Seven Die in Fire
QUEBES, Friday: Leger Lapierre his wife and five of their seven children were burned to death at Sept Isles yesterday when flames roared through…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
590 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 15 of 30
Family Die in House Fire
QUEBEC, Friday.—Leger Lapierre, his wife and' five of their seven children were burned to death at Sept lies early…
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LONDON, Friday.— Twelve million gallons of petrol went up in flames last night at Avon, mouth (Gloucestershire) in…
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LONG BEACH, California, Monday.--An Air Force fighter plane accidentally strafed a suburb here yesterday. There…
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Brigades last fought for several hours a bushfire which burnt out more than two square miles of bush country…
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WENTWORTH FALLS, Monday. The first serious bushfire of the season started late this afternoon. Tonight firefighters from…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.--A furtive plan to burn a small clothing firm and collect 30,000 dollars insurance backfired…
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LOS ANGELES, Tuesday: Actor Clifton Young, 34, child villain in "Our Gang" comedies and adult in numerous films, died in a hotel room fire…
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DUBBO, Tuesday: In Dubbo's main street today business was brought almost to a standstill when people ran from shops and offices to see clouds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Former Resident's Unlucky Break New Home Badly Damaged by Fire
Former Lithgow residents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hingley, experienced an unlucky break recently when their new home…
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NEW YORK, A furtive, drawn out plot to burn a small clothing firm and collect 20,000 dollars insurance backfired yesterday into triple arrests…
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With the, approach of summer Australians are reminded of the bush fire dangers this season brings…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Damage; estimated at more than £100,000 has been caused by fires at three Sydney factories at the week-end. At two of the…
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The prompt use of a fire extinguisher prevented what could have been a serious conflagration at…
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Stating that he was prepared to go to the limit on the subject, Ald. J. Dudley at last night's Lithgow City Council meeting strongly criticised the Board of Fire Commissioners for the removal…
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A big bush fire is burning tonight on Dungamcre Station, 30 miles north of Walgett in north-western NSW. Late this afternoon it had already…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Volunteer firefighters seem to have won the two months' long fight against huge bushfires in the Mackay area…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Three elderly women were burned to death and more than a score injured when flames…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.—Three elderly women burned to death and more than a score were injured when flames swept through a two-storey wooden building—used as a nursing home for the aged—at…
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Three elderly women were burned, to death and more than a score were injured when flames swept through a two-storey wooden building — used…
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