Bushfires, Fanned by Gales, Rage in Q’land
BRISBANE, Sun.: Bush fires, fanned by gale force winds, the strongest for the year, raged over many parts of south-east Queensland today. In Brisbane firemen were called to 13…
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£150,000 Sugar Mill Fire
TOWNSVILLE, Mon.: Crushing at the Inkerman sugar mill will probably be held up at least a week following a £150,000 fire in…
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Hume Council decided yesterday to compel landholders to plough fire breaks on two sides of ail properties in the shire. The matter of ploughing breaks was brought up by…
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[?] Kearney, a loading authority on fire fighting and author of two books and some 250 articles on the subject,…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: A fire, destroyed, the bedroom of an unoccupied house in Woodville , road, Hurstville, last night,…
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Officers of Carrathool Shire have been instructed to watch for the existence of fire hazards throughout the Shire, and take…
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Delightfully social and happy atmosphere was apparent at the Wodonga Fire Brigade-hospitaI ball in the. Shire Hall, Wodonga, on Friday last. Stage and hall…
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Lavington Central Bush Fire Brigade will meet in Lavington Hall tonight discuss use of equipment made available for the…
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SYDNEY. Thurs.: Carrying his young nephew and niece in his arms, a young man today escaped from a blazing house at Granville,…
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At its meeting last night Laington Central Bush Fire Brigade was notified by Hume Shire Council of approval of its…
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Now was the time to start making fire breaks and to clear land of undergrowth, fire, patrol officer, Mr George Gordon, said yesterday. He said the councils could…
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Antique furniture was badly damaged by fire at Barry Dale’s furniture store, Dean st. on Saturday morning shortly after 10…
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Damage estimated at several hundred pounds was caused when a fire broke out in an electrical goods store in Belmore street,…
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CANBERRA, Thurs.: After a retirement of 70 minutes, a Canberra Supreme Court jury today found in favor of the plaintiff,…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: While thousands of people flocked to beaches on Sydney’s hottest day since March, fire fighters bottled with bush fires in the Dobroyd Point-Manly area and at French’s Forest today. Maximum…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Fire yesterday gutted a palatial waterfront home at Darling Point in less than half an hour…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: The Bushfire Committee today decided to recommend the proclamation of a bushfire danger period on the…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Two days of hot weather following dry conditions has made the bush fire situation “hazardous” over a large part of the coastal areas…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: Police charged two men tonight with having broken into a Middle Park fiat and deliberately set…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: The threat of freshening westerly winds is intensifying the “very serious” fire danger on the N.S.W. coast and mountains, the executive member of the State Bush Fire…
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