Blow Lamp Sets Fire to Cottage
While the tenant of a weatherboard cottage in Hargreave-street, Carrington, was burning off paint with a blow lamp yesterday, the side…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
542 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 28
Award For Heroism: Sequel To Store Fire
LONDON, August 2. A.A.P—George Hamill Platt, a clerk, and Solomon Winetrobe, former paratrooper, manager, have each been…
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BATAVIA, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—President Sukarno last night appealed to Indonesian Republicans to observe the cease-fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Beats Human "Bucket" Chain
WAGGA, Friday.—More than 100 residents of Tarcutta formed a "bucket chain" to fight a fire which completely destroyed the…
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HELENA (Montana), Sun. (A.A.P.).—Thirteen firefighters, including 12 parachutists, have died in a fierce forest fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Fire Twice at Intruder
SYDNEY, Sunday.— Detectives fired twice last night when they surprised a man it the garage of W. J. Conoulty, former speedway…
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Brigades attended three small fires in the city and suburbs yesterday. They were put out before damage was done…
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"Newcastle Rugby League was passed the buck by Newcastle Council in regard to the allocation of the Sports Ground for the Soccer Test against Yugoslavia," Mr. J. Wilson (Western Suburbs)…
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Thelma Blenman, 11, of Eastville, near East Maitland, suffered first and second degree burns to her buttocks thighs and left leg…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mervyn Oliver, 21, of Wentworthville, jumped into a tank of water to save himself after his clothes had caught…
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BROKEN HILL, Sunday.—The formation of a firefighting organisation in "The Corner" was decided upon at Tibooburra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Labourer's Ire Flamed Into Big Fire
PARIS, August 14. A.A.P.—When farm labourers near Montdemarson, in South-west Pacific, started a fire to get their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Gear Sought For Stoney Creek
Stoney Progress Association decided to ask the fire authorities to place a hose-box and fire fighting equipment in Lake-street…
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PARIS, Aug. 17. A.A.P.—Ten-radio-equipped cars, 13 water tank lorries, pumps, and other equipment, left Paris to-day with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldiers Set Fire To Rubbish Receptacle
A prank by three soldier last night brought them before Mr. B. A. Hardwicke, S.M., at Newcastle Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blind Engineer Makes Wireless Fire Alarm
NEW YORK, Wed. (O.S.R.): A step toward electrifying firemen, in addition to mechanising them, has been taken by Robert Gunderson, an electronics engineer who, though blind, has just developed a radically…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Bushfires Sweep France
PARIS, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—A new forest fire, only six miles from Bordeaux, was reported as firemen, soldiers and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest Fires Encircle French Town
PARIS, August 18. A.A.P.—Forest fires have encircled the small town of Losse, in the Landes area of south-western France…
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TWO OLD PLANES, a concrete pill-box gun position and a pile of assorted rubbish will be targets for aircraft…
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A small fire broke out at the rear of Fogg's Garage in Maitland-rd., Mayfield, this after noon, but there was no…
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