Scottish Train Blaze Robber Gang Blamed
LONDON, June 9. A.A.P.—Special C.I.D. squads are investigating a theory that the disastrous Scottish express blaze, in which five persons lost their lives…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 29
Moors On Fire
LONDON, June 9. A.A.P.—Fanned by a strong breeze a vast moorland fire on the Wensleydale and Swaledale moors, in North…
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ST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland), Fri. (A.A.P.).— A fierce forest fire blazed tonight near the town of Lewisporte, which is…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused when part of the paint factory of L. G. Abbott and Co.,…
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LONDON, June 11. A.A.P.—British railways officials are working to establish the exact type of coaches gutted so quickly when five…
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Smoke coming from a bake-house in Union Lane resulted in a false alarm to the Newcastle Fire Brigade this…
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Only two bush fires occurred in the North-eastern Police Division last summer. They were both in Merriwa area and covered 275…
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NEW YORK, June 14. A.A.P. —Three children were burnt to death when petrol exploded and set Fire to a farmhouse near Oakland…
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ADELAIDE. — The charred body of Richard Harold Ramage about 48. fettler, was found in an open fire at a…
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A storeroom and contents valued at £4000 was destroyed by fire at Newdell open cut mine near Singleton last night…
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LONDON, June 22. A.A.P.— After fighting a fire in the hold of the 3659-ton Elder Dempster cargo ship. Fulani, in South…
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NEW YORK, Pri (A.A.P.). The Norwegian ship, Svalbard, which has carried displaced persons from Europe…
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The N.S.W. Fire Brigade Department fears that the recent wet weather has been "storing up trouble" in the bushland on the outskirts of Newcastle. A brigade spokesman said…
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Investigating the reaction of various materials to fire is part of general research conducted in England by a fire research…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thieves Set Country Press Office on Fire
Thieves set alight to the Country Press offices in Barrack-street, Sydney, about midnight. The fire was started in the filing…
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SYDNEY: A youthful gang of thieves, who last year ransacked many city and suburban buildings and homes and left them in a shocking mess, is believed to be responsible for last night's blaze at the Country…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Early Probe of Amana Crash Blames Fire in Engine
MELBOURNE.—Preliminary investigations have revealed that the Amana tragedy probably was caused by one of the Skymaster's engines catching fire. Investigators believe that when they have finished their…
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SYDNEY: Country performer, Fire Ship, having his first start in Sydney and ridden by Mr. S. Graham, one of the leading amateur riders, finished too strongly for Bilarillas in…
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MELBOURNE: Only one fire extinguisher on the Skymaster Amana has been found discharged by the investigators of the Civil Aviation Department who are at the scene of last Monday's crash in Western Australia…
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SYDNEY. — A wallet containing £100 in notes was lost when fire destroyed a weatherboard cottage in…
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