Thieves May Have Started Fatal Train Fire
LONDON, June 10. — Police are inquiring into the possibility of thieves having something to do with the fire on the express train 30 miles…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
321 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 17
Engine Fire On Fortress Was Started By Gun
LONDON, June 10.—One of the sons of the United States Superfortress which crashed in the North Sea on Wednesday night fired into…
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LONDON, June 12.—The crew of the British trawler Look Esk said yesterday she had been fired on in the Irish Sea, about four to…
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About £50 worth of damage was done to a carpet and lounge suite at the residence of Mr. M. J. Clancy, Sewing Machine agent, at 160 High…
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NEW YORK, June 14.—Three children were burned to death yesterday in a fire which swept a wooden house at Oakland,…
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SYDNEY, Thurs—Alfred Edward William Brodie, seamen, of no fixed address, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge…
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LONDON. June 17.—For the fifth time in eight days an express train caught fire yesterday while travelling at high speed…
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At Newdell open-cut mine last night a raging fire destroyed a store shed belonging to the N.S.W. Mining Co. The shed, which was valued at £2,500, contained stores worth about £7,000 owned by the…
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SINGLETON, Thurs.—Damage, corticated at £9500, was caused when a fire completely destroyed a store shed belonging to the…
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LONDON, June 23.—Fire destroyed a 6539-ton British cargo ship, the Fulani, lying at Liverpool docks…
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Racing along decks with a speed that paralysed activity, trapped passengers and crew in their sleeping quarters, and nullified all hope of early extinction, the fire that destroyed the Canadian ship, Noronic, at a Toronto pier last year was one of…
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At Newdell open cut mine on Tuesday night a raging fire destroyed a store shed belonging to the N.S.W. Mining Co. The shed, which was…
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NEW YORK, Monday.—A cloudburst caused heavy floods and a devastating fire at West Union, West Virginia, on…
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NEW YORK, June 27.— Five persons are dead and at least 10 others missing after flood and fire devastated West Union, West…
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The wiring of a car was damaged when it caught alight in Jurd-street, Cessnock, last night. Cessnock Fire Brigade, under…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday—When Leo Burrows, of Morgan-street, Merewetberl, was visiting his mother at Glebe, Newcastle, last…
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SYDNEY, Sat.—Damage, which is expected to exceed £100,000, was [?]sused by a fire last night in a two-storied building in…
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GLOUCESTER, Friday.—A fire broke out in the Rural Bank in Church-street, but was promptly put out by garden hose before…
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SINGLETON,- Friday.—No serious damage was causes when a fire broke out in an upstairs bedroom at the terminus Hotel,…
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With sirens wailing and tyres screaming Singleton's fire engine raced to the Terminus Hotel last night. The firemen…
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