Christchurch Mourns Fire Dead
CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday.—Christchurch this afternoon mourned the 41 victims of the tragic fire that destroyed the department store of J…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 30
£1000 Damage in Pit Top Fire
Pit-top property and the screening house building at South Waratah colliery, near Charlestown, were severely damaged by fire early yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at about £1000…
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Repair work was begun at South Waratah colliery yesterday as soon as practicable after firemen had hecked the fire which caused…
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By Ellis Bridge (12), of Nelson-street Greta. Ten points…
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KINGSTON (Jamaica), Mon. (A.A.P.): At least five people were burned to death when an explosion started a fire in the Gaiety…
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Because of public apathy, Wangi Bush Fire Brigade will not proceed with the proposed installation of a telephone to aid in fire-fighting…
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KINGSTON (Jamaica), Nov. 25. A.A.P.—Nine persons were burned to death and five were injured yesterday when an explosion started a fire in the…
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FILM actors and soldier extras on location at Blind Creek, near Singleton, fought a number of small bushfires between takes of "Eureka…
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LONDON, November 27. A.A.P.— Firemen, equipped with breathing apparatus, fought a fire in the No. 3 hold of the 9000-ton Port Melbourne…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.— State forest personnel are fighting bush and scrub fires in many parts of the centre of North Island. They may…
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NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.): Fire trapped a sleeping family of 16 on the upper floor of a three-storey house in Philadelphia, but all escaped. Some made spectacular leaps from windows and others were saved by…
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. I. A.A.P.— Five men were killed, 10 are believed to be missing, and at least 38 others were injured in a fire which swept a…
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2. A.A.P.— When the search for bodies in the lodging house fire ended yesterday, the police issued a casualty list…
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At Newcastle District Court yesterday, Judge Nield began hearing rival claims for furniture destroyed by fire in W. E. Bramble and Sons Pty. Ltd…
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THE heavy rains have tended to obscure the need of anti-bush-fire measures, but nobody should be lulled into complacency. It needs only…
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Fire brigades from Cook's Hill and Hamilton were called to a fire which broke out at 8 o'clock last night in Hely Bros.' wood-turning works in…
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SYDNEY: Two shots were fired, a police car was almost rammed and a fierce fight took place before detectives arrested…
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. A.A.P.— The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced that an investigation showed that the overflow of petrol running…
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LITHGOW, Friday.—When a detonator exploded in her face while she was shovelling coal on a fire at her home at Vale of Clwydd, Lithgow,…
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 7. A. A. P.—Jewish forces went over to open warfare against the Arabs in the Jaffa-Tel-Aviv border area last night, reports the British United Press…
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