Dock Yard Fire Collier Burnt
Yesterday afternoon at Mort’s Dock, Balmain, nearly 200 men working on the collier Corrimal and on the wharf had remarkable…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Semi-trailer on Fire
When a semi-trailer carrying a load valued at about £5,000 was about 11 miles from Goulburn on Sunday night the driver noticed the…
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Early on Thursday morning the Fire Brigade received a call to a wood, hessian and iron dwelling near the reservoir. The building…
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A rabbiter who lit four fires in [?] and grassland along Dead man’s Creek, near Maitland Court yesterday. He was William Garland, aged 48,…
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Fire Prevention Week will open throughout New South Wales on November 26, 1951. This week will be dedicated to prevention of all classes…
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Among the areas included in the ban on lighting fires in the open, is the Municipality of Queanbeyan with the highly inflammable state…
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Despite the recent rain, with the continuing high winds the grass is drying rapidly. At last night’s meeting of the Municipal Council…
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A recurrence of hot, windy weather brought fresh danger from bush fires. Yesterday morning the Bushfire Brigade was called to an outbreak which…
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The recent serious bush fire outbreak at Manar again raises the question of more adequate precautions being taken where eucalyptus…
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At French’s Forest yesterday when fire destroyed a garage being used as a temporary home, Heather Clare Campbell eight - months - old, was…
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Ald. Edmonds, at Thursday’s meeting of the Municipal Council, spoke of help being given to the people who had suffered in the…
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Last Friday afternoon there was a grass fire in an allotment off Thurralilly Street. Yesterday afternoon the Fire Brigade received another call to…
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Mystery surrounds the origin of an outbreak of fire at Mongarlowe recently, which completely destroyed a shearing shed and all its contents…
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Up to the present only minor damage through bush fires in this, district has been reported, states the District Veterinary Office. Mr…
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Saturday's meeting in connection with the above was one of the largest ever seen in Braidwood. All parts of the district were represented…
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