Invalid Pensioner Asphyxiated In Fire SYDNEY
Panic-strickeijed and- blinded by flames, an invalid pensioner was asphyxiated in his smoke-filled attic bedroom, this morning. He…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
220 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 11
Extensive Damage at Timber Mill Early Morning Fire Ravages Joinery Shop Armidale Brigade's Timely Save
The joinery shop at the mill of Armidale Timbers Pty. Ltd., on the corner of Rusden and Allinghamstreets, was extensively damaged by fire early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two British Officers Die in Blaze Fire In B.C.O.F. Air Croup Mess Sabotage Rumours Refuted TOKYO
Two British officers were killed in a big fire which razed the officers' mess of the British Commonwealth air…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home Destroyed by Fire Grazier's Heavy Loss Midnight Blaze at "Swallowfield"
Mr. E. L. Bigg's homestead at "Swallowfield" was completely destroyed by fire on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spotlight On Sport Rugby League Statement At Board Meeting Under Fire West's Secretary Claims Constitution Mis-ussd
A report based on a recent meeting of the New England Rugby League Board of Control, before which he had been cited to appear, was made to the West Armidale Club on Sunday by the secretary (Mr. D. Cameron)…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Replica of Turntable Fire Escape
Two models of a turntable fire escape, the work of Mr. C. Holdom, of Headquarters, Sydney, who has been on relieving duty in Inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unoccupied House Destroyed by Fire
An unoccupied weatherboard cottage outside the town boundary on the eastern extremity of Kirkwoodstreet was destroyed by fire late on…
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A house at Stannifer belonging to Mr. Thomas Horrocks, was completely destroyed by fire on Thursday morning last…
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Trenchant criticism of price control in the meat industry was made yesterday by Mr. T. A. Herbert, secretary of the Meat and Allied Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Engine Crashes Into Street Garden
Yesterday morning the fire engine crashed into a garden plot in the middle of Grey St., when going to a fire…
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LITHGOW, Saturday. -- Two fires which caused damage estimated at £2500 were lit by children aged five, six and…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The trunk line service between Inverell and Sydney was put out of order last night when a fire in George Street City caused at least £100,000 worth of damage to telephone equipment. At 11 o'clock this morning the direct line from Inverell to Sydney was still out, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Fire Disrupts Telephone Services Transtting Laboratory Sustains Heavy Damage Will Mean Serious Delay in Country Trunk Communications Sydney
A fire in George-street, City, last night caused at least £100,000 worth of damage to telephone equipment. The fire, which burned out the P.M.G. transmitting laboratory in Underwood-street, between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Machine to Fight Bush Fires Developed by Canadian Newspaperman (By Airmail)
Ottawa: A novel fire-fighting machine, which utilises an aircraft prop[?] lor, has been developed by Reuben Augustus, editor of a weekly…
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OTTAWA : A novel fire-fighting machine, which utilises an aircraft propellor, has been developed by Reuben Augustus,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tanker Explodes in Harbour Another U.S. Disaster Narrowly Averted Los Angeles Docks Damaged By Fire Long Beach (California)
Hours after the tanker, Markey, loaded with 2,940,000 gallons of petrol, exploded in Los Angeles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brussels Fire Many Believed to Have Perished BRUSSELS
Thirteen persons are so far known to have been killed and 40 injured when a disastrous fire in the Ministry of Education building in Brussels trapped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aircraftsman Killed Fire Tender Collides With Plane MELBOURNE
In a collision between a fire tender and a [?] fighter at the R.A.A.F. station at Canberra yesterday, L.A.C A. L. Halnes, R.A.A.F., Kingston,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brisbane Rocked by Explosion Fire in Newstead Oil Depot Families Flee Houses Fearing Major Disaster BRISBANE
Many parts of Brisbane, on both rides of the Brisbane River, were rocked by explosions at 4.45 a.m. to-day at the Shell Company's installations at Newstead. Scene of the explosions was where hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Take Bush Fire Precautions Now
Although there is little danger of bush fires at this time of the year, the Bush Fires' Advisory Committee is urging all…
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