Fire Protest; Mayor To See Garbage Dump
THE MAYOR (Ald. Quinlan), told a deputation last night that he would inspect the Mayfield West garbage dump, with…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
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Third B.C.O.F. Fire In Week
TOKYO, July 28.—A partly-built three-storied building at the head quarters of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force, intended…
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Greater Newcastle Council will tonight discuss the suggested reconstitution of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. under which the board would consist of three members instead of the present eight…
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The Housing Commission advised Greater Newcastle Council last night of its acceptance of a lease of the former Newcastle East Fire Station…
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Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire in Pike Brothers' sawmills at Ripton, near Bellingen, on Monday night, Newcastle police…
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Consideration of a scheme to reconstitute the Board of Fire Commissioners was deferred by Greater Newcastle Council last night until it…
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A fire broke out early this morning in a shed on No. 2 Wharf, Woolloomooloo, alongside which the British aircraft carrier Theseus is…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—It was feared that next summer the bush fire danger would be acute in parts of the State, the Chief Secretary (Mr…
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SYDNEY: Guests in the Crystal Palace Hotel, George Street, Sydney, stayed in their beds early today while firemen on the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Two wood drying kilns were destroyed by fire at the National Box Company's factory in White-street, Leichhardt, about…
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BATAVIA, Aug. 1.—Fires are burning in Purwokerto, chief city in Bandjumas province, and in Tjilatjap, Java's main south coast port, a Dutch communique reports…
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NEW YORK, Friday: The United Nations Security Council tonight called on Holland and the Republic of Indonesia to cease hostilities in Java immdiately. VOTING was eight to nil. with…
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Brigades attended four small fires in Newcastle district yesterday. Using one hydrant, Cardiff firemen put out a grass fire in the morning…
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PRAGUE, Aug. 3. A.A.P.—A fire caused by the heat wave destroyed the entire village of Selce, near Banska…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stove Starts Fire, Woman Burnt
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mrs. Florence Field, 47, laundress, was severely burnt about the face and forcarms while trying to put out a fire at her…
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KEMPSEY, Sunday.—About a three-hour delay on the northernbound Brisbane Express and an hour on the North Coast Mail was caused…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Thousands of gas masks were destroyed by a fire which broke out in a 200ft. long Army shed at Camelia, near Sydney…
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LISMORE, Sunday.—A man, his wife and their two children were burnt to death last night and their home in Duke-street, Coraki, 15 miles from Lismore, was destroyed…
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BATAVIA, Aug. 3.—The order has been given to terminate Dutch action in Indonesia at midnight on Monday, the Dutch Lieutenant Governor-General (Dr van Mook) announced in a broadcast to-night…
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BATAVIA, Monday: It may not be possible to stop the fighting in Java tonight at midnight, as ordered by the Security Council. This is because of difficulty in…
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