Fire in Adelaide
ADELAIDE—Flames shot 50 feet into the air in a spectacular oil fire at British Tube Mills, Islington, early today…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 30
Cotton Destroyed In Car Factory Fire
ADELAIDE, Friday.—A file at the Mile End factory of Chrysler, Dodge De Soto Ltd. to-night destroyed hundreds of pounds worth…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12. A.A.P.—Four persons were killed and at least 13 others injured at Chicago when a fire swept through the…
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Three fire brigades answered a false call to Mayfield last night. They were Newcastle, Tighe's Hill and Waratah…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Fire destroyed a late model single-decker bus, owner by Mr. G. R. Sinclair, of Auburn, while parked near the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A fisherman swam 80 yards to a pilot light after his launch had caught fire on Sydney Harbour to-night…
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RANGOON, Dec. 16. A.A.P.—Large areas of riceland are ablaze in the Malayan delta. Air passengers into Rangoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Say Garage Fire Accidental
SYDNEY, Thursday.—After having investigated the burning of a garage and a new taxi at Penshurst this morning, Arson Squad…
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LITHGOW, Friday.—Firemen had to fight their way through great clouds of oil smoke and burning soot to extinguish a fire that broke…
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Disastrous bushfires swept many parts of the State over the week-end. In the Harden district, thousands of act[?] of pasture was…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Bushfires broke out again to-day in Nowra and Dubbo districts. Thousands of acres of timber…
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Brigades attended three small fires in the district yesterday. They were put out before damage was done…
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KATOOMBA: — Bushfires were still burning in the valleys on the Blue Mountains today. The fire in Birdwood Gully,…
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SYDNEY: Katoomba firemen and Police are fighting a big bushfire near felly's Glen, in the Jamieson Valley, "he fire is spread over a large area…
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LISMORE: Two Mosquito bombers were destroyed and two others badly damaged in a fire in a hangar at the former…
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SYDNEY. — Bushfires which have raged in N.S.W. since Saturday were under control today,…
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SYDNEY:. Bushfires are still rag ing in the Katoomba district on either side of the Great Western Highway to ward Medlow Bath. The fires have burnt out several square miles of densely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EDITORIAL— The Bush Fire Mennce: Remember 1939!
IN many areas of the State—and our own district is by no means excepted—there is an "explosive" condition which calls for the exercise of every possible care lest it be touched off…
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Brigades attended three bush and grass fires in Newcastle area yesterday. Firemen used hoses to check fires at Toronto and Stockton, but…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Many fires were reported in the outer metropolitan and Blue Mountains areas to-day…
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