Oil Blaze Traps Man Under Wharf
AUCKLAND, Monday.—Trapped under a wharf by blazing oil on Auckland Harbour, Peter Baron, 72, ship's watchman, was badly burned, while…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 30
Ship Fire in Newcastle
Wharf labourers (top) get cargo out of No 1 hold of the steamer Time, in which fire broke out a Wickham dolphins yesterday. Right: A fireman dons a smoke mask…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday. —A tram and a truck laden with two tons of ice burst into flames in a spectacular accident at Burnside to-day…
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Firemen from five brigades in the Newcastle district fought for about 10 hours yesterday afternoon and last night to combat a severe fire in Nos. 1 and 2 holds of the…
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XMAS DINNER is a favorite with Roslyn McGovern (4). She figured these two Muscovy ducklings were too cute for the dinner-table. (Below) DOG MEETS LIZARD.—"Paddy," a red Irish…
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With the fire on the coastal vessel Time under control early this morning, a start was made to pump out the water from Nos. 1 and 2 holds. Pumping was still proceeding this afternoon. When that is completed the vessel will be moved from the Wickham…
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Using powerful motors, firemen yesterday pumped nearly all the water from No. 1 hold and thousands of gallons from No. 2 hold of the steamer…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—R.A.A.F. aircraft would patrol more than 22,000 square miles of Victoria this season for bushfires, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Fires Two Shots in Midnight Chase
BRISBANE, Sunday.—A man fired two shots at people who chased him after they had seen him leave a house at Hawthorne late last night…
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When an explosion occurred after he had thrown benzine on a fire yesterday, William Rowbottom, 28, of Caves Beach-road, Swansea, suffered…
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MELBOURNE: A widespread fear of the tremendous fire danger throughout the State was found by the chief officer of the Rural Fire…
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SYDNEY.—With a late run on the outside, Fire Fox easily beat Royal Lad in the Randwick Three-year-old Handicap today. Prince…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A new firefighting appliance for airliners was successfully tested by civil aviation authorities at Mascot to-day…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Empire Mountain, in the No. 2 hold of which a fire burnt 10ft. from 6000 drums of fuel, berthed at Pinkcnbah, on the…
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SYDNEY. —J. Thompson, who won the Villiers on Barnsley, will ride lightweight Fire Fox in the Summer Cap on Boxing Day…
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SYDNEY: Severely burned in an attempt to rescue his baby son from his blazing weatherboard home in Liverpool early last night, John Francis Smith has not yet been told that the baby perished in the flames…
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A fire which broke out in the bedroom of a house in Mount Preasant-street, West Maitland, yesterday, was extinguished by Maitland Fire Brigade…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners advised Greater Newcastle Finance Committee last night that expenditure on additional staff owing to the…
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 23. A.A.P.—Arab gunmen to-day fired on the funeral of a British-born Jew, who had been murdered in Jerusalem on Sunday. The British High Commissioner (Lieut.-General…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mrs. Margaret Eliza Whiteing, 68, who was severely burnt when a fire destroyed a weatherboard home at Parramatta…
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