Honiara Club Lost By Fire
HONIARA (Solomon Islands).—The Guadalcanal Club Honiara, has ben burned to the ground and with it went a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
542 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 28
Trapped By Fire, Countess Dies
LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.)—The Countess of Cowley (70), widow of the third earl, died in a fire at her home, Seagay House…
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Three engines from Cook's Hill (including the long extension ladder) and one from Hamilton answered a call to the new wing…
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WASHINGTON, May 12. A.A.P. —The United States Navy denied that any of its ships had fired on a Pan American Constellation as…
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MIAMI (Florida), May 13. A.A.P.—The Coastguard reported that the fire in the Swedish tanker Atlanta had been put out and all…
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NEW YORK, May 13.—Twelve-year-old William Kross was sliding down the hay in his father's barn when the friction…
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SYDNEY: Two valuable racehorses and an unnamed colt perished in a fire at Ascot racecourse this afternoon, despite the gallant attempt of three young stablehands to save them…
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SYDNEY.—Police are satisfied that the fire in which three racehorses perished at Ascot racecourse on Saturday was…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A thief or thieves are believed to have robbed and then set fire to a house in Lakemba last night…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Badly burnt in a fire which destroyed racing stables at Ascot yesterday, the racehorse Zambesi, owned by Mrs. F…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Student Gave 480 False Fire Alarms "Herald" Service
TOKYO, May 15.— Fumio Yamada, a young student of Kanda, has confessed that he deliberately gave 480 false fire alarms…
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Prompt action by Mr. J. McCauley, of the Bank Hotel, Dungog, was probably responsible for saving the life of Mr. C. E. Davis, of…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — An officer on board the 7000-ton ship Kafiristan rescued a sleeping baby from a smoke-filled cabin during…
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A sectional fire in Aberdare Extended mine will, it is estimated, cause a loss of more than a million tons of high-grade gas coal. The fire had to be scaled off yesterday…
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MELBOURNE: Fire broke out in the boiler room of the 7000-ton motor ship Kafiristan at Victoria Dock…
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A financial statement from the Board of Fire Commissioners for 1948, submitted to Newcastle City Council, showed a deficit of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shanghai Suburbs On Fire In Battle For City
HONGKONG, Wed. (A.A.P.): The all-out battle for Shanghai has entered a new and dramatic stage with violent fighting in the north-western and eastern suburbs…
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Aberdare Extended colliery, idle for two days because of a fire in No. 9 east section, is expected to resume to-day…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said to-night he was disturbed at the suggestion that the fire precautions…
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SYDNEY: Insurance companies will have to pay 75 per cent, of the costs of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades Board under legislation now ready for Parliament. The Premier (Mr. McGirr)…
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