Improved Fire Plant Urged
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Legislative Assembly to-day carried a motion urging the Government to expedite steps…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
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Aldermen's Trips Under Fire
Far too much ratepayers' money was spent haphazardly on aldermen's trips to conferences, Aid. McDonald said at…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Rain to-night checked a bushfire burning since Sunday in the Mona Vale area, north of…
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Strong, gusty westerly winds forecast for N.S.W. coastal areas today are keeping fire authorities alert for fresh danger of bushfire outbreaks…
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A bushfire yesterday threatened Jannali School and five homes nearby. The school fence was burnt down but a change in the wind…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. —A Valley paint store occupied by Supa Glo Products was burnt out and three cars were…
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SYDNEY: Police were told a fire started in a block of Elizabeth Bay flats today…
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A fire swept through dry cleaning premises at Jesmond early this morning, causing £2000 damage…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— A man described by a detective as the most inoffensive man he had ever met had set fire…
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A weatherboard cottage in Roxburgh-street, Stockton, was badly damaged by fire last night…
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SYDNEY: Weary fire-fighters are battling today to control a bushfire burning on a three-mile front to Collie, near Gilgandra. It has burnt out more…
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NEW YORK, Nov. 9. A.A.P.—Fire and drought are threatening to create a new dust bowl in the south,…
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SYDNEY. Sunday.—A man was fatally burnt while helping to fight a bushfire which menaced the township of…
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Furs were damaged and shop fittings and floor coverings were scorched by a fire last night in premises…
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Firemen from three city brigades quickly extinguished a blaze on the top floor premises of a Hunter…
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Brigades attended two fires in Newcastle district yesterday. Hamilton brigade spent about an hour and a half and…
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A detective told the Newcastle Coroner (Mr. T. H. D. See, S M.) today that police and firemen were threatened by a man armed with a 303 rifle when they attempted…
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Nundle resident yesterday went back to overcoats and fires to combat the cold. Typical August weather was experienced in New…
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Money paid by the Government for flood relief above the damage done would have got Maitland out of its troubles,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Fire severely damaged a 26ft. motor cruiser, valued at £1000, at its moorings in…
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