Man Burned to Death Bankstown Blaze
SYDNEY, Friday: A 50 old man was burned to death in a fire which destroyed a fibro cottage at Est-Bankstown early today…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
322 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 17
Chimney Fire
A chimney fire was reported yesterday afternoon at 64 St wart Street, the residence of Dr. Van Gelderen. The fire was quickly brought under…
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A five-year old boy suffered excruciating pain when he fell into an open fire at his home early on…
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About 300 acres, some wheat and some empty bags were destroyed by a fire which…
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The interior of a laundry was almost burned out in a fire at 71 Methven-street this afternoon. Fire had a good hold…
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The Minister for Conservation, Mr. A. G. Enticknap, M.LA., said today that Forestry Commission employees co-operated with private persons in the suppression of about 100…
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Although Lithgow fire brigade handled well over an average of one fire per week, the total figures recorded for last year were well below the record of 94 fires attended during the disastrous…
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A passerby, who observed smoke issuing from the De la Salle Brothers monastery in George Street yesterday, immediately notified…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bees at Fire Station
A queen bee which has defied previous effort to remove her with her swarm, was captured yesterday by Suttor Street apiarist, Mr. A. H…
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Whilst firefighting, barley or oatmeal water is preferred to plain water for quenching the thirst,…
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When a kerosene type refrigerator exploded at the hotel at Goolma in the early hours of the early part of…
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The cause of fire, which broke out under the stage of the main hall at the Police-Citizens Boys' Club, Roy-street, yesterday afternoon, damaging the stage flooring and underneath framework…
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NEW YORK, Thursday. -- Jack Kramer's professional tennis tour might droop a bit at the box office this year, but…
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LITHGOW, Thursday: The cause of the fire which broke out yesterday at the Police Boys and Citizens Club is still unknown. Flames had spread…
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The annual meeting of the Millthorpe Bush Fire Brigade on Thursday night was poorly attended…
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WASHINGTON, Monday.-- The Senate Investigations Subcommittee said yesterday "blatantly. pro-Communist,…
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Part of a wooden fence was burnt at the home of Mr. S. Young on the corner of Nile and Byag Streets…
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SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Mrs. Isobel Mary Neville (80). a semi-cripple, struggled from her blazing weatherboard…
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SAIGON, Tuesday. — A Vietminh rebel ambush today interrupted a bicycle race in the Centho area,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A cat which knocked over a bed lamp in a lonely French Forest cottage early today almost cost the life of an 80-year-old…
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