£70,000 Fire In Rockhampton
ROCKHAMPTON. — Three men fumigating the British Food Corporation's grain storage shed at Bajool yesterday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Inquiry Into Report On Fire Ship
SYDNEY, Monday.—Sydney Pressmen are expected to give evidence at the A.J.C. stewards' inquiry into a report that John…
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Waratah Fire Brigade went to burning grass off Turton-road, Waratah, and Belmont Brigade attended scrub alight off…
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The Northern Miners' Management Board agreed yesterday to double shifts at Cessnock No. 2 to cut a barrier between…
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NEW YORK. April 4. A.A.P.—A fire destroyed more than 60 racing greyhounds at the Sarasota Kennel Club in Florida…
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The man in the street who insured his home against fire for a small annual premium had no conception of what an important…
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Newcastle district fire brigades attended five grass fires and burning sawdust yesterday. There was no damage. The fires were at…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Fire destroyed furniture and copies of old newspapers in a storeroom above the reading room at the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Police believe a 62-year-old woman died from a heart attack to-day when she saw a small grass fire in her…
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GRAFTON: A touring theatrical company, Scheduled to start a show in Grafton to-morrow night, cannot open until…
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BRUSSELS (Belgium), Tues. (O.S.R.): Firedamp, the deadly gas dreaded by miners, may soon be put to productive use by Belgian industry. In seven Dits in the highly…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. — The bushfire threat in Central and South-west Queensland has cased. Fires which were raging…
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SYDNEY Wednesday.—Damage estimated at £150,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a huge warehouse to-night…
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SYDNEY: Two women and a man carrying his baby daughter threw wet blankets over their heads and ran through a blazing factory at Alexandria early today…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).— Commonwealth Relations Secretary (Mr. Patrick Gordon-Walker) said yesterday he did…
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About 20 feet of decking on the dyke Wharf in Newcastle was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. Some of the planks, between No…
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An old wooden bridge in Young-road, Broadmeadow, caught alight when a grass fire started nearby last night…
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Brigades attended eight grass fires and a small fire in the decking of a disused wharf at the week-end. Damage was slight…
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SYDNEY.—The A.J.C. stewards today opened an inquiry concerning a newspaper report on Fire Ship…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Fire on a section of the Home Highway, near Camden, closed the highway for 12 hours to-day…
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