Westbury Lacked Old Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Australian middleweight champion, Alan Westbury proved that he had lost none o[?] his gameness, but lacked his old…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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Army Stores Lost in £100,000 Fire
PERTH, Wednesday.—Fire gutted a big army store at Nungarin, about 150 miles north-east of Perth. Damage is estimated at between £100,000…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A transformer and an electrically heated oil spill, valued at more than £2000, were badly damaged by a fire at…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A large pavilion on East Lindfield Oval was gutted late to-night by a fire which followed an explosion…
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PERTH, Thursday.—A depot inquiry has been started into a cause of a fire which gutted a big Army ordnance store at Nungarin…
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Headquarters and Hamilton Fire Brigades attended a small fire in the kitchen of the Empire Cafe. Hunter-street, last night. Flooring near the…
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LONDON, Sunday. — After one of the greatest riots in the British Army's history, the Aldershot "glasshouse" is a burnt-out shell. The "glasshouse" (detention…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brigade Beat Fire With Buckets
Buckets of water were used by Tighe's Hill firemen to put out a small fire in a bedroom at the Maryville Hotel, Maryville, on Saturday…
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SYDNEY: Penal clauses, fixing heavy penalties for carelessness and negligence, causing bushfires, are provided in a Bushfire Bill, which is now being prepared, said the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) today. The Minster's announcement was made in releasing a report by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brigades Averted Serious Fire
Cook's Hill and Carrington brigades prevented a serious fire in the garage and workshop attached to Earp, Woodcock and Beveridge's…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The retiring member, Mr. H. K. W. MacKenzie, has been re-elected to represent Greater Newcastle Council and…
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BERRY, Tuesday.—The main building of the historic Coolangatta homestead, about six miles from Berry, was destroyed by fire early to-day…
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LONDON, Feb. 26. A.A.P.—Disturbances broken out again in Madras to-day. Police opened fire on crowds throwing stones. Mobs stoned passing trains and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A comprehensive Bushfires Bill was being drafted by the Bushfires Advisory Committee for consideration by the Government…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Full Bench of the Industrial Commission, in a reserved judgment to-day, increased the salaries of fire brigades…
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After 38 years' service with New South Wales Fire Brigades, the Officer-in-Charge at Newcastle (Inspector F. Eastlake) will start, three…
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The bed and dining rooms of a weatherboard house occupied by Mrs. Longworth in Durham-road, Lambton, were destroyed by fire…
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LONDON, Feb. 28. A.A.P.—Damage estimated at over £100,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed one of the largest woollen mills in the…
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LONDON, March 1. A.A.P.—Liverpool detectives are investigating whether four mysterious fires on ships within 12 hours…
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LONDON, Friday. — The luxury liner Empire Waveney (16,754 tons), formerly the ex-German prize ship, Milwaukee, blazed fiercely last night…
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