Factory Fire
SYDNEY: A fire which severely damaged a chemical factory in Chapel St., Marrickville, early…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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Fire At Adamstown
Only one district fire brigade was called out this morning, Hamilton attending a large area of…
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A sawmill in Crescent Head-road, in the Kempsey district, was damaged by fire last night. Damage is…
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The former Adamstown fire station should be reopened or a new fire station provided, Ald. Alder said at a meeting…
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New, big fires are ranging in the Wauchope, Kempsey and Kendall districts. Fears are held for the safety of…
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SYDNEY: Immediate bushfire danger on the North and South Coasts of N.S.W. has ended. Rain has fallen on South Coast areas and the temperature has dropped in the North. The rain on the South…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Rain on the South Coast fire areas has eased the immediate danger. Cooler weather on the…
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The Masonite Corporation at Raymond Terrace may introduce daily aerial surveys of its forests in acute bushfire…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A fire razed the main stadium of Wirth's Olympia in South Melbourne to-day causing damage estimated at more than £70,000…
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Five scrub and grass fires were reported in Newcastle district yesterday. They were put out before causing damage…
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Cessnock Fire Brigade put out two grass and scrub fires at Cessnock at the week-end. The fires…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A southerly buster turned a dangerous bushfire when it was within a quarter mile of Nelligen to-day…
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KATOOMBA.—Firemen fought throughout the night to prevent a bushfire reaching houses at…
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SYDNEY: The cool southerly change has saved scores of houses from bushfires that had raged m many N.S.W. districts and today all fires are under control…
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LOS ANGELES, Monday (A.A.P.): About 2000 people fled their homes today before two forest fires 30…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—All bushfires on the South Coast, in the Blue Mountains and in the North Sydney area…
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SYDNEY: The bushfire at Woodford is still causing anxiety and firefighters, who have had little rest in the past week, were at the scene early today checking danger points…
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A fire in 15 acres of scrub and grassland threatened two homes at East Greta when the wind changed yesterday. The fire started on…
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Fire damaged portion of Newcastle Lime and Cement Co.'s premises in Stephen-street, Georgetown, yesterday…
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Many of the bushfires which have been raging throughout the State for several days were reported last night to be under…
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