£25,000 Fire at South Grafton
Damage estimated at £25,000 only partly covered by insurance, was done toy a fierce fire which swept…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
336 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 17
Inquiry Into House Fire
MURWILLUMBAH: A cononer’s inquiry commenced today into a fire which destroyed a banana grower’s cottage…
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Weston Fire Brigade was called just after midnight on Saturday, when a fire was discovered in a hut near the…
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Singleton Road Safety Council plans to carry out a test to back its claim that parking should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →President Syngman Rhee Under Fresh Fire Attitude Could Shatter Chances For World Peace
LONDON: South Korean President Syngman Rhee was under fresh fire in world capitals yesterday for his obstruction to the long-awaited Korean truce. In Washington, Senator Alexander Wiley, chairman of the U.S. Foreign Relations Committee, bluntly accused Dr. Rhee of “extremism, obstinacy and…
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Weston Fire Brigade was called out twice this week. A small' grass fire Was extinguished in Chinaman's…
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An electric stove in the home of Mr. Laurence Smyth, of Westcott-street, Cessnock, was damaged on Wednesday…
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A man Who had lit a fire in a Maitland timber yard, told the police that he had no explanation when asked why he…
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The Wingham butter fat case may be the beginning of something. An investigation of the…
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A fire which was discovered in the front bedroom of a house in Arcadia-avenue, West Cessnock, was extinguished by…
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Cessnock and Kearsley Fire Brigades were Called out on Saturday night when a fire was discovered in the…
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Every Brisbane home possessed a potential fire danger in the ordinary household mop, Brisbane's Fire Chief, (Mr. George Healey) stated…
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A grass fire was extinguished by Weston Fire Brigade behind Third-street, weston, on Wednesday…
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Groups of people watched helplessly while an 80 years old man died in a blazing house at Benalla (Viotoria)…
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Officers of Singleton Road Safety Council yesterday guaged the difficulty that would be…
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Weston fire brigade received a call to a grass fire in Government Road, Weston, on Saturday morning…
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A man was burned to death in a fire which partly destroyed a weatherboard cottage in Brisbane-street, Lorn,…
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SINGLETON: President of the Singleton branch of the Road Safety Council (Mr. C. Bourke) said to-day he feared a major fire disaster in Singleton unless action was taken to ban parking in the vicinity…
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Every Brisbane home possessed a potential fire danger in the ordinary household mop, Brisbane's fire chief…
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TOKYO: American ambassador (Mr. Ellis B[?]dggs) will meet South Korean President (Sy[?]gmen Rhee) to-day to…
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