Bakery Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Fire destroyed more than £500 worth of from in a Maroubra bakery to-night. Police were told the fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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317 Died in Cinema Fire
LAGOS (Nigeria), Thurs. (A.A.P.).—An official report yesterday said the death roll in the fire which destroyed…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — An elderly woman was shockingly burnt to-night while her husband slept a few feet away…
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HONGKONG, May 17. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Chinese Communists yesterday fired on the British ship, Shansi, from batteries on Lema…
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ESMERALDAS (Ecuador), Fri. (A.A.P.). — A fire which raged uncontrolled for 12 hours today consumed one-third of…
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NEW YORK, May 18. A.A.P.—Fire swept a pier in the heart of Philadelphia's waterfront district to-day and set alight a ship on the…
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Newcastle District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations will appeal to the Board of Fire Commissioners to help in getting…
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LITHGOW, Friday.—A fire started in a man's home to-day while his wife was reading his horoscope which told him to beware of fire…
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LONDON, May 20. A.A.P. —Twenty-four schoolchildren and three adults died yesterday in a blazing cinema at Chanai Town on…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—A minor blaze on board the Royal Navy submarine, Tactician, this morning delayed her departure from Cairns…
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A fire which severely damaged a store shed and threatened Galton's Pty. Ltd.—one of the biggest shops in Maitland—last…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A man was badly burnt and £17 000 damage was caused by a fire which destroyed five building in the main…
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SYDNEY: Chairman of the Central Coal Reference Board (Mr. F. H Gallagher) today granted a 5/- weekly wage increase to deputies and shot…
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Electrical equipment, baking tins and bread racks were destroyed by fire last night at E. T. Williams's bakery in…
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About £1000 damage was caused by a fire at E. T. Williams's bakery, Corlette-street. Junction, last night…
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A fire which broke out in the rear of a five-roomed weather-board cottage in High-street, Cessnock, last night, destroyed the back…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Radiograms and electric motor machinery valued at more than £20,000 were destroyed in a fire…
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Stockton brigade was called out today to a fire caused by blazing fat in the kitchen of a house in Mitchell St., Stockton…
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BRISBANE: Transmitting outpost for radio station 4QN (Townsville) with listeners scattered in an extensive area…
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Tenders are called in the Government Gazette for a fire escape at Hamilton Boys' School. They will close on June 14…
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