Through Wall to Put Out Fire
Firemen had to cut away part of a wall to reach a small fire in the lining of a cottage in Maitland-road. Islington, yesterday. The wall and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 30
Retain Bushfire Controls
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Government decided to-day to introduce legislation in the Legislative Assembly next week to continue the…
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A small grass fire on vacant land in Turton-road, Waratah, yesterday, was beaten out by members of Waratah Fire Brigade,…
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A storeroom and contents, at the rear of Dr. Bourke's residence, Lindsay-street, Hamilton, were destroyed by fire on Saturday morning…
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Fire broke out in a stack of turpentine logs in Young-street, Carrington, shortly after 11 o'clock last night. The logs which are more…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—At least 116 people have lost their lives as a result of a fire that swept through the 15-storey Winecoff Hotel, in Atlanta (Georgia) yesterday…
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SPEECH DAY.—The headmaster of Cook's Hill Intermediate High School (Mr. A. W. Schuemaker) addressing the pupils at the annual function in the City Hall yesterday. A feature of the Cook's Hill Intermediate High School speech day yesterday was the singing of the school's official song by the girls…
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SASKATOON (Saskatchewan), Dec. 9. A.A.P.—At least 11 persons were killed and 18 others injured when the Hotel Barry…
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A lorry load of furniture and household articles, owned by Mr. Don McLaren, was almost destroyed by fire yesterday morning, at West…
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ATLANTA, Dec. 10. A.A.P.— The Fire Marshal (Mr. Harry Phillips) told the Board of Firemasters that investigators considered the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steward Sentenced To Five Years: Fire On Steamer
SYDNEY.—A steward on the Asturias (22,488 tons) was today sentenced to five years' imprisonment with hard labor for having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fassifern Seeks Fire Gear
Fassifern-Lorne Progress Association decided to ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to request the Board of Fire Commissioners to install a…
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Fire brigades, trucks from the Electric Supply Department and police answered a false alarm to Reidstreet, City, last night. A telephone…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Pleading "Guilty" to having maliciously set fire to a cabin on the British liner Asturias (22,048 tons) at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →62-Year-Old Fires Still Blaze In U.S. Minefield "Herald" Service From New York
From Ohio comes the report that fresh fires have broken out in the great coal seams, threatening to get completely out of hand and destroy eventually £19 million worth of coal. These fires will add to the…
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KATOOMBA, Sunday.—Mrs. Dora Eleanor McDarra, 82, died in Katoomba hospital this morning from burns suffered when she was…
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Stock valued at £400, a foot vision X-ray machine valued at £180, and furniture were damaged in a fire at Greenwood's Shoe Stores,…
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LONDON.—Civil Servants housed in one of Harrogate's requisitioned hotels appealed to their headquarters in a city 100…
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TENTERFIELD, Monday. — Fires in State forests were largely the fault of the Forestry Commission, which refused permission for controlled fires…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When a sudden explosion started a fierce blaze in the factory of the Premier Refrigeration Co. Pty. Ltd. late this…
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