£100,000 Art Works Lost In Fire
LONDON, Sept. 30. A.A.P.—Art treasures valued at about £100,000 belonging to the Earl of Jersey, are believed to have been…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
542 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 28
Guests, Staff Fled From Hotel Blaze
SYDNEY: More than 100 guests and members of the staff fled from their beds when a fire broke out…
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Elanor Byrne, 20, of Aberdare-street Kurri Kurri, cook at the Exchange Hotel, Maitland, was burnt on the face, rfight arm, left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Timber Loss in Finnish Fire
HELSINKI, Oct. 3. A.A.P.—A fire, which gutted timber yards at Kemi, destroyed one-fifth of Finland's annual timber export, says…
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PUERTO CABELLO (Venezuela), Oct. 4. A.A.P.—A fire of undetermined origin swept the 1350-ton Norwegian steamer,…
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Eight fire extinguishers had been installed and the western side of the boys' school at Hamilton had been glassed in, the Headmaster (Mr. P…
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Cook's Hill Fire Brigade was called today to outbreaks in the drying room at Healey Brothers, Hamilton, where some…
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A 33-year-old man was slightly burned about the face and hands this morning when he attempted to fight a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Police Fire On Somali Demonstrators
NAIROBI, October 7. A.A.P.—Police fired on a crowd of Somalis during an anti-Italian demonstration on Wednesday at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Redhead Fire Brigade Move
The formation of a volunteer fire brigade at Redhead would be discussed by Redhead Progress Association and Lake Macquarie Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cardinal Spellman Under Fire At U.N.
LAKE SUCCESS, Mon. (A.A.P.) : The Ukraine delegate declared at U.N. today that Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, gave Cardinal Mindszenty 30,000 Collars two years ago to finance a plot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosions Follow R.A.A.F. Store Blaze
The intermittent explosions were still occurring early this morning at an R.A.A.F. store in Rose-avenue, Regent's Park, Sydney…
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SYDNEY: Fire swept through the R.A.A.F. No. 2 Store at Regent's Park early today, causing damage estimated at more than £100,000. Detectives Jure trying to find the cause of the fire. A series of explosions, which…
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Remarkable save by fire brigades at the R.A.A.F. Regent's Park stores early today is shown in this picture. The rear end of the store shed (right) can be seen intact while the front section of Headquarters Records Branch and medical store is a charred ruin…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sabotage is not suspected in the fire which caused damage estimated at £100,000 in a R.A.A.F. medical…
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SYDNEY: Aerodrome workers with fire extinguishers and crew of a civil aviation foam waggon stopped the spread of…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Three people were burnt to death when a fire destroyed a hessian and paper-lined weatherboard house at…
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SYDNEY: A Butler Air Transport pilot collapsed last night after extinguishing a fire in a Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Russia Playing with Fire"
HAMBURG, Oct. 17. A.A.P.—General Sir Brian Robertson, British High Commissioner in Germany, in a confidential talk to control Commission officials, said Russia was "playing with fire" in her attempts…
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BRISBANE: Fires destroyed a complete block of shops in the main street of Proserpine early today…
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