Fire Destroys Pastures
Inverell. — A bushfire which swept through six grazing properties in the Yetman district at the week-end and destroyed 18,000…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Grass Fire
The Central Fire Brigade was called at 8.15 o'clock last night to the corner of Wyman and Gossan Streets, where a grass fire was…
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Melbourne.—An elderly woman was trapped in a kitchen and burned to death while trying to put out a fire in her home. She…
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Fire which broke out in scrub in Wyman Street off Gossan Street, was extinguished last night by the Central Fire Brigade, which was called call at…
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Deniliquin.—Five nuns had amazing escapes from death when a fire, fanned by a strong northwesterly wind, destroyed the Deniliquin convent and school…
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Sydney.—A truck was damaged by fire this morning at Balmain, when a quantity of the rain soaked lime in it caught fire…
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A fire. which broke out in a lorry parked in front of the C.P.S. in Eyre Street on Thursday, caused extensive damage to the seat and cabin of the…
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Sydney—An electrical fault is believed to be responsible for yesterday's fire at the White Bay Power Station which badly damaged a frequency changer…
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When an engine caught fire yesterday in a utility ninety miles from Broken Hill, it was extinguished with sand and water. Henry Singleton of White…
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Melbourne, May 14.—Fire caused about fifteen thousand pounds worth of damage at the Plastic Button factory. Little Lonsdale Street, last night…
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Melbourne.—An elderly incapacitated ex-soldier was suffocated by smoke when a fire broke out in his home at South Melbourne early…
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Philadelphia, May 17.— Fire on a pier at Philadelphia spread to the steamer Pineland today and caused…
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Sydney—A fire which swept through Langdon and Langdon Pty. Ltd., timber yards, Petersham, early today, causing £100,000 worth of damage, is expected to have serious repercussions in the home building industry. Several thousand pounds worth…
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Newcastle — Police set alight to petrol which spilled from a truck on the Pacific Highway at Hexham…
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New York, May 24.—Three or four unidentified gunmen poured a stream of bullets into the office of the…
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Wellington (N.Z.). — A mysterious fire destroyed a hut, in which four persons were murdered on Sunday. The hut had been cursed…
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Sydney—In two city fires early today a 37-years-old man was found dead and a woman was seriously burnt. The dead man (Harry Duff…
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Lismore.—A hatchery [?] killed 2,000 chickens, v[?] ed at more than £300. The chickens were from…
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New York, In Richmond, California, four-year-old Dennis Day kept a pet white mouse in…
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Sydney, June 10—A father pleaded guilty in the Newtown Court to six charges of indecent assault against his own 11-year-old daughter and two…
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