Police Fire on Rioters in India
CALCUTTA, Friday: It is officially revealed that the police fired 83 rounds and the troops 14 rounds in Bombay last night, injuring 18…
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Radar to Air Fight Against Bush Fires
SYDNEY, Monday: Radar communication will be used by bush fire fighters this summer as port of the highly organised campaign to combat…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Radar communication will be used by bush fire-fighters this summer as part of the highly organised campaign…
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A fire which broke out in Cootamundra Presbyterian Manse at about 10 o'clock on Thursday morning, completely gutted the rear…
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With the warner months mow with us, the bush fire menace not only has to be carefully watched in this district, but all over the State and Australia…
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YOUNG, Tuesday: In one of the most spectacular fires in the history of Young, the general store of W. Hayes was gutted. The loss is estimated at…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday: The fire in the State Pine Forest at Newnes is about eight miles from Lithgow, and is still raging…
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CAPETOWN, Tuesday: The Norwegian motor vessel Tarn, on the way to Australia, put in for major repairs after a serious eight-day fire among…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday: Firemen are standing by to see that the fire which destroyed a large area of State Forest does not extend to the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Over five thousand acres of forest in the Styx river area. between Armidale and Kempsey, were destroyed by bush fires…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Following the outbreak of bushfires to-day, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley), acting under National Security…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Miss Mildred Ellen Blake, 36, was burnt to death when her parents' home was destroyed by fire early this…
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Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused early Monday morning when a fire gutted the rear portion of W. Hayes and Sons…
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SYDNEY, Today: Practically the whole of the River Macquarie area is a aging inferno. Terrible tree-top fires are now being fought in one of the most heavily timbered pieces of country in Australia…
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LITHGOW, Thursday: After causing thousands of pounds worth of damage and destroying several hundred acres of valuable pine trees in…
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The home of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Resch was completely destroyed by fire last night. Mrs. Resch was in bed when she…
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ARMIDALE, Thursday: The bush fire which broke out at Styx River, 40 miles east of Armidale on Tuesday morning, now…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The disastrous forest fire which started to the River Styx area, 40 miles from Armidale, this week…
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SYDNEY, Monday: As the result of investigations into the bush re which devastated large areas of timber country in the north last week,…
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