Powder Used To Fight Fires
NEW YORK. — An improved chemical fire extinguisher is announced by the Betterby Company, of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
674 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 34
1200 Bushfire Calls To Fire Brigades
Newcastle district fire brigades received 1200 bushfire calls during the year — a record for the…
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A large grass fire which broke out near Neath School yesterday ignited a dump of waste coal at Neath colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1500 Fire Calls In 1951
Headquarters fire station at Cook's Hill, Newcastle, received 1500 calls to fires in the district during 1951. About…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Heap of Rubbish
Newcastle Fire Brigade early this morning put out a small fire in a heap of rubbish in the yard at the rear of Young…
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Charlestown brigade was called to an extensive grass fire near the Belmont railway line at Whitebridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American General Under Fire
NEW YORK, Jan. 1. A.A.P.—Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican, Wisconsin) has published in book form a…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A fire at Flemington race-course this afternoon demolished the northern end of the…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 1. A.A.P.—A human chain yesterday saved a woman from her blazing third-floor flat while her…
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TAMWORTH, Tuesday.—Residents of Ashford at the Inverell Cup meeting to-day were asked to return home…
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LONDON, Jan. 1 A.A.P.—British troops fought a gun battle with Egyptian terrorists in Ismailia to-day. There were no British casualties…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open air had been extended till midnight on…
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SYDNEY: Two men—one at Redfen and one at Croydon Park—were so severely burned last night that they died later in hospital…
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A house occupied by John Trunk at Woodbine, four miles from Branxton, was destroyed by fire early to-day…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In Parramatta Court to-day, five men were each fined £20 for not having put out an open…
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Brigades attended four bush and grass fires and burning rubbish in the Newcastle district yesterday…
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TRENTON (Ontario), Jan. 3. A.A.P.—Fire destroyed the main repair hangar and six planes at the Royal Canadian…
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East Maitland Fire Brigade was called out at 12.30 a.m. today to a grass fire at the premises of Mr…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A bushfire was started near Marulan to-day when a 600-gallon petrol tank was jolted…
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LONDON, Jan. 4. A.A.P.—The Salford Palace Theatre, in Manchester, was burnt out to-day in one of the biggest…
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