Fire at Prime Minister's Lodge Only Slight Damage. CANBERRA
Only slight damage was was caused to the Prime Minister's lodge last night when some dripping caught fire in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
124 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 7
Five Children Perish in Fire London
Five children, whose ages ranged from three to 13 years, were burnt to death in a fire at the house of John Grey, miner, of Askern, near…
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A special bushfire warning was issued last nigh by Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, who said the critical period had been reached as…
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Although heat-wave conditions, arc still being experienced in some parts of the State, the acting State Meteorologist, Mr. Newman, announced to-day…
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A team of firefighters under the leadership of the Shire Engineer who is also the bush fire brigades chief) left…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cumnock State Forest Fire. Brigade and Volunteers Quell Outbreak
The fire that was burning in the State Forest beyond "Bywong" appears to have burned itself out. Members of the…
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Rescuers have taken 81 charred bodies from the ice covered ruins of the Karlslust dance hall at Spandau which was destroyed by fire at the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pearl Harbour Fire Damages Dock and Freighter Pear Harbour
All available Army, Navy, and Marine fire equipment was rushed to Pearl Harbour to fight a roaring blaze along a quarter mile long…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Smoking Banned in Sheep Pavilions Fires Feared At Western Shows
A number of Show Societies throughout the West have decided to ben all smoking in sheep pavilions at their respective shows this year…
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It is disclosed that at a fire which occurred on the third floor of the G.P.O. early today destroyed 1,000 newspapers and packets and another 5,000 were…
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The Dubbo Fire Brigade turned out last night shortly before seven o'clock under Station Officer W. Latimer, when a fire was reported at the corner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country Hotels Service Again Under Fire
Concern at the failure of N.S.W. country hotel accommodation service to Improve is expressed by the N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. and R.a.c.a. Hotel Service Again Under Fire
Concern at the failure of N.S.W. country hotel accommodation service to improve is expressed by the N.R.M.A and R.A.C.A. Both…
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The Graziers Conference at Sydney considered the hazards of bush fires. It was thought the centralisation of control of bush fire brigades would be…
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A feature of the Bush Tires Advisory Committee's information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year will be the use of a…
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An electric iron, which was not turned off when the family went to sleep one night last week caused a fire in the kitchen of Mr…
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When a fire broke out under the stove at the residence of Mr. Pat Burke on Monday, prompt action on the part of Mr. Burke and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Party Fires first Shots In State Election Campaign
"Never In Australian history has industrial dissension grown so rapidly. Never have the perpetrators been so free to wreak their will. This is a civil war in which no one gains the victory. While Britain starved, a hundred thousand tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Comobella Home
A fire, which broke out in the home of Mr. R. A. Sears, of Comobella, on Friday afternoon last, completely gutted…
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The town of Gilgandra is fortunate that it is not without electriciy. A fire that broke out in the power house…
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