Mystery Fires in Turkish Army Installations
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—Five unexplained explosions and fires involving mil[?]ary installations have taken place in Turkey this month…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
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Few Fires, No False Alarms
Fires in Lismore are few, but false alarms are conspicuous by their absence, according to Lismore Sub-station Officer, W. Cork…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Racehorse Killed in Stable Fire
BALLARAT, Friday.—The racehorse, Miss Pamelius, was killed by a fire which destroyed a section of Mr. E. W. Craig's Shad[?] Acres stud…
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CASINO, Friday.—Members of the Fire Brigade cut holes in two tanks tonight to get water to fight a fire which had broken out in a…
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A feature of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee's Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year will be an exhibit…
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ALSTONVILLE, Sunday.—A tyre M. a car was slightly burned this morning when a fire started in the wash-up drum in a garage…
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BYRON BAY, Monday. â The Pier Hotel, in Bay Street. Byron Bay, was gutted by fire in 45 minutes yesterday afternoon…
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CASINO, Tuesday. — First shot in the Cowper seat election campaign will be fired by Labour. A special meeting of the branch…
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The control tower at Schofield's aerodrome, Sydney, after it was gutted by fire early on Wednesday morning. Damage is estimated at £8000…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A mysterious fire at the Schofields R.A.A.F. station this morning destroyed the flying control tower and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Masks on Firemen at Bitumen Blaze
LISMORE, Thursday: Masks were used by firemen to overcome fumes caused by a fire in a tank of burning bitumen at the…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. — More than £40,000 damage was caused by a spectacular fire which early tonight gutted a body building works in Nile Street, Wooloongabba…
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GRAFTON, Thursday: A fire at Ulmarra, 10 miles from Grafton, which may have been deliberately caused, was extinguished in half-an-hour by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bank Fire at Ulmarra: Youth Charged
GRAFTON, Th rsday.—A fierce fire which broke out in the E.S. and A. Bank premises a[?] Ulmarra, 10 miles from Graffon, soon after…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: More than £40,[?] damage was caused by a spectacular fire wh[?] early tonight gutted a body-building works in N. Street, Woolloongabba…
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Coolangatta Fire Brigade was called to quell a grass fire at Bilinga yesterday afternoon…
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Occupiers of houses, which were reported to be on fire on Sunday night, did not know that their homes were the ones concerned in the…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday (AAPReuter).—Chinese Communists are reported to have agreed to the proposal of the Nationalist peace…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →50 Believed Dead in U.s. Hospital Fire
EFFINGHAM (Illinois), Tuesday (AAP).—About 50 patients are believed to have perished in a blaze which destroyed the St. Anthony's…
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EFFINGHAM (Illinois), Wednesday: The death toll in the fire which destroyed St. Anthony's Hospital early yesterday rose to…
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