Burned To Death In House Fire
SYDNEY, Wed.-A 16 months old baby boy was burned to death in his home in Long street, North Goulburn, to-day. FIREMEN and police did not…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
379 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 19
Faulty Refrigerator Believed Cause Of House Fire
LISMORE, Thurs.--Police believe a faulty refrigerator caused a fire which completely gutted a weatherboard farmhouse at…
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LONDON. Tues. (AAP).--Fires in Britain kill 700 people each year, injure 4000, and cause between £20 million and…
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OTTAWA, Wed. (AAP).-- Seven children, ranging in age from one year to 15 were burned to death, when a fire destroyed…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.--A westerly change this afternoon saved Victoria from one of the worst Autumn bushfires…
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CHICAGO, Wed. (A.A.P.).-- A petrol waggon driven was burnt to death in his cabin yesterday when the waggon…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).--A man threw petrol over his wife after a family row and then set her alight with a candle police…
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NEW YORK, WED. (AAP)--Fire destroyed over 60 racing greyhounds at Sarasota Kennel Club at Sarasota, Florida,…
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SION (Switzerland), Thurs, (AAP).-- A £1 million sterling fire destroyed one of Switzerland's most important…
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COFF'S HARBOUR. Sun.-- A scrub fire, which broke out at Coff's Harbour early this afternoon, temporarily…
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LISMORE, Mon.--A building containing hay and agricultural machinery valued at £2000 was destroyed by fire at Kyogle…
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Stage scenery Wardrobe equipment arid personal property valued at thousands of pounds were destroyed when a large truck of Barton's Follies fleet caught fire on the Pacific Highway, 23 miles from…
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Mr. Roy Barton, proprietor of Barton's Follies, stated yesterday that he assessed the loss of equipment in the fire…
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SYDNEY, Wed.-- Firemen battled unsuccessfully for nearly two hours to-night in an effort to save a huge warehouse…
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SYDNEY, Wed-- The inquiry into a report that the trainer of Fire Ship had caught a man attempting to dope the horse will…
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SYDNEY, Wed.-- Fire, which gutted four stalls at the stables of Canterbury horse trainer, Alf Klings, to-day burned to death…
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No one was injured when a lorry overturned and was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Highway, a mile south of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--More than 100 guests and 92 staff members fled to safety in their night attire, when fire gutted the wooden two-storey Hotel Kosciusko, at dawn to-day…
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The wooden two-storey Hotel. Kosciusko was gutted in a spectacular blaze at 4.30 a.m. on…
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TOKIO, Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter) --At least 98 persons were burnt to death, and another 200 injured when they were trapped…
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