Revellers Aided Fire Brigade
MELBOURNE.—Hundreds of New Year revellers watched firemen fight a blaze which caused £100,000 damage at…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Revellers Aided Fire Brigade
MELBOURNE.—Hundreds of New Year revellers watched firemen fight a blaze which caused £100,000 damage at…
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SYDNEY.—After celebrating New Year's Eve, a married couple returned to their Erskineyille house early today to…
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MELBOURNE.—Seven children, aged from 14 years to four months, were rescued when fire destroyed their home at…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Seven children aged from four months to 14 years were saved from a midnight fire in a…
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The Dennis engine at Maitland Fire Brigade has been supplemented by a heavier Mack engine. The engine can pump up to…
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SYDNEY—A young man who still suffers after-effects from severe burns he received as a child, today dashed into a…
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LONDON: A slightly-built 22-year-old warehouseman, Robert Tucker, of Cromwell-rd., Hounslow, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment at the Old Bailey…
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Donations to the appeal to aid Mr. W. E. Evans and his family, who lost their house and furniture in a fire on December 14,…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 2. A.A.P.—The bodies of a widow and her seven children were found yesterday in the ashes of their burnt farm…
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The family washing and a wrist watch were destroyed and a shed and its contents damaged when a fire broke out at the rear of Mr…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Damage estimated at £5000 was caused when a fire swept wheat lands at Wychitella near Boort,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—About 200 readers at the New South Wales Public Library were surprised to-night when about 30…
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NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.).—The three-man cease-fire group reported to the United Nations Political Committee today that it had failed to negotiate a cease-fire with the Chinese…
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Only one malicious false alarm was received by Maitland Fire Brigade last year. A sub-station officer said…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A police constable was injured when the 35ft. wireless-equipped police launch Vedette was burnt to the…
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LONDON—A 13-year-old girl was taken to hospital suffering from shock after a fire in her home at Brackenbury-rd.,…
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LONDON: Five people were rescued when they were trapped in the blazing Invicta Hotel, Godinton Rd., Ashford,…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The First Secretary of the South African High Commissioner (Mr. G Nel) has appealed to all persons who…
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NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—Fires which swept through the heart of the business district today in Evansville…
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