Fire Victims' Home
The home being built for Mr. W. Evans by Lambton Fire Victims' Appeal Committee is expected to be finished in about four weeks…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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6 Escape Fire At Wallsend
The top floor of a two-storied building, occupied by Mr. J. W. Harbon, in Newcastle-road,…
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A tent home in the scrub off Fullerton-street, North Stockton, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John Teerman, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. A smaller tent nearby, used…
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Although Wallsend and Lambton Brigades had a fire in a two-storeyed dwelling in Ncwcastle-rd., Wallsend, last…
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Mrs. Abey van Haren, 60, of Aberglaslyn-road, Rutherford, was extensively burnt about the head when she became ill and fell into…
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The Hotel Kosciusko which was destroyed by fire at 4.30 today. Guests left in their night attire and stood in drizzling rain while flames swept through the building. No one was injured…
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Cadets from Newcastle Boys' High School fired blank rounds yesterday in practice for the schools' Jubilee display…
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The public went swiftly to the aid of families who had lost their possessions in fires on Monday. The Teerman family of Stockton…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Fire destroyed the £250,000 Hotel Kosciusko at dawn to-day. Flames from the wooden…
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WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.— Firemen had to contend with phosphorus fumes when they fought a fire which broke out in a storeroom…
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BOWRAL: A fire destroyed most of the historic Methodist Church Hall in Bendooley-st., last night. The Rev. Owen…
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Fire-fighting equipment will be provided by Lake Macquarie Shire Council for Cooranbong if the now-defunct bushfire…
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A fire, which broke out yesterday in the drying room of Hely Bros., of Hudson-street, Hamilton, makers of wooden handles, was put out…
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BROKEN HILL, Sunday.—Fire destroyed a 13-room boarding house last night. Mr. S. Cowie, who rents the…
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A tent and fly, the property of the Department of Main Roads, was destroyed by fire near Stockton vehicular ferry wharf, Stockton,…
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Extensive damage caused to Maitland City Council's patrol grader in a fire at the council's garage yesterday will handicap council's works…
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A five-roomed weatherboard house in Bruce-street, Eastville, was completely destroyed by fire early last night…
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Inspection of the new Housing Commission subdivision at Wallsend showed there was a sufficient cover against fire risk, the Board…
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TOKYO, April 24. A.A.P.-Reuter.—At least 98 people were burnt to death and 200 injured when an electric train…
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Brigades attended three small fires in Newcastle suburbs yesterday. Belmont used one hydrant to put out burning scrub at…
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