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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Fires & bushfires, 1947
220 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 11
£10,000 Damage In Homestead Fire
BATHURST, Monday. -- Valuable antiques were lost when fire destroyed the historic Docknairne Homestead, at Raglan, six…
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Valuable antiques were lost when a fire destroyed the historic “Dooknairne” homestead at Raglan, six miles "east of Bathurst on…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday (A.A.P-Reuter).—With no possibility of the total casualties in the tragic fire in Ballantyne’s Emporium at Christchurch yesterday being definitely known…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Wednesday. (A.A.P. Reuter)--With no possibility of the total casualties in me tragic fire in Ballantyne's Emporium at Christ church yesterday being definitely known for some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Toll in Tragic N.Z. Store Fire Over 50 Believed to Have Perished Hundreds Watch Victims' Vain Bid to Escape (A. A. P. Reuter) Wellington (N.z.)
With no possibility of total casualties in the tragic tire in Batlantyne's Emporium at Christchurch yesterday being definitely known for some time, it seems unlikely it will be below 50…
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A strong warning of the danger of bush fires is issued by title Chief Secretary, Mrs. Baddeley…
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A building on the Armidale road, Bendemeer, owned by Mrs. M. Osborne, and used as a garage, store rooms and shed, was…
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Stringent regulations under the “Careless Use of Fire Act” were recently gazetted. The principal clauses applicable to…
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Early discovery of a fire last night in a small woodstack at the Municipal power station restricted damage to only £15…
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A fire trapped a sleeping family of 16, including 11 children, in an upper floor three-storey house early yesterday, but all were saved in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spectacular Saves From U.S. FIRE Sleeping Family Trapped Baby Dropped Into Arms of Milkman PHILADELPHIA
Fire trapped a sleeping family of 16, including 11 children, in an upper floor of a three-story home early…
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Two Oliver Street neighbors figured in a case at the Court of Petty Sessions on Monday when Aruthur A. Hughes, bootmaker,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Threat to Wool Guard on Sydney Stores SYDNEY
Fire officers are taking special precautions to guard against the risk to 300,000 bales of wool held up in wool stores owing to the tally…
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When the fire engine shot past the “Times” Office on Monday afternoon, two members of our staff went after it like…
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BATAVIA, Wednesday (A.A.P. Reuter).—A crisis over the implementation of the Security Council’s ceases fire resolution on Indonesia may…
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A crisis over the implementation of the Security Council's cease fire resolution on Indonesia may develop this week, according to…
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Hundreds of tons of wheat bran, pollard and other produce was destroyed when the N.S.W Producers’ Co. Ltd produce store…
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When a petrol lamp exploded in his tent at Narrabeen, holiday camping area, last night, a 26-year-old man was seriously burned on the face, arms…
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The action of the Postmaster General's Department in taking a nonday next Monday instead of Saturday, as gazetted by the State…
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