'Fire Danger' At School
Pupils in class rooms on the top floors of the Hamilton School might be trapped in the event of fire,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
542 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 28
Master Says School Has Fire Danger
Children in upstairs classrooms at Hamilton Central School would have serious difficulty in leaving the building in a fire, the Headmaster…
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LAKEWOOD (Michigan), Thurs. (A.A.P.)—Ten people perished when fire destroyed a wooden house here today. Dead are a woman, living apart from her husband, and eight of her 12 children, and a man who boarded with the family…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—More than 100 gallons of castor oil was destroyed by fire at Harrison chemical factory, Alexander-street, Crow's…
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LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).— Fire last night damaged the Fellows' Library at Oriel College—one of the finest rooms of…
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PARIS, March 7. A.A.P.—Fire broke out in the engine room of the big French liner, Ile de France, now being refitted at St. Nazaire…
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RANGOON, March 7. A.A.P.— Three persons died and rice stocks worth £23,000 were destroyed in a fire which burned down two rice…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rothbury Colliery Catches Fire Two Tunnels Threatened
Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery, on Rothbury Estate, a few miles from Branxton, is on fire. Smoke was notices coming from the…
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SYDNEY: The chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) insisted that he was master in his own home and his wife only the housekeeper, said Mrs. Smith in the Divorce Court…
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Seals are being erected to separate the top and bottom seams to save No. 3 tunnel at Ayrfield Colliery, where No. 2 tunnel is on fire. An attempt will also be made…
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Pictures taken at Ayrfield calliery, where fire broke out on Monday. Centre: The lodge Secretary (Mr. G. Leonard),…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Miners Federation had constantly drawn the attention of the Government and Joint Coal Board to…
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SYDNEY: Fire among dangerous chemicals in the ship Rhodesia Star at Glebe Island today was brought under control after a two-hour battle by 50 firemen…
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LONDON, March 11. A.A.P.— Israel and Transjordan to-day signed a formal cease fire agreement at Rhodes…
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NEW YORK, March 15. A.A.P. —A large fire swept the dock area of the Army base at Oakland (California early to-day. Two ships…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Coalmine inspectors and managers were competent to deal with fire caused by spontaneous combustion, and…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police believe that a wrecked lorry found near Wollongong to-day had been stolen, robbed of its contents, set…
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MELBOURNE.—Several thousand pounds' worth of damage was caused by a fire at the Port Melbourne case…
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The Newcastle Smoke Abatement Advisory Panel decided last night to seek ways to advise the public of the need to take more care in lighting household fires so the city's smoke nuisance could…
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Fires and heating in mines on the South Maitland field, which were once a rarity, were now common, the Northern District Check Inspector (Mr. J. Barrett) said today…
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