Bushfires Raging in Queensland
BRISBANE. Wednesday. Hundreds of square miles of drought stricken Southeast Queensland were aflame to-night from Bundaberg to…
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Women in Pyjamas Fight Bush Fires
BRISBANE, Thursday: Women in pyjamas last night fought bush fires to the scrub country at Mount Cootha, near Brisbane, while…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. More than 100 police were rushed to Long Bay Gaol to-night as a precautionary measure when a fire broke out…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Spontaneous combustion caused the fire which broke out in Long Bay Gaol last night, according to the result of…
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In an address on bush fire brigades at the Boys' Leadership camp at Bribbaree. Cr. T. C. West, hon secretary of the Bush Fire Brigade in that…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Upper floors of a building in George street, next to the "Bulletin" office, were extensively damaged by fire yesterday…
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CALCUTTA, Monday: Over three thousand fires in the past 48 hours blazed throughput Calcutta as a result of riots between Hindus and…
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The New South Wales Forestry Commission plans to extend its chain of radio stations to build up a State-wide radio network for bushfire control…
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Firemen battling with the blase early yesterday morning at "Bamboo," the Best-street boarding house conducted by Miss M…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: One of Sydney's greatest conflagrations broke out at the Ultimo Wool Stores of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. to-night, causing hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of damage…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: One of Sydney's greatest conflagrations broke out at the Ultimo Wool stores of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile…
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Damage estimated at more than £270,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the No 2 store of the NZ Loan & Mercantile Agency…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The total damage caused by last night's blaze in the wool store of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency…
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The second big fire within a week occurred yesterday, when damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which broke out about noon in the…
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The second fire in Wagga within a week occurred yesterday when damage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which broke out about noon in the hardware section of the…
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The store room at the Cootamundra aerodrome was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The fire bell rang at 8.55…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: A weather-board second-hand shop in Pittswater-road, Collaroy, was burnt out within a few minutes to-day. The…
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BRISBANE, Monday. The big meat works of Thomas Borthwick and Sons, Australia, Ltd., were severely damaged by fire this morning…
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Although under control within half an hour, 'fire caused extensive damage to Hardy's Ltd, hardware merchants, premises in Bayliss-st…
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