Want People to be Fire-conscious
The object of the bushfire prevention display at Winn's was to make Newcastle people conscious of the fire danger, Mr. A. B…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Furniture Works Gutted in West End Fire
A furniture factory in Porcher-street, Newcastle West, was gutted by fire on Saturday afternoon. The cause of the fire is not known…
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A campaign to instill into the public mind the danger of bushfires began last week. This display in the shop window of Winn's hunter-street, shows that "Red Devil" who incites people to be careless with fires and matches in the bush. Mr. C. Thorsby…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday. — Israel Golovsky, manufacturer, of Somerton, at the Police Court, was committed fort trial at the next criminal…
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An open verdict was returned by the Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. W. O. Pickering) at an inquiry into a fire which destroyed a…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Homicide squad detectives have been sent to Ararat to investigate the disappearance of a seven-months-old girl…
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The Weather Bureau forecast for the Hastings, Hunter and Manning districts yesterday morning contained the intimation that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Garage Employee Fires Shots at Thieves
TOOWOOMBA, Friday.—Three men who were surprised at Mossetter's garage early this morning had shots fired at them by an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£3000 Fire at Narrabri
NARRABRI, Friday.—Electrical equipment and other council property insured for more than £3000 were destroyed when Narrabri municipal,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racegoers Beat Out Fire
When a grass fire broke out near the betting ring at Muswellbrook races yesterday, bookmakers and punters extinguished it. Picture shows racegoers beating out the fire with bags and branches…
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SYDNEY.—A fire which severely damaged a fibro plaster factory containing 8000 cocoanut fibre mattresses at Belmore last…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Late to-night no trace had been found of the seven-day-old baby girl who mysteriously disappeared from a pram…
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MELBOURNE.—Grubby and cold, but unharmed except for a slight chafe and a sniffle, the 10-days-old baby girl who…
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Brigades attended two grass fires over the week-end. Wallsend firemen used a hydrant to put out a blaze at South Wallsend. Cook's…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Houses were shaken at Leichhardt early this morning when drums of petrol, benzine, oil, kerosene and paint exploded in…
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CAPE TOWN, Sunday.—The motor vessel, Parn, bound for Australia, put in here for repairs after a serious eight-day fire in her deck cargo…
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SYDNEY: A Weather Bureau report this morning warned that bushfire risk in northern and central-west parts of the State…
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KATOOMBA: A Main Roads Board utility truck was destroyed by fire between Woodford and Lawson yesterday on the Great Western…
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CAPE TOWN, Nov. 4. A.A.P.—The Norwegian motor vessel, Tarn, en route to Australia, put in here for major repairs after a serious eight…
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BATAVIA, Tuesday.—A "cease fire" order has been issued to the British, Dutch and Indonesian leaders and commanders in the Netherlands East…
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