Boy Dies After Petrol Blaze
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A two-year-old boy died in agony in Manly Hospital after exploding petrol…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
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Fire Weed in Tintenbar Shire
Sir,—I read with interest re the fire-weed in Tintenbar shire. I think this shire is as weak as water. Fifteen years…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Liquid Fire Selected As Best Bet At Randwick
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Brilliant sprinter Liquid Fire, who will be resuming after a spell, should be favoured by the small field in the Buxton Stakes at Randwick on Saturday, and…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — A Regular Army sergeant died in a fire which gutted his house at Ingleburn Camp…
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"The fireweed menace on the Far North Coast, which is costing farmers large sums of money to combat and control, may well be beaten by the simple expedient of establishing vigorous…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — The proclamation of a bushfire danger period in the Richmond district where…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Fire caused damage estimated at more than £20,000 tonight when it gutted a timber yard…
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As a result of an amended valuation of the fire brigade premises in Molesworth Street, Lismore City Council will have to make a substantial refund of rates to the Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Shot; Man Fires Through Door
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A 24-years-old woman was shot in the stomach when an armed man fired two shots…
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A new fire-raft going into action—under its own poper—during a demonstraton at Dorking, Surrey. The raft, developed by experts of the Home Office, is now being supplied to depots of the Auxiliary Fire Service where these are situated in the vicinity of water. A strong—but easily mobile—inflatable raft is fitted with three…
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KYOGLE, Tuesday.—A portable power-driven fire-fighting unit is to be obtained by Kyogle Shire Council and established at Woodenbong…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Victimisation, discriminatory taxation and restriction of rights, are embodied in a bill to limit bushfire liability, members of the State Opposition said…
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A portable power-driven fire fighting unit is to be obtained by Kyogle Shire Council and established at Woodenbong. Councillors at their meeting…
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Lismore Fire Brigade yesterday extinguished a quantity of burning tar which overflowed from a tank on the…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Torrential rain yesterday prevented an ambulance bringing medical aid to two men…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A fire swept through the ground floor of a tobacco and cigarette factory in Brisbane…
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KYOGLE, Tuesday.—Ninety-dozen bottles of beer were destroyed on the Kyogle-Wiangarie Road about two…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Last of three men burned in a bushfire on Sunday afternoon died in Hughenden District…
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PORT KEMBLA, Wednesday.—Crew members and firemen shifted burning bales of cotton from the hold of a…
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Ninety dozen bottles of beer were destroyed on the Kyogle-Wiangarie Road about two and a half miles…
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