"Old Offender" Gives False Fire Alarms
A man who gave a false fire alarm yesterday probably had called brigades to a number of non-existent fires, a fire officer said…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
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Motor-cycle on Fire
A motor-cycle owned by John Coxon, of Lambton, was badly damaged yesterday morning when it caught fire at the corner of Elder…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The Willesden (7000 tons) was towed back to Port Adelaide yesterday with part of her cargo of flour still…
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Fire-fighting equipment has been delivered to Miller's Forest area. It will be readily available for emergency…
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The New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners would visit Newcastle on March 11 to confer with Greater Newcastle Council,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A fire which gutted the three-storied brick building of Meadows and Company, glassworks,…
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Portions of the asbestos roof of a lock-up shop, destroyed by fire at Homeville yesterday morning, were blown for more than 50 yards by…
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The industrial area bounded by Hannell-street, Wharf-road, and Cottage Creek, Wickham, has been proclaimed an A Class fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood, Fire in W.a. Towns
PERTH, Sunday.—While cyclonic rain flooded South Boulder at the week-end, areas outside Perth were menaced by bush fires on a wide front. In Kalgoorlie area more than…
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PERTH, Sunday.—Building materials, timber, and hardware valued at £20,000 were destroyed in a fire that partly gutted the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bramble's Fire Inquest Questions Asked About Gas Cylinders
A storeman employed in one of the city's biggest warehouses and furniture stores, which was completely destroyed by fire last year, said at the Coronial inquiry in Newcastle today that he did not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion Put Blaze Out of Control Says Fireman
Giving evidence at the resumed Bramble fire inquest today a fireman said that about three-quarters of an hour after firemen had arrived there was a loud explosion which put the outbreak…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—More fires occured in the hilly timbered country around the eastern outskirts of the metropolitan area…
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HOBART: The probe into the finances of all political parties in Tasmania, including the Communist Party, called for in the House of Assembly by the Independent member for Denison (Mr. Townley), has aroused intense interest here…
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At the Bramble fire inquest this afternoon the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin returned an open finding He said that as far as he could say…
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ARGON GAS, 72 clylinders of which were stored on the top floor of Bramble's building when the fire broke out on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Verdict at Fire Inquiry
An open verdict was returned by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the resumed inquiry yesterday into the fire at Bramble's building on August 30 last year…
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PRAGUE, Thurs. (A.A.P. & O.S.R.): Police fired on students marching towards President Benes's Palace after he had capitulated to the Premier (M. Gottwald) and accepted his…
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Newcastle fire brigades received another malicious false alarm yesterday afternoon. Brigades from Cook's Hill and Hamilton were…
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PERTH: Three ships are racing at full speed to pick up survivors from the American Liberty ship Cecil…
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