Third Bid For Cease-Fire
NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter): The Korean cease-fire committee met unexpectedly today and is reported to have sent another message to the Chinese Communist Foreign…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 29
Fire Destroys £10,000 Luxury Cruiser
SYDNEY: The £10,000 luxury cruiser Manana was gutted by fire near Tom Ugly's Bridge today. A week ago the superstructure of the vessel was damaged…
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Brigades attended four grass fires in the Newcastle district yesterday. They were at Carrington, Stockton, Wallsend and Pelican. The fires…
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The treasurer of the Lambton Fire Victims' Appeal (Mr. A. Gow) reports that £15 18s 1d was received from a collection…
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A mother's prompt action in tearing a burning pyjama coat from a two-year-old boy saved him from more serious burns yesterday…
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LITHGOW.—A hoard of tobacco and cigarettes went up in smoke yesterday when fettlers burning off grass on the…
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HONGKONG, Sat. (A.A.P.-Reuter): Communist China will not accept U.N.O. cease-fire proposals for Korea unless its terms are "strictly complied with."…
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PERTH, Dec. 25. A.A.P.—Fire devastated grazing and dairy country 16 miles by 20 miles in the Upper Blackwood district, 170 miles…
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Fire brigades were called to four small fires at the week-end. On Saturday, Cook's Hill Brigade put out a fire at the top of an…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Firemen to-night found the charred body of a man on the second floor of a fire-gutted block of shops and offices in George-street, City…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The living quarters of a family of six were gutted by fire at Mascot early this morning…
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SYDNEY: The charred body of a man found in the ruins of a gutted building in George-st., City, early today, may be that of a skilful safebreaker. Detectives who are trying to…
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MELBOURNE: Children are suspected of having caused the fire which destroyed Prahran market yesterday…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A fire which destroyed Prahran markets to-day caused £250,000 damage. The fire also destroyed 16…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire gutted a chemical factory in Canal-road, Mascot, to-night. The factory, owned by R. G…
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Five grass and scrub fires and a sawdust fire in Newcastle district yesterday were put out by fire brigades before they could damage…
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Cessnock Fire Brigade yesterday afternoon attended a grass fire near O'Hara's sawmill, off Main-street, Cessnock. The fire was brought…
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The treasurer of the Lambton Fire Victims' Appeal (Mr. A. Gow) reports that the sum of £28 was raised by an effort…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S. African Legation Gutted In Canberra's First Big Fire
CANBERRA: A Legation was gutted, four shops damaged and a cafe and a Government Records Office burned out in a spectacular three-hour blaze that swept through a narrow section of the Canberra shopping centre at Civic early this morning…
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