Fire at Princess' Country Home Believed Accident
LONDON. Sunday (A.A.P.): The superintendent of the Berkshire, Police, after investigations at the "Sunninghall Park" fire, said the…
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Blaze in Sydney
SYDNEY, Monday: The most vivid fire in Sydney in months caused damage estimated at £20,000 to the Cleland Bond Store, and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The most vivid fire in Sydney in months caused damage estimated at £20,000 to the Cleland Bond Store, and menaced goo[?]…
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There are indications that an early danger from bush fires is likely to develop in parts of the State, states the Chief Secretary…
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Attention is drawn to the imperative necessity for all sections of the community to unite in plans for the prevention of bush fires in the summer…
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SYDNEY, Today: Extensive damage to valuable equipment was caused by a spectacular fire in Standard Telephones and Cables…
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Attention is drawn to the imperative necessity for all sections of the community, to unite in plans for the prevention of bush fires in the summer…
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The work of a R.A.A.F. fire brigade in extinguishing a fire at Forest Hill on July 31. in which a man was burnt to death, was…
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I Values for all rateable lands as recorded in the council's valuation book as at November 1, 1947, will be adopted as the values of the…
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WAGGA, Monday: Wagga's largest and most modern block of flats—Henley, in Tarcutta street—was badly damaged when a fire swept through it…
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Wagga's largest and most modern block of flats-Henley, in Tarcutta Street—was badly damaged when a fire swept through it after an explosion in a top-storey flat…
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SYDNEY, Monday. A hospital porter fired five shots at a man be disturbed in a shop near the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital late tonight…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A hospital porter fired five shots at a man he disturbed in a shop near the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital late last night…
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SMOKE RISING IN A LONG COLUMN from Henley Flats, Wagga, during Sunday's blaze in which the building was damaged by fire, smoke and water…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday: The Fire Brigade Officers' Association was sharply rebuked today by the Pull Bench of the Industrial…
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NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.): The roaring hurricane which battered Florida yesterday cut a path of destruction from Fort Laudervale westward to Fort Myers, with…
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The Chief Secretary Mr. Baddeley, has alelegated powers to all shire councils in the State to assist them organise against the danger of…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: Six valuable delivery horses were killed when straw bedding caught fire in a brick stable at the rear of a…
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BATAVIA, Sunday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Australia is the only country to treat the Security Council's 26-day-old request to…
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At a conference of volunteer bushfire brigades at Young recently, the president of Burrangong Shire, Councillor R. H. Thackeray, issued a…
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