Blackwood district…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called yesterday to a fire on a vacant block in Wilson st, near the Presbyterian Church, where a small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£400,000 Damage In Melbourne’s Biggest Fire For Years MELBOURNE
While 50 firemen and at least 300 civilians were fighting the biggest fire to occur in the Melbourne metropolitan area for years, police this afternoon had to intervene to prevent looters from slashing windows and stealing goods from the scene of the outbreak in…
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LAUNCESTON, Wed.: Twelve days after fire had destroyed their store,. the executors of Ludbrooks Pty. Ltd. have secured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Children Started Big Fire ?
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Cause of the fire which caused more than a quarter of a million pounds worth of damage when it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.a.a.f. Aircraft Patrol Bushfire Areas
The R.A.A.F. has been active this rear in co-operating with the Forestry and Fire Authorities in several States to control the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires on the Border
Mr. Archer Smith of Norwood, Hay, has just returned from a trip to the Wentworth district, where he became involved in fighting the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria Ready for Fires
MELBOURNE, Thursday.: Victoria’s fire fighting organisation would be at peak efficiency from now until the end of the fire…
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On Thursday December 21, a fire broke our in a garage at the rear of Maples, in Sanger Street. The brigade turned out promptly and the…
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Albury district, and country within a radius of 100 miles, is considered one of the most serious fire hazards in NSW by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canberra Has Its Worst Fire Yet —£20,000 Damage Canberra
The biggest and most serious fire in Canberra’s history early this morning caused damage estimated at £20,000 when it raced through portion of the city’s shopping centre…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Fire destroyed several thousand acres of grass in Victoria today, but widespread thunderstorms,…
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