New Method Of Attack On Bushfires
AS part of its attack on bushfire problems, the Country Fire Authority of Victoria has launched "Operation Decentralisation"…
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Fire Patrol Detects Blaze
One of Sydney's new fire patrol waggons was in action tor the first time last night, when its crew prevented a…
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One of Sydney's new fire-patrol waggons was in action for the first time last night, when its crew prevented a…
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One of Sydney's new fire-patrol waggons was in action for the first time last night, when its crew prevented a…
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One of Sydney's new fire-patrol waggons was in action for the first time last night, when its crew prevented a…
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One of Sydney's new fire-patrol waggons was in action for the first time last night, when its crew prevented a…
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One of Sydney's new fire-patrol waggons was in action for the first time last night, when its crew prevented a…
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Arrival of three fire brigades within five minutes of the alarm toeing given, prevented a serious fire at the refrigerator factor…
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These eight new vehicles are being put into commission by the N.S.W. Fire Brigade to work as fire patrols. Each vehicle, will be fitted with two-way radio and will cruise slowly, reporting back to the stations at regular intervals during the night. They carry an officer and two or three men, and are fitted with fire-fighting equipment, ladders,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Big Day for Firemen: 11 Fires, Seven New Cars
YESTERDAY was a busy day for fire brigades in Sydney, because: Firemen, put out 11 fires. Seven "cruising fire stations" took the…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A large squad of detectives boarded the 7000-ton British freighter Pemba…
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FOURTH mysterious fire in seven weeks broke out late tonight on the freighter Pemba, 7000…
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MELBOURNE, Sat. -- Saboteurs tonight set fire to cargo in the 7500-ton freighter Pemba for the fourth time since the…
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THE exodus from Jerusalem was almost complete. An imposing cavalcade of armored cars had ensured the passage of the last 130 British officials to Lydda…
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Yesterday's heavy rain caused 20 small fires in Sydney. A fire brigade officer said last night that the fires were…
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A WEATHERBOARD cottage in Charles St., Springwood, was destroyed by fire early today. The occupier,…
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SYDNEY'S telephone service was seriously dislocated this morning when flood waters seeped in to cable ducts, and short-circuited the lines of approximately 1200 subscribers…
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SYDNEY' S telephone service was paralysed this morning when flood waters seeped into cable ducts, wet the cables, and short-circuited the lines of thousands of subscribers…
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SYDNEY'S telephone service was paralysed this morning when flood waters seeped into cable ducts, wet the cables, and short-circuited the lines of thousands of subscribers…
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SYDNEY'S telephone service was seriously dislocated this morning when flood waters seeped in to cable ducts, and short-circuited the lines of approximately 1200 subscribers…
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