Inquiry Told House Set on Fire
SYDNEY: A house belonging to a former manager of a firm operated by. Reginald Douglas Vitncll was set on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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Fire In Fatten Coal At Abermain
CESSNOCK: Fire which bloke out in a fall of 2000 tons of coal at Abermain No. 1 colliery has been brought…
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SYDNEY: Fire to-day partly destroyed Glenfield railway station sand burnt through telephone fines to [?] N.S.W…
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WASHINGTON: Mr. Leslie Arenda, a Republican, of Illinois, said in the House of Representatives to-day that a…
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SAO PAULO : (Brazil) At least 63 persons were killed — most of them trampled to death or suffocated — in a negro dance hall fire yesterday. Some estimates of the number of dead were as high as 70. Sevently other persons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sixty killed in dance hall fire S a O Paulo (Brazil)
Monday (AAP).- At least 60 people were killed—mostly trampled to death or suffocated—ln a dance hall fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire In Dunolly Residence
SINGLETON: Firemen had to break into a house at Dunolly Yesterday to extinguish a fire which could…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroyed Wool Warehouse
LONDON (A-A.P.): Eire destroyed a warehouse covering six acres occupied by the British Wool Commission in…
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Councillors of Lower Hunter Shire this morning attacked the efforts of the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust in flood mitigation work. Cr. T. McCarthy said the majority of trust…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader: British Leadership Cease-fire Line Agreed Upon ? Final Going-over Of Armistice Text
NEW YORK Reports spread to-day that a truce that interpreter are giving the armistice text a final cease-fire line in Korea has been agreed upon and going over before the actual signing, possibly next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Weston
Weston Fire Brigade was called but on Tuesday morning when smoke was seen issuing from a house in…
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Councillors of Lower Hunter Shire attacked the efforts of the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust in flood mitigation work. Cr. T. McCarthy said the majority of trust…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Under Fire Aldermen Dissatisfied With Answers From Commissioner
Letters from Railway Department officials came under fire at last night’s meeting of Maitland City Council. Aldermen described as unsatisfactory answers to two letters m reply to representations for explanations regarding withdrawal of seats for Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Damage £460,000
Bush fire damage in New South Wales during the 1951-23 season totalled £460,000. This is revealed in the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bans Use of Bush Fire Equipment to Fight Hopper Plagues
If, as farmers expect, there is a plague of grasshoppers in the district next year they will not be allowed to use bush-fire equipment to combat them…
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KYOGLE: Fire yesterday destroyed a sawmill at Urbenville belonging to Stubbings Bros. The loss is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Factory Fire
GRAFTON: A fire which swept through a veneer and plywood factory yesterday afternoon caused damage…
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Police are invesigating the cause of a fire which damaged a weatherboard house in First-street…
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Smoke began to pour from recently constructed seals in No. 8 west section of Aberdare Extended colliery on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Damage £460,000
Bush fire damage in New South Wales during 1952-1953 season totalled £460,000. This is revealed in the…
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