Warns On Grass Fires
SYDNEY: The prolific growth of grass and herbage in the State in recent…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
674 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 27 of 34
£10,000 Fire
BROKEN HILL. — A fire which caused damage estimated at £10,000 destroyed the upholstery…
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BROKEN HILL, Tuesday.—Damage estimated at nearly £10,000 was caused when fire gutted the factory of R. J…
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Newcastle Council Works Committee recommended last night that the County Council be asked to alter the zoning…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Full Court will determine the venue for the hearing of claims totalling…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — An acute danger of bushfires existed in the Scone, Muswellbrook and Merriwa districts…
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There are 36-million acres of land in N.S.W. for which there is no organisation for protection against bushfires. Total area of the State…
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A BUSHFIRE driven by a westerly wind threatened three cottages at Arcadia Vale…
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PERTH.—A fire which caused £40,000 damage to the city warehouse of Musgrove's Ltd. had been…
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LONDON.—Miss Eliza M. Simpson (80), who lived alone, died in a fire which damaged her…
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Redhead Town Progress and Amenities Association has asked Lake Macquarie Shire Council to furnish details of…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Firefighters to-night battled to prevent a bushfire near Manly spreading to nearby property…
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PERTH, Friday.—A boy had started a fire which caused £40,000 damage to spite his employer for sacking…
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The President of the Newcastle District Council of P. and C. Associations (Mr. H. Hollis) last night criticised…
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Mr. William Craig, 75, of Carrington-street, West Wallsend, died at his home on Saturday…
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PASADENA (California), Sun. (A.A.P.)—A small aircraft to carry rockets and fire-bombs will soon be…
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The crew of a locomotive hauling empty skips to Stanford Main No. 2 colliery at 5 a.m. yesterday found a…
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Investigations are being made by Det. N. White, of Cessnock Police, following a fire yesterday at a wooden…
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Cook's Hill brigade yesterday afternoon put out a small fire in the cabin of the launch Heather, which was…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A woman ran with a baby in her arms from a blazing cottage at Lugarno to-night a few…
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