Munition Ship on Fire
ALDEBURGH, (Sulfolk), December 28. A.A.P.—A lifeboat was called to the assistance of a munition-laden motor vessel after a fire had broken…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 22
Fire Won't Hold Up Colliery
A spectacular fire which destroyed a group of pit-top buildings, including the storeroom and offices, at Waratah…
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A fire and three explosions caused damage estimated at £10.000 at the Waratah coalmine near Charlestown early this…
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LAUNCESTON, Friday.—One million superfect of timber for housing and furniture-making was destroyed by bushfire at the Gipps Creek…
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"A good year" was how Fire Brigade officers described 1945 in Newcastle. Calls fell from 672 in 1944 to 426, and none…
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Three detectives — Detective-Sergeant Whalan and Detectives Pollock and Dunipace—were engaged this morning on…
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SAIGON, Monday.—A fire which broke out in the engine-room of the French liner Eridan (13,000 tons) did damage which will probably take…
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