6/6 Extra for N.S.W. Fire Officers
SYDNEY, Friday.—Fire officers in New South Wales were granted an interim rise of 6/6 a week by the Full Bench of the Industrial…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 30
Small Fire in Stables
Cook's Hill brigade extinguished a fire in horse stables, near Pitt, Son and Badgery's wool store, Darby-street, yesterday morning…
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A small fire in Hely Brothers' forging foundry, Hudson-street, Hamilton, late yesterday afternoon, was put out by automatic…
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ATHENS, June 21. A.A.P.—Fire bombs were used by the Greek Army in its offensive against the guerillas yesterday at Nestorion 14 miles south-west of Kastoria…
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TEL AVIV, Wed. (O.S.R. and A.A. p.): A Jewish ship trying to run arms and volunteers into Palestine in defiance of the U.N.O. truce is on fire in Tel Aviv harbor, having been fired on by Jewish coastal batteries. She is the former landing…
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A fire in a section of the Children's Library, Cultural Centre buildings, King-street, Newcastle, on Saturday afternoon damaged the…
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SYDNEY, Monday—A fire in the Royal Agricultural Showground to-night gutted a pavilion and destroyed 400 tons of crude rubber, worth between £50,000 and £70,000…
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COOTAMUNDRA: Fire early this morning gutted Cohen's brick general store and did damage estimated at between…
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DARWIN. Thursday. — Panic among a gang of native labourer, followed the exploding of a bomb by grass fires in a thickly populated…
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COOTAMUNDRA, Friday.— Stock estimated at £34,000 and buildings worth £30,000 were lost when a fire gutted the store of…
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NEW YORK, July 4. A.A.P.—A fire aboard the Swedish ship Dagmar Salen (5000 tons), 10 miles off the Delaware coast, was…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.— A fire, which caused about £6000 worth of damage, destroyed a large portion of the contents of the…
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The Commonwealth Fire Board was conducting a "complete review" of the fire protective measures available in stores owned or used…
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DENILIQUIN, Tuesday.—Modern buildings owned by the Country Women's Association at Deniliquin were destroyed by fire to-day…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Many firemen were affected by smoke while fighting a fire in a large shed containing 250 bales of cork, at…
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Newcastle fire brigades, at 1.30 this morning, responded to a false alarm from the warehouse of David Cohen Pty. Ltd., in Bolton-street…
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LISMORE, Wednesday.—A detective who investigated the destruction of a truck by tire near Wooden-[?]ong at 2 a.m. on May 18 claimed…
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Only six officers and 29 firemen will be available in the metropolitan area on Monday to fight fires in schools, hospitals and public Institutions—if firemen hold threatened…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A fire which gutted the store of the Jarvi Furniture Co., Mascot, to-night destroyed furniture materials valued…
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LISMORE, Thursday.—A fire which damaged a truck and destroyed a load of sugar could not have been caused by the backfire…
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