No Trace of Fire Seen by R.a.a.f
MELBOURNE. — No trace could be found by Port Albert fishermen of a mystery fire seen by R.A.A.F. planes on an…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
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Norwegian Ship Under Fire
HONGKONG, Aug. 8. A.A.P.- Reuter.—Communist batteries on Lima Island, 15 miles south of Hongkong, to-day attacked another…
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A request from Morisset Progress Association for fire fighting equipment will be forwarded by the Lake Shire Council…
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Morisset Progress Association asked Lake Macquarie Shire Council to provide fire equipment for Morisset because of the fire which…
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Firemen from Cook's Hill and Hamilton used gas masks to get to the seat of a fire which broke…
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LONDON.—Mrs. Ruby Mary Daren, 62, had the thrill of her life recently when she acted as "dummy" in a fire-drill…
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Wallsend brigade was called to burning grass and sawdust off Cowper-street, Wallsend, yesterday afternoon. The fire was put out before…
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Firemen had to wear masks to fight a small blaze in a workroom on the first floor of Hustlers Pty Ltd., Hunter-street, on Saturday…
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Newcastle Fire Brigade "killed two birds with the one stone" when answering a call in the city early this afternoon…
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Cook's Hill brigade was called to fires in a lorry in Scott-street, and a car in Bond-street, near the Customs House, yesterday…
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QUEBEC, August 15. A.A.P.— The Canada Steamship Line's cruise ship Quebee (42000 tons) caught fire yesterday while cruising in the…
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Firemen used a foam motor to extinguish a blaze when loose material above a retort caught alight at the Newcastle…
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HONGKONG, Aug. 17. A.A.P.- Reuter.—Batteries on three Chinese Communist islands near Hongkong to-day fired on the British destroyer…
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NEW YORK, August 20. A.A.P. —The American 7247-ton freighter Russel R. Jones, which reported her forward holds afire on Friday,…
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MELBOURNE: A row of houses was saved by a strong wind when fire caused £100,000 damage at a factory at Port…
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PERTH: Four hours after six separate fires had been extinguished in a weatherboard house in the township of…
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Maitland police expect to arrest a man following a fire which destroyed a tent at Eastville, near East Maitland,…
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NEW YORK, Aug. 21. A.A.P.— Seventy thousand acres of forest and 28 homes have been destroyed in a fire which has been burning…
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Charged in Maitland Court yesterday with arson, Leonard Walter Barber, 31, labourer, of Lindsay-street, East Maitland, was…
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Cook's Hill and Waratah Fire Brigades were called to a fire in an oil quenching tank at the Commonwealth Steel Company, Ltd.,…
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