£80,000 Fire in Convent
DENILIQUIN: Twelve nuns who were left without accommodation when St. Michael's Convent was burned down…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
740 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 37
Fire Guts Convent; Nuns Flee
DENILIQUIN, Tuesday. — Nuns fled in night attire when fire gutted St. Joseph's Convent, Deniliquin, early this morning…
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Residents of Lemontree Passage last night fought a fire which destroyed four cottages and a launch pending the arrival of the Stockton fire brigade…
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LONDON, May 8. A.A.P.—Two ships—one British and the other Swedish—were ablaze in heavy seas around Britain's coasts…
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Firemen attended minor fires in four suburbs yesterday. Members of Wallsend brigade extinguished a fire in a large area of…
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LONDON, May 9, A.A.P.—Israeli forces today fired on an Arab village in the demilitarised Israeli-Syrian border zone, despite the Security Council's call for a cease-fire last night…
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PERTH: A blind 86-year-old woman, Mrs. Lucy Marie Smith, of South Perth groped her way from a burning room and…
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SYDNEY: The Railway Department Electrical Engineer: (Mr. R. W. J. McKay) said to-day that it was impossible for…
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NAGPUR (India). Sat. (AAP)—Four people were burnt to death and 10 injured when a passenger coach of the…
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A grass fire at Lambton yesterday was put out by the local fire brigade with one hydrant. At Raymond Terrace a grass fire was…
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A car and garage were damaged by fire at a house in Dumaresq-street, Hamilton, yesterday afternoon…
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Dr. K. McNamee, of High St., Maitland, received burns to his face while attempting to extinguish a fire which did minor…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police believe children caused a fire which destroyed 250 worth of paint, tyres and paint remover at a motor firm's…
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LONDON, May 13. A.A.P.—Syria and Israel reached a new cease-fire agreement, reports from the Syrian border said yesterday…
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Two grass fires in the Newcastle district yesterday were attended by fire brigades. A large area of grass was burnt…
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NORFOLK (Virginia). Mon. (A.A.P.).—A loaded collier and a navy seaplane tender caught fire when they collided off…
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Dr. K. N. McNamee had his nose and forehead slightly burnt when he attempted to put out a fire in his home in High-street,…
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LAGOS (Nigeria), Tuesday (A.A.P.).—More than 100 people died and several hundred were seriously injured when a fire…
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Newcastle district brigades attended seven grass fires yesterday. Fires broke out in Boreas-road, Hamilton North; Lowe-street,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission directed to-day that the proposed rota system for fire brigade officers…
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