Four Small Fires
Four small fires were put out in Newcastle district by brigades yesterday. Merewether and Cook's Hill…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Fire at Bellbird
An unoccupied two-roomed house in Mount View Road, Bellbird, was completely destroyed by fire last night. When, Cessnock Fire Brigade…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners has advised Port Stephens Shire Council that a recommendation has been submitted to the Chief…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—In the Supreme Court at Tamworth to-day, settlement of claims by Richard John O'Halloran and Keith Rogers against…
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DARWIN, Friday.—Five members of an R.A.A.F. Dakota plane were saved after the machine crashed into the sea a mile off East Point…
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SYDNEY: Two big fires raged simultaneously in the city early this morning, causing an estimated total damage of £10,000. Two firemen were injured and families were evacuated from their homes when walls threatened to collapse…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three sailors jumped overboard into the harbour when a naval pinnace in which they were working caught fire off Darling…
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Mrs. Mary Marks, 81, of Power-street, Islington, was burnt, on the legs and body when her clothing caught alight as she stood near a…
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SYDNEY: Deputy Chief Fire Officer (Mr. B. L. Barber) will retire next month after 44 years' service in the N.S.W. Fire Brigade. He will be…
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SYDNEY, Monday — Cracksmen who blew a safe in the office of a garage at Darlinghurst early to-day are believed to have telephoned Fire…
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LONDON, Sept . 10. A.A.P.—Fire broke out late last night in the Hotel George V. the home of the British delegation to the Paris Conference…
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With its contents, a large shed at the dairy farm of Hardes Brothers, Maryland, near Wallsend, was destroyed by fire last night…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Severely burned on Saturday when an airliner caught fire in a hangar at Mascot. Sidney Richardson, 42, aircraft…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Part of a building occupied by the Maurice Dry Cleaning Service in Bay-street, Double Bay, was gutted by fire…
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Greater Newcastle Council last night decided to appeal to the Premier (Mr. McKell) to restrain the Board of Fire…
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Following the hottest September day for five years, the State Weather Bureau has warned that a bushfire danger exists in the…
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Bushfires threatened homes in many parts of the State today as an abnormal spring heat-wave sent the temperature up to 87.5 degrees at 3 p.m.—highesf for September since 1941. In Newcastle area firemen, Air Force personnel from Rathmines and…
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Bushfires broke out again in the Lake Macquarie area this afternoon. Outbreaks were fiercest at Blacksmiths and at Coal Point, near Toronto. Amid tense scenes firemen from Belmont and volunteers…
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Bushfires destroyed property in Sydney and several country districts yesterday. Swept on by a westerly wind, scrub fires destroyed a house and a tent at Dee Why, severely…
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SYDNEY.—Estimated damage of £7500 was caused in less than half an hour today by a fire which razed J. Leckie's…
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