House Destroyed by Fire
CASINO, Thursday.-- Although confident that the cause was accidental, Casino police today made formal investigations into the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
402 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 21
Racecourse Stand Fire at Flemington
MELBOURNE, Thursday: The entire section of the wooden hill stand at Flemington racecourse was destroyed by a fire which…
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SYDNEY, Friday--Trapped by dense smoke in their Rushcutters Bay flat late last night, two mothers held their babies…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.--Early developments are expected in police investigations into the fire which gutted the West Wyalong Golf Clubhouse…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A man has been arrested following police inquiries into the fire at West Wyalong golf clubhouse,…
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WEST WYALONG, Tuesday.--Lloyd Fleming appeared in the West Wyalong Court to-day charged with that, deemed to he insane, he was…
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CASINO, Thursday.--The District Coroner (Mr. E. Jones) will hold an inquiry into the fire which destroyed a cottage and contents in Barker…
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During 1847 Lismore Fire Brigade answered 46 alarms, three of which proved to be false. Ten of the total were cottages, one being destroyed…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Damage estimated at more than £20,000 was caused by a fire which gutted a Pyrmont box factory late last…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.--Three motor trucks were destroyed when a £20,000 fire gutted the second-hand case dealer's premises at Pyrmont last night. Sixty firemen worked for more than an hour to get the blaze…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday: Bagged wheat, standing crops, grass and fencing valued at £13,000 was destroyed by a fire between…
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CASINO, Monday.--A man who Fire Brigade officers believe, dropped off to sleep while smoking a cigarette in a room at the Exchange…
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CASINO, Tuesday.--An inquiry which failed to reveal the cause of the outbreak, was held at the Casino Court to-day into the fire which…
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BRISBANE, Friday: Factories owned by three ex-servicemen were destroyed by a fire which did damage estimated at more…
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BALLINA, Sunday.--A fire which broke out in the kitchen of a house at 95 Tamar Street, Ballina, yesterday, caused slight damage to…
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SAN ANTONIO (Texas), Sunday: Fire, accompanied by a series of explosions, swept through Fort Sam Houston last…
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BALLINA, Monday.--The Ballina Fire Brig[?]e answered only three alarms during 1947--a house in Swift Street, Ballina; Rivers'…
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With buckets of water, employees of W. Robinson and Son extinguished a small fire at the firm's premises in Molesworth Street Lismore,…
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SINGAPORE, Tuesday: A fire which raged for 22 hours "considerably damaged" the 7,300-ton Diitch ship, Bredero. lying on…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday: Bushfires through the State today were the worst for many years. Sweeping on properties two…
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