Boys Fire Rifles Into Teacher's Home
NEW YORK, Fri. (O.S.R.): Seven schoolboys, aged between 12 and 16, have been arrested in Brooklyn for having riddled…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 30
Fourth Fire On Ship At Berth
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—For the fourth time since the freighter Pembra reached Australia two months ago, a fire broke out in…
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By Norma Clement (14), of Michael-street, Jesmond. Ten points…
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Following the introduction this week of a 56-hour working week at Maitland Fire Brigade, Substation Officer J. Purdy, of…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—St. Thomas' Catholic Church, Willoughby, was completely destroyed by fire to-night…
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SYDNEY.—A Roman Catholic priest, Father Haseler, made a gallant effort single-handed to fight a fire which gutted the…
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ATHENS, May 7. A.A.P.—The Australian Ambassador to France (Mr. Hodgson) has been sharply criticised for his attitude toward…
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HONGKONG, May 7.—Officers and men of the Inniskillings Regiment went into action this morning with trench mortars in the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A Roman Catholic priest, Father Haseler, has decided to investigate the fire which destroyed the interior of his…
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When a fire broke out yesterday morning in the Brisbane studio of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, staff members were forced…
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NEW YORK, Tues. (O.S.R.).—Alone at home with his night-clothes on fire, six-year-old Henry Beard put out the…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thurs.: Damage claims totalling £1,075,600 arising out of a fire in Ballantyne's store have been served on Christchurch…
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A lot of smoke is obscuring the international scene—and its origin is not in doubt. The only question is whether there is really fire underneath or only a damp squib…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A magistrate told a young married woman at Liverpool Court to-day that she had "set fire to the bed which was…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The number of fire calls received by brigades last year in country districts was 2196, a decrease of 715,…
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SYDNEY. Friday.—Employees of Peters ice cream factory at Redfern saved a fleet of 20 trucks from being destroyed by fire…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—If firemen held a stoppage on June 1, they would be supported by fire brigade officers, the Secretary of the…
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Brigades were called to four small fires in the Newcastle district yesterday. They were put out before damage was done…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A reward of £500 has been offered by the agents, McDonald, Hamilton and Company, for information…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.âKen Francis, 15, of Nelson-avenue, Belmore, was severely burnt on the face and hands this morning…
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