Fire Damage A "Calamity"
SYDNEY: Last night's fire in an Alexandria factory which makes heavy electrical equipment was a national calamity,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1951
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Federal Plant Destroyed Heavy Loss In Factory Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Fire caused more than £250,000 damage to-night to a large factory at Alexandria which made heavy electrical equipment…
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Major-General Nam II, head of the North Korean delegation to the cease-fire talks in Korea, alights from his jeep, as usual, with his cigarette-holder in his mouth, for the start of a session…
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TEHERAN, August 2. A.A.P.—A Persian frontier post yesterday fired on a 700-ton Soviet naval vessel…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The fire which destroyed electrical equipment at a factory at Alexandria last night would not adversely…
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The New South Wales Fire Board has installed fire fighting equipment and appointed one volunteer and two reserve firemen in the…
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AUCKLAND, Aug. 8. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A fire caused by lightning destroyed radio range equipment worth £27,000 at Tikorangi, near…
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FREMANTLE, Wednesday.—A fire in No. 2 hold of the British ship Devanna severely damaged most of the £150,000 worth of cargo in the hold…
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SYDNEY: Icy, gale-force westerlies throughout the night and today have battered N.S.W. towns and blinding snowstorms and blizzards have isolated many places on the…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—Brisbane to-day provided a contrast with southern States as 20 bush and grass fires in the suburbs brought…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two Pressmen, a photographer and a car driver were held by Security Officers for more than an hour…
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Fire caused slight damage to the rear of a house in Downie-st., Maryville, today. Newcastle and Tighe's Hill Brigades…
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The Cessnock Fire Brigade answered two calls to grass fires yesterday. Both were got under control before any damage was done…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Preliminary investigations in the Randwick naval stores depot fire last night showed no suggestion of sabotage,…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Carcases of hundreds of sheep and many wild animals are scattered over about 500,000 acres of…
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Patricia Smith, 10, of Beresfield, was lighting a copper fire with kerosene when the flames blew back, causing burns to the face and neck…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Fire swept through 500 acres of grass and cane land in the Isis district, near Maryborough, to-day, burning…
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SYDNEY: As a man was trying vainly to break into a blazing bedroom at Rozelle today, an 83-year-old woman was burned to death in her bed. The victim was Mrs. Essie…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Three homestends in Clermont district. Central Queensland, are being threatened by a bushfire which has…
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NEW YORK, Aug 14. A.A.P.—At least 11 people died when a bomber hit and set fire to a Seattle apartment building yesterday. More bodies are believed to…
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