Paint, Timber Fires Will Delay Homes
SYDNEY, Friday.—Home-building will suffer because of fires that gutted Standard Paint and Oil Co. Pty. Ltd., at Mascot last night, and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
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Sixth Death In Adelaide Fire
ADELAIDE.—The youngest victim of last week's disastrous fire at the Covent Gardens Cafe, 15-year-old Clara…
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SYDNEY.—Damage estimated at about £80,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which swept through the 40-year-old…
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WELLINGTON, Nov. 5. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Four men who pleaded "Guilty" to committing arson and conspiring to committ arson at the…
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Brigades attended three small bush and grass fires in the district yesterday. They were in the Belmont, Waratah and New Lambton…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday. — The death of a 15-year-old girl yesterday brought the death-roll in the Covent Garden cafe fire to six…
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SYDNEY—Phillip Bloomfield, of Victoria-st., Boseville, who was thrown from his car into the blazing undergrowth in…
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MELBOURNE: Dense smoke and poisonous fumes poured from the hatches of the British freighter Fort Vercheres when the hatch covers were removed by firemen at 6 a.m. today…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The bushfire prevention campaign will open to-morrow. Special posters will be issued, and councils throughout the…
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AUSTRALIA may gain a new anti-bushfire technique from American aerial experiments in which planes "bomb" the flames…
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More than 500 volunteers, including many women, helped firemen fight bushfires in the Woy Woy-Wamberal areas yesterday. As the strong, drying westerly…
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Fire in a washhouse and laundry in the backyard of Mr. and Mrs. K. Bailey's home in Hebburn-street, Hamilton, about midnight,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Three brigades poured thousands of gallons of water into a fire in a Coogee gymnasium late to-night to prevent…
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Greater Newcastle Council again refused a request from the Board of Fire Commissioners for an increased rate to maintain fire…
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SYDNEY: A man was burnt to death and a family of four saved by a stranger who later disappeared, when a fire severely damaged a house in Granville early today. The stranger, described as…
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Belmont and Charlestown brigades worked for three hours last night beating out bush and grass fires in Dudley-Redhead areas…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —The R.A.A.F. has agreed to allot helicopters to the Forestry Commission for fighting Victorian…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Mare than 200 letters were destroyed to-night by a fire in a mail box at Willoughby Post-office…
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ADELAIDE: Nearly £100,000 damage was done by a fire which gutted the Paltridge and Sons tannery—the biggest in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man who was trapped and badly burnt in his blazing bedroom at Annandale to-night was rescued by Mr…
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