Fire Destroys Trawler
SYDNEY, Friday.—A trawler valued at £2000 was destroyed when gutted by flames near Palm Beach It was stated that the fire started…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
594 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 30
Dutch Claim Cease Fire Not Observed
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 21. A.A.P.—The Netherlands has instructed the Peace Commission in Indonesia not to sign the Cheribon Agreement…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday: A man caught in a fire without his pants is the fireman's greatest bugbear, said Seattle's fire chief, William Fitzgerald. "Without his pants, a man Roes to…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 23. A.A.P. —An invisible fluorescent powder which the Fire Department has sprayed on all of…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Most of the Corio Club and .dance hall at Geelong were destroyed soon after a large crowd of dancers had gone…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—when a curtain caught fire in an airliner flying between Sydney and Canberra to-day, a passenger. Mr. C…
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TAMWORTH, Wednesday. — A large quantity of matches, cigarette papers and general merchandise was destroyed when a fire broke out in…
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Merewether Fire Brigade had only to walk out their back door today to deal with a fire. It broke out in long grass…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A fire at Craigieburn to-day destroyed 1000 acres of grass and about 50 tons of hay. Late…
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Portion of Merewether Returned Soldiers' Hall was scorched by a fire which started in grass yesterday morning. Merewether brigade put…
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PEARL HARBOUR, Feb. 28, A.A.P.—All available Army, Navy and Marine fire equipment was rushed to Pearl Harbour yesterday…
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THE NEW District Check Inspector for the northern miners (Mr. J. Barrett) is well equipped to speak on safety matters in…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A 20-roomed residential in Terry-street, West Rvde, was gutted by fire late this afternoon…
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SYDNEY: After a woman's dress had caught fire yesterday she ran screaming along the street at Hazelbrook until a man threw her to the…
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Hell-cat, tiger-cat, hep-cat, pussy-cat—and now fire-cat. "Tap-per," pet of the firemen on Engine 37 and Ladder 26, Boston, U.S., fire brigade, is just this sort of cat. Here he is seen sliding down the pole, fireman style, as his comrades of Engine 37 and Ladder 26…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A building and contents valued at £100,000 were destroyed by fire in William-street. The building was occupied…
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A woman had her right wrist burned and suffered from shock, when a bed caught fire in a cottage at Holmesville last night…
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NEW YORK, Friday: The departure of the liner Queen Elizabeth from New York was delayed for 90 minutes by a fire in the…
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LONDON, March 7. A.A.P.—Fires that burned unchecked throughout the night razed the main shopping centres of Amritsar, a walled city of 265,000…
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ADELAIDE, Friday. — A finding that a fire which caused considerable damage to the Methodist Ladies' College buildings, Adelaide, recently…
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