No Danger in Maitland Gasworks Fire
Experts said today there was no danger of an explosion when escaping gas from the main holder at Maitland Gas…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
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£2000 Fire at Leigh Creek: 12 Tents Lost
ADELAIDE.—Twelve tents were burnt out and 16 miners lost their belongings in a fire at Leigh Creek coalfield…
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Tighe's Hill Fire Brigade was called to the home of Mr. A. Reis, Smith-street, Mayfield, yesterday afternoon, when dripping…
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VIENNA, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Brigades fought for three and a half hours yesterday to put out a fire which swept…
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VIENNA, Sept. 26. A.A.P. — Thirty-one fire brigades fought for three and a half hours to put out a fire which swept an area of…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire in the 45ft. cruiser launch Siesta, in Rushcutter Bay this afternoon, damaged the forward cabin. Firemen…
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SYDNEY—A £2000 aircraft engine owned by Qantas Empire Airways was extensively damaged by fire while being tested…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Quick Save of Furniture in Shop Fire
Prompt discovery of a fire over the window of Pullen's Furniture Shop, in High-street, Maitland, last night, prevented what could…
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EVANS HEAD, Tuesday.—The fire brigade checked a bush fire within a few hundred yards of Evans Head to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Blaze in Sydney Foundry
SYDNEY: Patterns valued at thousands of pounds were destroyed in a blaze at an iron and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →140 Injured in Train Blaze
TOKYO, September 27. A.A.P.-Reuter—About 140 passengers were injured this morning, 40 seriously, when the carriage of an electric…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Board Pleasure Steamer
Toronto firemen fighting the fire on board the excursion steamer Noronic at her wharf on September 17. At least 130 lives were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Persistent Fire Threatened Evans Head And Airport
SYDNEY: Burning on a wide front, a bushfire yesterday threatened the Evans Head airport and township. The fire broke out about 3 p.m. near the beach and swept…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Under the Bush Fire Prevention Bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly to-night anyone starting a fire will…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The greatest threat to Australia's sea communications would come from enemy submarine attack, the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man sentenced at the Quarter Sessions to-day to 12 months' imprisonment was stated by police to have…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed premises holding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mystery Fires on Island
MELBOURNE.—The crew of a R.A.A.F. plane from Sale, which flew over Curtis Island to-day saw no signs of life, but…
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KANSAS CITY, Sept. 30. A.A.P.—Seven of the 15 occupants in a convalescent home, mostly old-age pensioners, died when flames…
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AUCKLAND, Sept. 30. A.A.P.-Reuter.— The Union Jack that accompanied a Maori battalion through Greece, Crete, Libya,…
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