Six Dead In U.S. Fire Seventh Not Expected To Live
Colfax, Washington. January 11.—Six persons were burned to death yesterday in a fire Which destroyed their hemo. The victims were Mrs. Pay Walker 26…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Video Shows Fatal Fire
Chicago, January 15.—A fourth fireman died from injuries suffered in a warehouse fire which was televised to 5,000,000 viewers in…
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BRISBANE.—Bush fires are raging over thousands of square miles and causing damage to property and stock in…
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At 12.03 p.m. today the Central Fire Brigade was called to 408 Cobalt Street, where rubbish on the trailer of a motor lorry was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cease Fire Red Acceptance of Proposals ?
London, January 16. —Informed quarters said today that Communist China may accept the United Nations proposals for a ceasefire and a far…
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At 7.14 a.m. today the Central and South Fire Brigades were called to the Old Central Mine where sparks from an…
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A small grass fire occurred on Netlev Station late yesterday afternoon, but was under control before much damage was caused…
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Sparks from an oxy-acclytene larch caused a fire in a stack of unused timber on the old Central Mine lease last night. Called at 7.14 p.m. the Central and…
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Although there was some smoke in the undergrouad workings of the North mine yesterday, there has been no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Broken Cable Fires 2 Train Carriages; Passengers Panic
Sydney — Women screamed as a broken 1500-volts overhead electric cable early today set fire to two railway carriages, containing about 40 people, at Central Station. Several passengers were almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Five Million Dollar Fire
Baltimore Maryland, January 17.— An uncontrollable fire swept by a 40 m.p.h. wind destroyed a five million dollar (£2,232,142) pier, a 25,000 ton army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Pie Cart Early Morning Blaze At Menindee
A pie cart was destroyed by fire at Menindee in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The fire we fought with garden hoses…
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At 2 30 p.m. on Wednesday a small bush fire broke out on Netley Station, but the members of the Netley Fire. Fighting Organisation soon had the fire…
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Mr. A. R. West, manager of the North Mine, said today that as far as can be ascertained the fire in the southern workings of the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Burn Queensland Pastures 50-Mile Front Near Charleville
Brisbane, January 18.—All available men are lighting bushfires raging on a 50-mile front near Charleville and Wyndora in the south-west of Queensland…
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In the early hours of Wednesday morning a pie cart, recently brought from Broken Hill, was destroyed by fire. Cause of the outbreak is unknown Many spiders are leaving a rail of webs throughout the…
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Adelaide, January 19—A police sergeant and two police constables were trapped and burnt to death while fighting a bush fire near Upper…
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The Central Fire Brigade received a call at 11.38 p.m. on Saturday to a location off the South Road, where they found…
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A sedan car which caught fire on the Wilcannia Road last night, was completely destroyed…
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