Helpless All Night in Fire Embers
MELBOURNE.—James Mee, 73, lay helpless all last night in the embers, of a fire in an open shed at North Coburg Gun Club. He was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 30
Ten Killed In Chicago Tenement Fire
CHICAGO, Oct. 10. A.A.P.—Six children and four women were killed, and more than 12 persons injured early to-day in a tenement fire which…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The three-day strike by more than 200 fire brigade officers in New South Wales ended to-night, when a mass meeting accepted terms of settlement…
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Newcastle Fire Brigades have had 10 false alarms in the past fort-night. The outbreak is thought to be connected with the Fire Brigades…
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BOGOTA (Colombia), Oct. 12. A.A.P.—Fire last night destroyed Tumaco, Colombia's second most important western port…
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Cook's Hill fire brigade put out a small fire in a garbage box at Lee Wharf yesterday afternoon…
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SYDNEY.—The Forestry Advisory Council, at its conference this week, will discuss a motion urging the Government to establish, under…
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Firemen from Hamilton and Newcastle Brigades attended a fire in a storeroom at the Darby-street premises of Kloster Pty. Ltd., about 4.15 p.m…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Fire broke out to-day near the Mahia, on hoard which a disastrous fire occurred on August 7, when 10 lives were…
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PIER ABLAZE. Streams of water pour on to pier on the Hudson River, New York, which was swept by fire causing damage estimated at 5,000,000 dollars. Firemen were ordered from the pier after several hours of combating a stubborn fire beneath the concrete flooring when…
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Ten fire brigade [?] fought for three hours last night to isolate a fire which destroyed a large hardware factory in Illawarra-road, Marrickville…
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While Mrs. J. Snelson was playing tennis yesterday, three children, aged between three and five, played havoc in her home during a half-hour of…
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SYDNEY.—Supplies of household appliances for Australia's building programme will be seriously affected by the spectacular fire which…
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Belmont Urban Area Committee will ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to have the town declared a "D" town for fire insurance purposes…
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Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire on Tuesday night at the engineering works of R. B. Davies Pty. Ltd., Marrickville. Firemen from five stations fought the blaze for three hours. Picture shows a section of the works after the fire…
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ARMIDALE, Wednesday.—A fire at the Australian Interstate Fruit Foods Pty. Ltd., in Jessie-street, Armidale, this morning caused damage estimated…
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NEW YORK, October 15. A.A.P.—The seven consuls who investigated the situation in Indonesia reported to the Security Council that the Dutch…
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SYDNEY: Fifteen employees of Stromberg-Carlson Pty. Ltd., who fought a fire in the company's radio factory at Alexandria last night until brigades arrived, prevented the main portion of the factory from catching alight…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—An invention designed and built in Australia, and announced to-day, should be a big development in fire-fighting at sea…
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Disused timber from an old loading ramp at the Cooperative mine, Wallsend, was damaged by fire last night. Wallsend brigade put the fire out with…
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