Quebec Fire Cost £9 million
RIMOUSKI (Quebec), Mon. (A.A.P.): Damage to this fire-ravaged city is estimated at nearly…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
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"Squatter" In Fire Station To Pay Rent To Red Cross
Mr. Richard Barry, who has been occupying the old fire-station in Scott-st. as a dwelling, has agreed to pay £1 10s…
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ROMA, Tuesday.—Three men and a nine-year-old boy were severely burnt in a heavy underground explosion in a 760ft. deep artesian…
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BRISBANE: An artesian bore which exploded yesterday at Roma was extinguished early this morning after burning for 14 hours. Geologists who fought the…
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EDMUNDSTON (New Brunswick), Tues. (AAP): Fire is raging in Cabano, a milling town 150 miles…
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MONTREAL, May 10. A.A.P.—Half the mill town of Cabano (Quebec) was destroyed by fire yesterday. Nearly 1500 people are…
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MONTREAL, May 11. A.A.P.—The roaring fire that wiped out half the small mill town of Cabano (Quebec) caused damage estimated…
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SYDNEY. — A 28-year-old Bait woman was severely burned about the face and hands today, when her weatherboard…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mrs. Hafa Makulek, 28, a Balt, was severely burnt on the face and hands to-day, when her weatherboard home…
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About 600 Scouts and Cubs sang "Fire's Burning," as flames licked round a large framework of logs at the camp fire held by Newcastle…
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Reginald Roy Yates, 46, of Largs, rolled in grass for several minutes on Saturday night to extinguish clothing which had caught…
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Cook's Hill and New Lambton brigades attended a small fire in a fish shop, occupied by Ronald Mowbray, Alma-street, New…
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Preceded by a torch-light procession, a camp-fire community concert will be held at East Maitland Park on Empire night…
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The Kitchen and contests and some of the bedrooms of a cottage occupied by Mrs. Sarah Butler, in Tudor-street, Hamilton, were…
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TWO THOUSAND HOMELESS.—When fire ravaged the Canadian city of Rimouski, 2000 people were made homeless. Damage was estimated at 20,000,000 dollars…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Homicide detectives are investigating the possibility of foul play following the finding of the body of an…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Attempting to beat out a fire which considerably damaged two rooms of a weatherboard house at Granville…
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SYDNEY: "It can only be a maniac," said Mr. P. Morris, owner of a block of flats in Pott's Point, after a fourth attempt to fire the building was made last night…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The C.I.B. Arson Squad is searching for a firebug after a fourth attempt to set fire to a three-storied block…
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LONDON, May 28. A.A.P.—A doctor and a nurse were burnt to death when they were trapped by a fire at the Brompton Chest…
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