Nine Engines at Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Nine fire engines from three stations fought a fire on the corner of Pitt and Market streets to-night. More than…
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Items of News Fire in Cafe
A fire occurred late yesterday afternoon in the kitchen of the Aussie Cafe, Baylis-street. The fire started near the stove, burnt a small…
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About ten acres of pass were burnt when a fire started near the railway line and spread on to Mr. G. R. Barbour's property, "Woodlea," Bowning,…
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Bookham Bush Fire Brigade hat been fighting a ha[?]d battle for a week against the bush fire at Burrinjuck. which is still not under control. The…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: A fire, reported to have originated by a spark from a steam-roller, swept through 3000 acres of trees and…
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Bookham Bush Fire Brigade has been fighting a hard battle for a week against the bush fire at Burrinjuck, which is still not under control. The fire has broken over a trail and if it cannot be held where it is, it is considered the timber country must go…
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What might have been a very serious outbreak occurred in Tumut's main street about 2 o'clock on Wednesday last Mr. [?]…
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A large section of the members' stand and public grandstands at Williamstown were destroved by fire on Wednesday…
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A FIRE broke out in the celling of the residence of Farm 34, occupied by. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan and family shortly after 6 o'clock…
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A motor garage and its contents. Including a car and a bicycle, were destroyed in Thorne-street, Wagga, early yesterday morning…
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A shed behind Mr. J. Tod's newsagency at Tumut, and its contents were destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon…
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A shed behind Mr J. Tod'.- newsagency', at Tumut, and it contents were destroyed by fire on Wednesday afternoon…
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HONG KONG, Tuesday: The bodies of 130 persons have been removed from the scarred hulk of the river steamer. "Saigon,"…
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Due to sustained heat waves, the present period of the year is most dangerous for bush fires. The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) in a warning against…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: A youth who "did not feel like drowning" a cat which had been worrying his pet…
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Major (alterations to the Careless Use of Fire Act came into operation of February 1. Steps have been taken to expedite…
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BERLIN, Sunday: More than 50 people including four British soldiers are feared dead in a fire last night at an amusement centre at…
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Mrs. John Durie, of 84 Edward-street, Wagga, suffered severe bums when she fell into a burning air raid shelter in her back…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Damage estimated at £500 was caused by a fire which gutted an old stone building at Bundanoon yesterday…
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Rescuers have taken 81 charred bodies from the ice-covered ruins of a dance hall at Spandau, which was destroyed by fire at the week-end…
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