Sydney's Big Blaze Insufficient Firemen Available
SYDNEY, Wednesday— Firemen who helped fight the £500,000 blaze at Richard Hughes Pty. Ltd., Five Dock, yesterday…
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Fire at Uno Headquarters
PARIS. Wednesday— United Nations' officials and typists, with papers hastily grabbed from desks, made their way through…
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The Wagga Fire Brigade was called out about 11.30 last night to a fire in the provision department of T. Edmondson and…
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LEETON, Thursday: A fire among packing cases stacked in a yard at the rear of Mr. J. B. Hogan's jeweller's shop in Pine…
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Men fighting the fire which partly destroyed Mervyn Lyle Crowe's general store at Barmedman on the night of October 13…
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A small fire broke out in the back premises of Mr. J. B. Hogan, the jeweller, at 88 Pine Avenue, about half-past two, yesterday afternoon…
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LEETON, Thursday: The Griffith Cannery will not be affected by the fire which gutted the tin canister factory at Five…
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WEST WYALONG, Friday: Police will begin investigations immediately into a dramatic statement made at the Coroner's Court today that it was rumored a mysterious "Mr. L." was responsible for the fire which partly destroyed…
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BARMEDMAN, Sunday: Police were satisfied that a person referred to at the inquiry as "Mr. L." could…
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LEETON, Sunday: A fire destroyed 40 acres of stubble and damaged about 50 acres of wheat on Mr. R. Bushby's…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: A three-years-old boy and his father are dead as a result of a fire which destroyed their home in…
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BARMEDMAN, Sunday: The West Wyalong coroner (Mr. Harold Kaye) commented at an inquiry yesterday on what he termed a "sympathetic change of evidence" by some Barmedman witnesses…
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The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, stated that, on the recommendation of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, conditions had been…
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The ringing of the fire bell at 12.15 a.m. this morning brought many residents from their beds. Judging from a distance, one could…
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With temperatures soaring above the century mark; gale-force winds carrying clouds of dust, and intermittent fires, Riverina residents yesterday experienced one of the most trying days for years…
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WEST WYALONG, Monday: The West Wyalong Coroner (Mr. H. Kaye), in a reserved judgment today, said the fire which partially destroyed the business premises of Mervyn Lyle Crowe, of…
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A fire broke out in the wood stack at Cooper's Brick Kiln yesterday afternoon. As the scene of the lire was outside the 5-mile radius, the brigade…
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LEETON, Monday: A lucky change in the wind and the presence of mind of a sixteen-year-old youth saved machinery worth £5000 from certain destruction by fire at Cooper's brickworks, near Yanco…
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WEST WYALONG, Tuesday — The West Wyalong coroner (Mr., H. Kaye) in a reserved judgment, said the fire which…
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The Griffith Cannery will not be affected by the fire which gutted the tin canister factory at Five Dock on Tuesday last because its tin canister…
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