Fire Victims In Tin Shed
The three members of the H. P. Wood family, who lost everything in a fire that destroyed their home in Douglas-street, Stockton, on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
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Found Nothing Wrong, But Told Roof Was on Fire
The occupier of a home in Bolton-street, Newcastle, could find nothing wrong when he heard a crackling noise last night, but a…
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Cr. E. Gain will submit a report to Lake Macquarie Shire Council on the advisability of establishing bushfire brigades at Dora Creek…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Valuable and irreplaceable medical equipment was destroyed and damage totalling £150,000 was caused…
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Fire broke out early this morning in a heap of sawdust in the blowing room of Hely Bros., Hudson St., Hamilton…
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SHANGHAI, August 9. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Fifty-one workers were killed and 39 seriously injured, when a fire destroyed a Chinese…
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The fire at the Newcastle children's library hut on June 26 destroyed 1096 books, damaged 2888, and left 1048 undamaged, the…
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JERUSALEM, August 13. A.A.P.— United Nations observers with the Arabs were under heavy Jewish fire for three hours last night. This occurred when Jews…
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Wallsend Fire Brigade attended three grass fires in a little over two hours yesterday afternoon. The fires were put out before doing damage…
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Newcastle fire brigade attended a small grass fire off Hopkin St., Merewether, early today and Hamilton brigade…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A fir which started when sparks from the brake drum of a coal trait flew to the top of the south bench…
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SINGLETON, Sunday.—Several thousand pounds' damage was caused by fire in she general store of the Singleton and District…
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Of every pound cash paid to insurance companies in Newcastle for fire premium, 3s 4d went to the Fire Brigades'…
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SYDNEY: With warmer weather approaching, firemen today said that there was a danger of bushfires. Yesterday…
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SINGLETON, Monday.—A modern timber mill at Corrowbrook, 24 miles from Singleton, was destroyed by fire. It was the…
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Although restricting credits for imports, the British Government had announced that it would always make credit available in any…
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Fire destroyed a weatherboard cottage damaged two adjoining buildings and menaced a terrace of homes in Scott-st. Carrington today. In another outbreak in Newcastle damage was caused to the rear of the Palais Furnishing Co.'s factory…
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Mr. J. Perry holds Haversack, a racehorse rescued from stables at the rear of a house at Carrington yesterday, when a cottage nearby was burnt down. Haversack has recently, but is entered for Wyong next Saturday…
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A COTTAGE and its contents, owned by Mr. W. C. Perry, Scott-street, Carrington, were destroyed by fire yesterday…
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Mysterious fires which have been breaking out on an Illinois farm have driven the farmer and his…
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