Police Fire on Strikers
ASANSOL (West Bengal) Monday.— Six people were killed and II injured when police opened fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
435 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 22
Fire Board Member Accused Of Gross Impertinence
Statements attributed in a press report to Fire Commissioner H. Watts, during a visit to Lithgow on Friday night, were strongly condemned at last night's Lithgow City Council meeting, which decided to ask the Chief Secretary to investigate the matter and, if the report were correct, to ask for…
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Children of the Brownie's Pack today donated a small parcel of toys to Graham and Michael McKeown, baby sons of Mr. and Mrs. William McKeown, whose home was burned down in a fire last Thursday morning…
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Representations designed to obtain a home for the McKeown family whose cottage and possessions were destroyed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radio Aids Boree Fire Fighting Organisation
Boree Shire Council's two-way radio was a great asset to the Council's Fire Fighting Organisation, according…
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Bathurst Fire Brigade attended 41 calls during the first six months of this year. Three of the calls were to hotels where fires had started in…
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Four occupants of a seven-roomed cottage, including a two-year-old girl, lost practically all their belongings when a fire almost totally destroyed their home in Paisley Street early on…
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TOWNSVILLE, This Aft.-- Onlookers were hurled to the ground in a shower of blazing steel during a spectacular fire…
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Firemen quickly extinguished a fire which broke out in an electric stove in No. 2 James street this morning and…
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SYDNEY, Friday: A huge fire which tonight destroyed a four storey factory in Redfern, disrupted all rail traffic for nearly…
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When a short circuit started a fire on a telephone pole in Rocket Street about 7.30 on Saturday night, Bathurst Fire Brigade received a call…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Fire early this evening severely damaged two rooms and the roof of a double stored home in Randwick. The home was…
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Orange Fire Brigade was called to a fire in a utility, truck at about 9.50 p.m. yesterday near the corner…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Fire Brigade Employees' Union today asked Chief Secretary Kelly for a public inquiry into the Board of Fire…
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KATOOMBA, Thursday. -- Firemen from Katoomba Leura, Wentworth Falls and Springwood for more than…
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LEURA, Thursday: A bush fire broke out on the Blue Mountains today and a strong westerly drove the flames towards Wentworth Falls…
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A fire which broke out in tho chimney of a house at 178 Piper St. at about 5.30 yesterday afternoon, was extinguished before any damage was…
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Only slight damage was caused to the brickwork when a chimney at the residence of Mr. A Chappie, of 22 Amiens-street,…
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NEW YORK, Sunday.— The United Nations and the Communists will sign a Korea armistice at 11 a.m. tomorrow. There will be a cease-fire in the three years’ war within 12 hours of the signing…
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LEEDS, Tuesday (A.A.P. Special).--Australia has victory in the fourth test within its grasp and England, with only today left for play, can only hope for a draw…
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