Two Killed In Tanker Fire
SINGAPORE, Mon. (AAP-Reuter).-- Two Indonesian sailors of the British oil tanker, Lingula, were killed and two were burnt when the vessel caught fire late last…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
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Five Now Dead in Oil Tanker Fire
SINGAPORE, Tues. (AAP-Reuter)--Casualties in the oil fire at Palau Sam[?]oe Island; near Singapore are now. five dead, one…
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Singapore, wed. (AAP-Reuter).--Deathroll in the Pulau Samboe Island oil blaze rose to eight yesterday when three more…
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A passerby who saw sparks lying from a fused lighting tube in a Grafton shop window on Saturday night quickly gave the…
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Banana growers in the Coffs Harbour-Woolgoolga district, at the ballot held recently, decided by a large majority in…
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The evening air was dark with rain And silken mists, as pale as woe[?] And then, across the darkening plain. The sunset fires began to glow;…
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FORT WILLIAM (Ontario), Wed. (AAP).--Eight homes an apartment house and a timber yard were destroyed yesterday by…
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At last meeting of Bellingen Shire Council a letter was received from the Board of Fire Commissioners regarding the…
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CORAMBA.—Most of the male residents of Coramba attended a demonstration on the use of the fire fighting equipment recently…
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COFF'S HARBOUR.—At the monthly meeting of the Coff's Harbour sub-branch of the R.S.L Mr. G. England reported that…
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QUEBEC, Mon.(AAP).—At least eight people lost their lives in a fire which raged for 16 hours before being brought…
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MACLEAN, Tues.—When being prepared for sealing the Pacific Highway near Mororo, a tank of tar caught…
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CABANO (Quebec), Wed, (AAP), -- A roaring fire destroyed half of this mill town yesterday as 3000 residents fled to safety NEARLY 1500 homeless men…
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BRISBANE, Wed.-- Escaping coal gas may have caused the fire and explosion at an artesian bore 30 miles from Roma yesterday. Stating this to-day, Mr. Derek…
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Early on Saturday morning a large house with valuable furnishings and household effects at North street, South Grafton, was destroyed by fire. The house, which contained…
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Shortly after lunch on Saturday, Coffs Harbour Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a small fire which broke out at the rear…
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NEW YORK, Mon. (AAP).--A spectacular fire broke out yesterday at the scene of the devastating explosion on Friday night, at…
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LONDON Sun (AAP) A doctor and a nurse were burned to death when trapped by a fire at a London hospital…
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A grass fire swept through the plot of ground east of Queen street, near Dobie street, yesterday afternoon…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Fifteen new Australians were injured—four seriously—and about 250 others entered homeless when a fire razed a hut at the Brooklyn migrant centre early to-day…
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