£8000 Fire at Wagga
SYDNEY, Monday: Damage estimated at £8000 was caused by a fire which followed an explosion early today in a Wagga…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
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Grass Fires in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Forty grass fires broke out in Victoria today and two bushfires broke out in heavily timbered country near…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Five R.A.A.F. planes will bomb a "bushfire" about a mile from Anglesea on…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—Shaw Savilie and Albion Company state that the completion of the liner, Corinthic, which was damaged by…
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On the recommendation of the Mayor (Ald. L. Peak), it was agreed at Tuesday's meeting of Coolangatta Town Council to…
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Pointing out the valuable time they would save in an emergency, the Secretary of the Kyogle A.L.P.. Mr. S. R. Cullen. wrote…
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LONDON, Monday: Reuter's Singapore representative says that 400 harbor workers twice attacked Singapore Harbor fire…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — There were further bushfires to-day menacing the township of Anglesea, 20 miles from Geelong. The fire…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— A fire at Rozelle railway goods yards this afternoon damaged £4000 worth of timber stored there. The fire had…
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Cr C. T. Grant gave notice at Monday night's meeting of Tweed Shire Council that at next meeting he would move that the…
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Anti-fire bombs fill the bom[?]-bay of this Lincoln air-craft which tested fire-fighting liquid at Angleseain Victoria, The bombs contain 60001b. of water and ammonium sulphate and were dropped over a hushfire. Wing…
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ADELAIDE, Friday— Police and firemen believe that two fires, one of which destroyed the Baptist Church at Rose Terrace and a…
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LONDON, Friday: Four people were killed when the police were compelled to open fire to quell rioting associated with renewed communal disturbances in India…
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LONDON, Tuesday: It is officially stated that an inquiry had been ordered into the operational…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday:— Fanned by a stiff southerly wind late this afternoon, a fire destroyed two-thirds of the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — A fire, reported as having its origin in a spark from a steam roller, swept through 3000 acres of trees and…
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LONDON Thursday: The master of the ship, Sanwater, from Fremantle, bound for…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday: Firebugs are believed to have attempted to destroy two churches in the southern suburbs last night…
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People were inclined to take little notice of fire danger talk under present weather conditions and only woke to the…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday: Shortly before the 2000-ton river steamer, Saigon, was scheduled to leave Hongkong for Canton a fire broke out in the cargo of oil and kerosene…
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