Fought Scrub, Grass Fires
Wallsend Brigade yesterday attended two grass fires, one in vacant land off Chambers-road the other off Scott's-road, South Wallsend. They were put…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 30
Arson Investigation; Fur Shop Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Members of the Arson Squad to-day investigated the cause of a fire which destroyed a shop and valuable furs at Lindfield…
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STOCKHOLM, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—An unknown number of persons were burned and killed when a passenger train north-bound from Gothenburg…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—All fire extinguishers carried on double-decker buses were efficient, and were tested frequently, a spokesman for the Road…
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Huge smoke clouds covered large parts of east London, where a four-acre dump holding many tons of rubber and about 40,000 tons of New Zealand wool caught fire at Limmer Wharf, Barking, on the east side. Three hundred firemen, many of them working in a river of molten rubber,…
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Wallsend Fire Brigade, called to a scrub fire off Murnin-street about midday yesterday, found no water available in the area. A large area was…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Carelessness in the use of fire was a menace to public safety, said the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) to-day, when he issued a…
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Until the Board of Fire Commissioners decides to reopen the fire stations at New Lambton and Adamstown, Greater Newcastle Council will…
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NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.).—A burning DC6 airliner, with 25 persons aboard, made an emergency landing in New Mexico today. No…
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NEW YORK, Nov. 13. A.A.P.— The French language newspaper, "France Amerique," published here, said a German spy was responsible for…
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Prompt action by brigades prevented a serious fire in Messrs. Gittins and Eastham's produce store, Steel-street early yesterday morning…
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Cook's Hill fire brigade was called to two fires in waste paper bins within an hour last night. The first was in a bin at the corner…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—At least 29 people, one of them a child, were burnt to death in a fire which destroyed Ballantyne's Ltd. department store at Christ-church this afternoon…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. —A full investigation by a special commission into the fire which destroyed Ballantyne's Ltd. store in…
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CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.): Official police death roll total in Tuesday's fire has been reduced from 41 to 40. Thirty-nine bodies had been recovered from the debris by last night. It was believed two more had been seen…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday— A memorial carryinig the names of people who died in the fire in Ballantyne's Ltd. store. Christchurch, is to…
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SYDNEY.—Fire brigade officers' weekly hours were reduced by the Industrial Commission today from 84 to 56…
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SYDNEY: A passion for nice clothes led to an arson charge against an 18-year-old girl, according to evidence in the…
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HEIGHT OF FIRE.—Picture taken when the fire was raging at Ballantyne's department store in Christchurch, New Zealand, on…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — New South Wales fire brigade officers were granted a 56-hour week to-day by the Industrial Commission. Formerly they…
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