Fire Destroys Rail Sleepers
A grass fire at Farley yesterday destroyed or badly damaged about half a mile of railway sleepers at a siding. When flames burnt to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Timber Destroyed In Fire
SYDNEY, Monday.—Fire early to-day destroyed more than 1000 super feet of timber when it gutted a timber rack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. Official In French Train Fire
STRASBOURG, Dec. 3. A.A.P.—Mr. Henry Hopkinson, British Secretary for Oversea Trade and leader of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Fire Engines To Get New Red Coats
SYDNEY: Newcastle and Hunter Valley fire engines are to [?]se their wartime drabness and resume their prewar fire brigade [?]ed, the Board of Fire Commissioners has decided. The board acting on a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Hurdles At talks On Cease-Fire In Korea
TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Allied and Communist officers trying to agree on how to supervise a cease-fire in Korea ran into new difficulties yesterday. Difficulties occurred im-…
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Large bushfires are burning in State forests a Wauchope, Inverell, Coff's Harbor and Paradine. Three hundred men are fighting three fires…
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With several inland towns recording a 9 a.m. temperature of 100 degrees, bushfires have set State forests…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tourists Escape In Bus Blaze
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The driver and 11 passengers escaped with their luggage when a Pioneer Tours bus…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Appeal For Fire Victims, £118
The appeal for the Sterling family, whose home at Islington was destroyed by fire, totalled £118/4/6, the Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat-Wave Increases Fire Risk
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—All bushfires were under control, but they would be revived if the wind changed to…
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Caustic comment was made by Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M., in Kurri Court today when he imposed a fine of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hundreds Fight Bushfires: Heatwave Hits State
Working in heat wave conditions, hundreds of volunteers are still battling bushfires in many parts of N.S.W. today. Temperatures had soar-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Dies After Blaze 80 Homes Burnt In Big Blue Mountains Fire
At least 80 homes were destroyed in bushfires in the Blue Mountains yesterday Damage in the bushfires is estimated at nearly £1 million…
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AT WALGETT, thousands of wild pigs are invading the district, killing hundreds of lambs…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Swedish freighter Mirrabooka was slightly damaged to-night by a fire which broke out in…
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SPRINGWOOD: Bushfires on the Blue Mountains were man-made, Deputy Chief Fire Officer G…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shelter For 200 Homeless Aid Taken to Fire Victims
Red Cross workers last night began to distribute food, clothing, money and blankets to victims of the Blue Mountains fires. Two hundred homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Maitland Fires
Maitland fire brigade put out a fire in the ceiling of the Northern Cafe, in High-street, Maitland, yesterday…
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Three brigades saved homes fronting the Pacific Highway at Highfields near the Kahibah turn-off…
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SYDNEY: High westerly winds to-day have resulted in hundreds of…
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