Fires Destroy Many Acres Of Park Land
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fires in National Park at Audley yesterday broke out again this morning and destroyed many acres of trees…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
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Fire Threatened Lorne Homes
Toronto Fire Brigade used two hydrants to quell a large scrub fire which was sweeping towards a number of houses at…
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LONDON, Oct. 17. A.A.P.—The Israeli authorities have refused to comply with a U.N.O. request for a cease fire in Negev, the southern desert area of Palestine, where fighting has again flared up…
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Bush and grass fires raged in several parts of the Newcastle district yesterday afternoon. Houses were not endangered in most of them. Six district brigades were on…
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SYDNEY. — A considerable quantity of aircraft seats and other fittings were destroyed in a blaze which gutted two…
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Two storage sheds were gutted and several motors damaged in a fire in the National Motor Spring Company's factory in…
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HILLSTON, Monday.—Fire gutted the Royal Mail Hotel early to-day. Damage is estimated at £35,000…
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When a bushfire flared up near Bennett's Green today, Belmont Fire Brigade attended its third blaze within 24 hours. Soaring temperatures through…
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BRISBANE. — Chanevilie's oldest hotel, the Dalton, was completely gutted by fire last night…
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Lake Shire Council will recommend to the Board of Fire Commissioners that an area along the Toronto-Awaba road…
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PARIS, Oct. 19. A.A.P.—The U.N.O. Security Council at an emergency session to-day ordered the Arabs and Jews to cease fighting immediately in the Negev area of South…
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Brigades attended three bushfires in the district yesterday. Large areas of bush and scrub were burnt. There was no other damage…
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Calling out, "Fire, Mummy! Fire, Mummy!" two-year-old Barbara Carr gave the alarm when a fire broke out yesterday in a first-floor…
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Brigades were called to two bushfires in the district yesterday. They were put out after a large area had been scorched. Houses…
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The danger of bush fires to-day was high, Mr. Cyril Griffiths said last night. His forecast for Newcastle and…
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Brigades attended four grass and bush fires in the district yesterday. There was no damage to houses, but a large area of scrub country…
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Fanned by strong winds, bushfires and grassfires in two States yesterday caused extensive damage. In Brisbane more than 500 people battled…
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A bushfire which yesterday threatened the business and residential area of Nelson's Bay burnt itself out during the…
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A hayshed was extensively damaged by fire and hay was burnt on the property of Mr. J. G. Wolstenholme, jun., at Woodville, on…
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New Lambton brigade had a long fight to extinguish a bush fire on the Lookout at New Lambton today. The fire burned…
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