Peasants Between Two Fires
SOUTH KOREA, July 28. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Out in the hell of no man's land, under fire from Americans and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 29
Police Hold Suspects After Fire
SINGAPORE, July 28. A.A.P.- Reuter.—Police to-day detained four men suspected of being the terrorists responsible for the fire…
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LONDON, July 30. A.A.P.—Russia would propose a cease-fire in Korea at the Security Council meeting on Tuesday, said the diplomatic correspondents of the "Sunday Dispatch" and "Sunday…
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PERTH, Sunday.—Albert Walsh, 44, of Railway-road, Shenton Park, was found unconscious in bed early this morning with his…
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SYDNEY.—Eighteen families, mainly New Australians, had to flee in their nightclothes in cold and rain when an old…
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PARIS, Wed. (A.A.P.).—Hidden ammunition dumps were exploding last night as forest fires raged near Toulon. The fires, which have been raging for five days, were fanned by strong winds and further outbreaks are reported…
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Brigades from Cook's Hill and Hamilton answered a call to a fire in the slag wool department of Bradford Insulation…
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Big fire protection changes were outlined by the Board of Fire Commissioners in a letter to the…
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PARIS, August 2. A.A.P.—Forest fires in south-eastern France exploded hidden ammunition dumps last night…
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A reallocation of fire districts to embrace wider areas of Lake Macquarie Shire was suggested by the N.S.W. Board of Fire…
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HONGKONG, Aug. 3. A.A.P.-Reute.— A British sloop yesterday was reported to have been fired on by Chinese Communist shore…
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TOULON, Sat. (A.A.P.). — More than 5000 troops, civilians and firemen battled desperately fast night to isolate Riviera resorts from a forest blaze which had already sent British and other…
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SYDNEY: A fire in fat in the kitchen of the sub-basement in David Jones's George St. store this afternoon caused…
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NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.): Russia proposed today that the Security Council order a cease-fire and withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea. The soviet representative (M Jacob Malik) also moved that…
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LONDON, August 6. A.A.P.— A 15-year-old boy is alleged to have confessed to having started 16 forest fires on the French Riviera,…
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DISASTROUS FIRE. Children smoking in wharf buildings are believed to have caused this blaze at Columbia Dock, Vancouver, recently. Losses were estimated at 500,000 dollars…
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LONDON, August 6. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Two unidentified motor junks shelled and damaged the American freighter Steel Rover off Hongkong to-day…
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LITHGOW, Monday.—A house and a factory were threatened by separate fires at Lithgow last night. The house was endangered when…
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HONGKONG, August 7. A.A.P.-Reuter.— Batteries on a Chinese Communist island, near Hongkong, opened fire on the Jardine Matheson steamer Hangsang, as she was…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A fire which gutted the Neptune Engineering and Boatbuilding Works at Lavender Bay to-day…
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