Volunteers to Fight Fires at Kuringai Chase
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A strong body of volunteers has been organised by Kuringai Chase rangers to meet the threat of bushfires sweeping through…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Fire Put Out in Home
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A quantity of furniture and carpeting were destroyed when a fire broke out in a private home in Victoria-street,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Troops will be used to fight bush fires still raging in Kuring-Gai Chase and threatening to endanger lives and property…
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Fanned by a strong north-easterly wind, bushfires threatened the home of Mrs. J. Jeffries, in Pacific Highway, Charlestown, yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Prompt action by three fire brigades probably saved the Australian Paper Mills from destruction early this…
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LONDON, Feb. 6. A.A.P.—The first peacetime award of the George Cross has been made posthumously to Frederick Davies, a National Fire…
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The fan shaft at Aberdare colliery caught fire yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock. Men manned the hose and kept the flames from…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Bushfires at Terrey Hills, Kuring-gai Chase, are still raging, but the 20 homes, including some poultry farms, which…
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AUCKLAND, Friday.—Scrub fires in the Wairakei-Rotorua district destroyed a church and a house. Wairakei Hotel, which has been…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Rain which set in at 4.30 this afternoon quenched fires which had threatened homes all day yesterday at Terrey Hills and…
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A toolshed and a motor panel van were destroyed by fire on Saturday. The toolshed and a quantity of sawdust caught alight near…
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Men working in relays will patrol 16 east section in Bellbird colliery for 24 hours in an effort to track down the fire stink because of…
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Five charges of breaking, entering and stealing, and one of setting fire to the Swansea Surf Club's dance hall and storeroom at Blacksmiths,…
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AUCKLAND, Monday: Vast bushfires, which are sweeping the Taupo district, are causing immense losses of millable timber…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.—More than 50,000 acres of planted forest, and many thousands of acres of native bush, including much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brigades Attend Two Small Fires
Hamilton and Cook's Hill brigades attended a small fire in the drying room at Hely Bros.' works, Hamilton, yesterday. It was put out…
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LONDON, Feb. 11. A.A.P.—Four large minesweepers caught fire in dock in Dover Harbour yesterday, and within a few minutes flames and…
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LONDON, Feb. 12. A.A.P.—Two students were reported to have been killed by a police volley into a crowd of demonstrators at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →4 KILLED, 30 Injured in Calcutta Riots Police Fire On Mobs, Use Tear Gas
CALCUTTA, Feb. 12. A.A.P.—Four persons were killed and 17 wounded up till noon to-day in clashes between the police and Moslerm mobs in the Bhowanipore area, southern Calcutta. The fighting began last night when demonstrations…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Australian middleweight champion, Alan Westbury proved that he had lost none o[?] his gameness, but lacked his old…
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