Forest Fire Burning Out
MURWILLUMBAH.—Mooball State Forest fire was burning itself out last night half a mile from Palm Vale. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
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Fire Destroys Parish Hall
MELBOURNE: Damage estimated at £8000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the parish hall of the Roman Catholic…
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Lake Macquarie ambulance officers stationed at Boolaroo helped a truck driver save his truck from fire at the week-end…
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BERLIN, Tues. (A.A.P.).—Berlin, which already has rival police forces each officially ignoring the other's…
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Unless Greater Newcastle Council increased the levy it would mean a reduction of the permanent fire staff by at least 16 of mixed…
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Housewives today fought a blaze in Texas-st., Mayfield, for 10 minutes until fire brigades arrived. Three rooms of the house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. R…
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Brigades attended two small fires yesterday. New Lambton went to burning grass, which had ignited sleepers in Turton-road, Lambton…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two firemen were burnt and a third had both his ankles broken during a distillery fire at Albion Quarries…
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ROME, Nov. 23. A.A.P.—A servant girl, Desdemona Palombi, 22, is reported to have made a suicide pyre of her own clothing on the…
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AND THEN SOME DAY WE'LL HAVE A NICE LITTLE HOME ALL OUR…
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Three rear rooms of a weather-board cottage occupied by Mr. and Mrs. R. Kidd, in Texas-street, Mayfield, were severely damaged by fire…
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BRISBANE: Disastrous fires in Queensland late yesterday afternoon and last night destroyed wheat worth £7000, a shearing shed valued at £3500, and a Qantas Dragon plane…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) described as excellent a suggestion by Mr. Chaffey (C.P.,…
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West Wallsend and Cardiff Fire Brigades under Captains Craig and Eillwaller, attended an outbreak of fire in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Firemen were called to 25 scrub fires in the metropolitan area to-day. The largest areas burnt out were at Dee…
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Cessnock Fire Brigade was called to two small fifes within a few minutes of each other early this afternoon…
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A weatherboard cottage and its contents and £50 in cash, owned by George Hooker, of Holt-street, Warner's Bay, were destroyed by…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Damage estimated at £3000 was caused when a fire gutted the garage of the Wollongong Municipal…
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When fire broke out in the bar of the Cessnock Ex-Services Club yesterday, part of the bar counter, about 100…
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LONDON, Nov. 29. A.A.P.—One man was killed and it is feared that several are trapped following three explosions at the British…
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