Disastrous Fire in Mindinao
MANILA, Sunday: Damage to property estimated at 4million dollars was caused by a fire which swept through the city of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
232 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 12
Gas Main Fire on Bridge
A fire in the six-inch gas main pipa on the Leycester Creek bridge was quickly extinguished by Lismore Fire Brigade late last night…
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PRAGUE, Sunday: Nineteen miners are trapped without hope of rescue behind burning methane, gas in a coal pit at Ostrava,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lightning Starts Fire at A'ville Alstonville
Yesterday afternoon a flash of lightning struck the garage at Mr. H. D. Weis' farm and set it on fire…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The General Tyre and Rubber Company's premises in Latrobe Street, Melbourne, were…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A twostorcy brick building occupied by the General Tyre and Rubber Company in Latrobe Street, City,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Firemen donned gasmasks tonight to fight a smouldering fire in a State Government warehouse…
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VIENNA, Monday: A huge fire, hald-a-mile long and nearly as broad, was reported early yesterday morning to have swent…
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PERTH, Sunday.—Three children and the 21-year-old mother of two of the children were burned to death in a converted army hut at…
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LAKEWOOD (Michigan) Friday: Twelve persons are reported burned to death in a fire which swept a home early…
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The erection of a fire station at Coolangatta at an estimated cost of £10;- 000 will be budgeted for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolangatta Council Under Fire over Size of Sportsground
The Coolangatta Town Council's failure to lay out the sporting section of Goodwin Park so that it would be suitable for sports other than Rugby League and cricket was strongly…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Miners at Aberdare Central Colliery near Cessnock have been working continuously since Friday [?]…
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A stranger walked into the front bar of the Railway Hotel, Tallarook, ordered a beer and was served; he then read a notice in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A mine fire at Ayrfield No. 3 colliery, on the Maitland field, which yesterday seemed likely to cost a million…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. — Some progress has been made with the work of controlling the fire which broke out in Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery…
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CASINO, Friday. — A female staff employee slept while the local fire Drigade fought o fire in an adjoining room of the…
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A stranger walked into the front bar of the Railway Hotel, Tallarook, ordered a beer and was served; he then read a notice in the bar and told…
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Permission to build, a 30 ft. by 11 ft. garage in the Kyogle brick area—unless it is constructed of fire-proof materials—was refused to a Kyogle applicant at the Kyogle Urban Area Committee meeting on Thursday…
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OAKLAND (Florida), Tuesday (AAP).—A huge fire was today reported to be sweeping the army base area of Portland, with two…
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