Brigades Went to 683 Fires During Last Year
Brigades in the Newcastle district answered 683 calls to fires last year. There were also 45 false alarms, and 14 believed to have been deliberate…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 30
Took Fire to Fire Station
THE wiring between a coupled tram set short-circuited and caused a small fire as the cars were running towards…
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SYDNEY.—Liverpool Fire Brigade was called out today when fire raged through the historic century-old St. Luke's Cemetery at Liverpool…
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Fire destroyed a grocer's shop and a small garage at Kurri Kurri yesterday. A house attached to the shod was damaged…
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[?]AS, Jan. 1. A.A.P.—[?] were killed [?] ing [?]namore, a Labour stronghold…
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SYDNEY.—The Arson Squad is investigating a fire—the third within a month—which broke out today at the Australian Paper Mills. McAuley…
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Brigades attended two fires in the district yesterday. One was at the Commonwealth Steel Company's premises, where burning grass reached…
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During the 12 months ended December 31 the Fire Brigades in the Maitland district attended 151 fires. These included 56 at Maitland, 34…
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HANOI, Jan. 3. A.A.P.—The French Colonial Minister (M. Moutet) was fired on by snipers shortly after his arrival in Hanoi…
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Last year fire brigades from the Maitland district averaged nearly three fires a week. Involving a total mileage of 325,…
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LONDON, Jan. 5. A.A.P.—A fire that broke out in the liner Corinthic, which was nearing completion in the shipyard of Cammell Laird and Co. Ltd., at Birkenhead, early yesterday morning, was not subdued until late last night…
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LONDON, Jan. 6. A.A.P.—Twenty-five miners, including six German prisoners of war, were killed in a fire in a Silesian mine, according to…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — While they were fishing off Bundeena, near Cronulla, two men were badly burned late to-night…
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LONDON, Jan. 6. A.A.P.—It is believed, that the fire on the Corinthic, a liner which was being completed at a Birkenhead shipyard, was…
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Brigades were called to two fires yesterday. In Keniteed-avenue, Charlestown, local firemen put out burning grass before it did any…
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NEW YORK, Thursday: At Atlanta (Georgia) where a recent hotel fire cost 100 lives, Irvin Bassett (65), dropped 12 floors…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 9. A.A.P.—One of New York's costliest waterfront blazes for years destroyed two Hudson River piers, causing damage…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The 1947 Country Week tennis carnival was only an apology, compared with prewar years. Mr…
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BERLIN, Friday.—German police fired over the heads of 300 coal-train looters near Cologne in the British Zone. Previously, the looters pelted with lumps of coal civilians who attempted to disperse them…
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District brigades [?] several [?]ull fires at the were all [?] was [?]…
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