Two Rescued From Fire
SYDNEY.—Almost blinded by smoke, four men dragged an unconscious 39-year-old ex-serviceman from a blazing house in Garden…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 30
To Confer On Closing Of Fire Stations
Closure of Newcastle suburban fire stations is likely to be discussed in the near future by the president of the Board of N.S.W. Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) and representatives of interested organisations…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—Four motor-vehicles were severely damaged, and plant, stores and a large stock of tyres destroyed late to-night in a…
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When a tent caught alight in Swansea yesterday, Mr. Albert Watson and his wife lost a large part of their household goods…
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LONDON, July 19. A.A.P. — The courage of an Indian scientist, Sir Shanti Bhatnagar, saved Oxford University and the country thousands of…
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SYDNEY: "The Board of Fire Commissioners has taken the ong view in regard to fire-fighting facilities at Newcastle, and though the alterations in existing conditions may inconvenience some few people I am sure that the majority of Newcastle…
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In a two hours' battle with the fire in the Narbey Electrical Engineering Company's works in Hunter Street West last night,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Ten fires were quelled in City Council refuse boxes in King-street, between Elizabeth and Pitt Streets, this afternoon…
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Hamilton and Cook's Hill Fire Brigades late last night checked a fire which could have wiped out a Hunter-street block…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Before fire destroyed a house in Darley-road, Charing Cross, last night, a neighbour, Roy Carmichael, rescued a Kelpie dog,…
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SYDNEY: A fire which began with a fierce explosion in a chemical factory at Parramatta Road. Taverners Hill, almost…
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The Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Ald. Norris) will be asked to convene public meetings in Lambton and Adamstown to protest against…
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LISMORE, Monday.—Hundreds of firefighters, backed up by a last-minute chance in the wind, saved Evans Head…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A pall of bush-fire smoke, thousands of feet deep, lay over south-eastern Queensland this afternoon…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday: Two boys, aged 15 and 11, who poured kerosene over a dog and set fire to it, were given a tongue…
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ADELAIDE: Robot fire alarms which shout questions at a person giving an alarm and then pause while that person replies are a quaint feature of a new fire alarm system being installed in Adelaide streets. The system is said to be the best in the world…
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WELLINGTON, Wednesday. — Two boys, aged 15 and 11, who poured kerosene over a dog and set fire to it, were committed to-day to…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Jewellery valued at £300 was lost in a fire which destroyed four tents, furniture and a modern car at Palm Beach…
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"Ex-Volunteer Captain" writes: An article appeared in "The Newcastle Sun" on July 18 about the closing of fire stations. The…
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POUGHKEEPSIE (New York) Wednesday.—Standing on a broken leg, James Hines. 35, caught six children thrown to him by…
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