£500,000 Wool Fire
AUCKLAND, Feb. 8 A.A.P.Reuter.—A fire in Dalgety and Company's store in Auckland destroyed wool valued at £500,000…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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House Destroyed By Fire
A six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Martin-street, Warner's Bay, and contents, were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Owned…
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A double-decker bus carrying about 20 passengers caught fire at the top of Neath Hill near Cessnock late yesterday…
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The prompt arrival of Cessnock Fire Brigade saved a double-decker bus belonging to Rover Motors from extensive damage yesterday…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Hundreds of sheep have perished and at least 2 million acres have been burnt out in bushfires in south-western…
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LAUNCESTON. — Although lonely Cape Barren Island is not in communication with other islands in the Furneaux…
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ADELAIDE: A kerosene tin, containing £300 in silver coins, was missing after a fire in a Henley Beach fish…
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A lorry caught alight while its tank was being filled with petrol at a Charlestown garage yesterday. The lorry is owned by Michael…
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Bushfires were burning fiercely in southwest Queensland and many parts of Tasmania yesterday, and the Chief Secretary (Mr. Clive Evatt) last night issued a fire warning for New…
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One hundred square miles of country on Pine Ridge Station, North-west N.S.W., were swept by a bushfire during the…
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Blazing cabin of a truck which caught fire on the Toronto road near Marmong Point early this morning. Driver W. Cartwright was forced to jump from the cabin after driving the vehicle off the road and into nearby scruh…
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MELBOURNE: Bushfires today destroyed part of Wilson's Promontory Lighthouse. Six buildings, including the keeper's quarters and the wireless shack, have been burnt to the…
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District fire brigades attended six small fires in Newcastle suburbs yesterday. The fires did no damage…
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WELLINGTON, Feb. 13. A.A.P.-Reuter.—All available fire engines answered a call from the business area of Wellington yesterday…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The fire hazard in South-west Queensland is growing as temperatures rise to the 100-mark and vegetation is dried…
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A motor truck caught fire and was severely damaged on Toronto-road, near Booragul, yesterday morning…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The staff of Wilson's Promontory lighthouse was rescued by a fishing boat this morning after bushfires during…
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Hamilton Fire Brigade last night used two hydrants to put out a fire in grass and sawdust on vacant land at the corner of Fletcher and Knight…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Wilson's Promontory Lighthouse is safe and the great fire in the National Park Reserve has almost…
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BRISBANE. Thursday.—Fires in the Charleville district were worse, police reported to-day. A fresh fire broke out on Vinegar…
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