£200,000 Damage In Big Factory Fire
At 12.55 a.m. to-day Fire Brigade headquarters reported that full control had been gained over a disastrous fire which in about three hours from…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
220 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 11
Storeroom Gutted at Canning Factory Early Morning Fire Causes £2000 Damage Building, Stock, Machinery Completely Destroyed
Armidale firemen worked to the popping of exploding tins of canned tomatoes, apples and beans as they extinguished a fire in a storeroom at Australian Inter-State Fruit Foods Pty. Ltd., in Jessie-street early…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →20,000 Watch Sydney Fire Household Appliances Factory Gutted Damage Estimated at £20,000 SYDNEY
At 12.55 a.m. to-day, fire brigade headquarters reported that full control had been gained over the disastrous…
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Residents of the Ascot district near Ballarat, calmly stood-by this week and watched a bushfire break out without lifting a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bill to Restrict Lords’ Power Draws Opposition “Fire”
LONDON, Wednesday.—Proposals by the Attlee Government- to introduce legislation the present session of Parliament to further restrict the power of the House of Lords to reject…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baby Smothered Home Destroyed by Fire SINGLETON
A baby girl aged seven months was smothered by smoke when fire destroyed a hairdressing shop and dwelling this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"WALKIE - Talkie'* Radio Not Satisfactory For Bushfire Purposes
Unlike its wartime big brother, the jeep, the "walkie-talkie" radio has not been a roaring peacetime success…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Home and Contents Destroyed by Fire
About 2 o'clock on Friday morning a fire broke out in the home of Mr. Oswald Gainey and in a short time all was demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Forest Fire Under Control; 27m. Dol. Damage Portland Maine
For the first time in a week fire-fighters held the line yesterday on all fronts of the charred New England forests, where flames have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Loss in U.S. Forest Fire 20 Dead, 2500 Homeless Estimated at 27,000,000 Dollars PORTLAND (Maine)
For the first time in a week, fire fighters held the line yesterday on all fronts of the charred New England forests,…
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PORTLAND (Maine), Monday -- For the first time in a week, fire fighters held the line yesterday on all fronts of the charred…
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Special precautions to project the record harvest against fire arising from tractors and other vehicles were announced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forecast Warns Of Bushfire Danger
A warning that the bushfire danger is increasing is contained in the N.S.W. forecast for the next 24 hours, which reads:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Midnight Blaze Valuable Furs Destroyed SYDNEY
Furs insured for £9000, but estimated by the owner, Solomon Rabin, to be worth considerably more, were destroyed by fire last night in a…
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This year's Fire Prevention Week and the Bush Fires Prevention campaign will open on November 17…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shed Gutted by Fire
An iron shed used as a workshop, was gutted by fire on Monday night. The shed, behind Grey Street…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday'-- Furs insured for £9000, but estimated the owner, Mr. Solomon Rabin, to be worth considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Furs Worth £9,000 Destroyed in City Shop Fire Sydney
Furs insured for £9,000, but estimated by the owner, Solomon Rabin, to be worth considerably more, were destroyed by fire last night in a shop at…
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Special precautions to protect the record harvest against fire arising from tractors and other vehicles have been…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bush Fires Prevention Week
The bush fire campaign and “Fire Prevention Week” will be opened on Monday. November 17. 1947. At night there will be an address over national…
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