Fire in Flooring of Grandstand
SYDNEY, Monday: A lighted cigarette butt thrown, down among rubbish is believed to have been the cause of a fire in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
492 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 25
Indonesians Set Refugee Houses On Fire
BATAVIA, Monday: Indonesians set fire to houses at the refugee centre at Bandoeng in West Java, Allied troops extingished the fires, despite, sniping. There were further fires at night…
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BATAVIA, Monday (AAP).—Indonesians set fire to houses at the refugee centre at Bandeong in Western Java. Allied troops…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—An Australian Air Force member who plans to control the bushfire menace by the use of helicopters left Britain at the weekend by the Aircraft Carrier Victorious for Melbourne…
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LONDON, Tuesday: A Royal Australian Air Force officer, who plans to control the bushfire menace by the use of…
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KURE, Thursday (AAP).—Exploding ammunition hampered firelighters when four two-storied barrack buildings housing…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused by a fire at the sawmills of J. Fairlie and Sons Pty. Ltd.,…
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A new built-in type of fire extinguisher will be installed in diesel locomotives on American railroads, to put out fires in the…
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LONDON, Tuesday: A fire broke out in the engine-room of the 8,000 ton Blue Star at victoria Dock. Firemen…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Diana Hartt, a Tivoli showgirl, through her mother, today issued a writ claiming £20,000 from the Tivoli…
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CASINO, Wednesday.—An oil tank on a railway truck near Shannonbrook railway station caught fire this afternoon,…
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The Fire Brigade was called last night to a fire in a storage shed in Ettrick St., and succeeded in quelling the outbreak before any serious…
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A fire broke out in a shed at rear of Messrs G. Mallam and Coy's store at Mullumbimby on Thursday afternoon the shed…
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KYOGLE, Friday. — The Fire Brigade was called last night to a fire in a storage shed in Ettrick Street, and succeeded in quelling…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Friday.—The Mullumbimby Fire Brigade was quickly on the scene when the alarm was given for a fire which…
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Smoke issuing from the awning of Mr Les Hawke's fruit shop in Main Street, Murwillumbah, was responsible for a fire alarm a…
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PERTH, Monday.—An Army Ordnance fire which on February 19 caused damage estimated at £250,000 was investigated in the…
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PERTH, Monday: Belief that the £250,000 fire a Nungatin Army ordnance depot in February was deliberately started…
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LONDON, Sunday (AAP). —Charles Henry Clarke lost two of his babies, a niece, a sister-in-law, and a mother-in-law in a fire…
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LONDON, Monday: More than 13,000 bales of cotton, 500 Army vehicles in cases, and tons of other goods were destroyed in a…
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