2 Burnt To Death In House Fire
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The charred remains of two men were recovered this morning from the debris of a house in Main-avenue,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
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Operated With Razor Under Fire
HONGKONG, April 26 A.A.P. Lieutenant Mark Bentley, a young British surgeon on board the destroyer Consort, performed…
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A 64-year-old gardener had his clothes set alight when he fought a fire in his room in a two-storied weatherboard garage in…
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A garage containing a motor-car, petrol mower, gardening tools and other goods, owned by Mr. L. D. Bonner, of kilaben Bay, was…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man was badly burnt about the face and hands and almost overcome by smoke when a cottage caught fire…
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EDINBURGH, Sat. (A.A.P.)—Thousands of gallons of whisky went to waste last night when fire destroyed the…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday.—Fire destroyed a big cooling tower at Lithgow power station this afternoon. Damage is estimated at…
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Dense black smoke billowed hundreds of feet into the air when a fire at the B.H.P. Steel Works destroyed the naphthalene subliming plant and a large quantity of naphthalene in small tanks and bags this morning. Firemen worked desperately…
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[?]e clouds of smoke billow up from the fire at the naphthalene plant at the B.H.P. [?]el Works today. The smoke spread like a pall over the city and harbor and took hours to clear away. A NIGHTCAP of hot milk (and a drop of whisky) for 10 piglets in the front parlor of…
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LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Thirteen girls died in the Glasgow millinery shop fire yesterday, the police have announced. Twenty-four people, including…
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The naphthalene subliming plant at B.H.P. Steel Works was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. A quick save by…
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Swift work by three city brigades, assisted by the Steel Works brigade, prevented what might have been a disastrous fire when the naphthalene plant was burnt out and totally destroyed, at the B.H.P…
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Carrington Parents and Citizen's Association will ask the Board of Fire Commissioners to appoint a permanent fire brigade staff at…
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SHANGHAI, May 5. A.A.P.—Twenty thousand Chinese in Shanghai were left homeless by a fire which destroyed 4000 huts in the…
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LITHGOW, Thursday. — The Acting Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) has been assured by the Railway Department that the fire…
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LONDON, May 5. A.A.P.—Police are investigating one of London's most spectacular fires since the blitz, which early to-day…
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MELBOURNE.—Damage estimated at more than £25,000 was caused by a fire in the oil, color and paperhanging warehouse of…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Ballarat's most destructive fire for years to-day gutted a two-storied building occupied by Standfield…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Firemen quickly extinguished a fire in the congested Imperial Arcade, Sydney to-day…
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LONDON, May 8. A.A.P.—The Countess of Cowley, 70, widow of the third Earl, died in a fire at her home, Seagay House, at…
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