No Fire Plant in £100,000 Blaze
ADELAIDE, Friday.—Because appliances burnt in last summer's bush fires were not replaced, firemen were helpless before a fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
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Severely Burned In Shed Fire
John Croft (44), of 20 Ocean St., Merewether, was severely burned about the body and limbs in a fire which broke out…
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BUSH FIRE danger at Greta is very high. Fire hydrants are prominent in the township, but fire-fighting equipment is not…
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John Croft, 44, of Ocean-street, Merewether, died at noon on Saturday from burns suffered when he tried to put out a fire in a shed…
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CANBERRA, Sunday. — Sums of money, estimated at between £1500 and £6000, are thought to have been destroyed by fire when…
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MELBOURNE.—If A.W.U. members did not succeed in getting penalty rates for fighting bushfires, they would…
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NARRABRI, Monday.—Firemen slit bags of wheat in an endeavour to smother a fire in a wheat stack at Edgeroi, 17…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Century mark temperatures and dry winds brought a renewal of bushtires along the North Coast to-day…
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With 130,000 acres of valuable grazing land destroyed already, hundreds of volunteers today are continuing to fight two huge bushfires in north-west N.S.W…
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Greater Newcastle Finance Committee adopted a motion by Ald. Johnson, that the council regarded its present contribution to the…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—If Mr. Chifley grants an opportunity for a foreign affairs debate in the House of Representatives, Dr. Evatt's…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Bushfires in the north and north-west of the State were under control to-night. Shopkeepers and tradesmen in…
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Bushfires which did serious damage in the Wee Waa and Brewarrina districts are now under control…
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A fire in a fish shop in Nelson-street, Wallsend, last night, burnt through to the first floor and slightly damaged contents of a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A bill was being prepared to deal with the prevention of bushfires, the Deputy Premier (Mr. Baddeley) said…
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SYDNEY.—Bush fires in the north-west of N.S.W. have not caused any extensive damage to forest lands, the Minister…
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A truck and contents were destroyed by fire in a railway siding at Padulla, near Nundah, six miles north of Singleton, last night…
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MURWILLUMBAH.—More than 4000 of 6000 acres in Mooball State Forest, about 12 miles from Murwillumbah, have been…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. — Bushfires which burnt out about 5000 acres of hardwood timber in Mohall State Forest…
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LONDON, Nov. 19. A.A.P.—Demonstrators fired on police outside the headquarters of the United Nations Economic, Social and…
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