Man Saved From Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Firemen fighting a fire in flats at Bondi Junction early to-day found a man unconscious in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
674 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 34
Police Act On Mayfield Fire
The lounge room of a flat at Mayfield was set on fire early this morning and Newcastle detectives are seeking a man who was seen standing outside the window of the…
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An empty shed. 40ft. by 15ft. in Lambton Rd., Charklestown. was destroyed by fire today. The…
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Detectives are investigating a fire on the ground floor of flats at the corner of Kerr and Highfield Streets,…
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Wallsend Fire Brigade beat out a large area of grass fire surrounding Vale-street, Birmingham Gardens, yesterday. It…
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TOKIO: A 41-year-old Japanese has become the nation's first woman fire chief…
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MANILA, March 17. A.A.P. —A two-hour fire last night destroyed about 60 buildings, including a large rubber…
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Waratah and Hamilton fire brigades had a stiff fight this afternoon to prevent a grass fire in…
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Maitland fire brigade last night put out a grass fire on the bank of the Hunter River, near Free Church-street, with…
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A grassfire which set alight a shed at the rear of a cottage in Lambton-road, Charlestown, yesterday was put out by…
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A fierce grass fire in Smith Park yesterday menaced homes in Broadmeadow-road, Hamilton…
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PORT LEE (New Jersey), Sun. (A.A.P): A spectacular fire here to-day gutted the old…
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WRANGELL (Alaska), Mar. 23. A.A.P.—Fire from an exploding hardware store furnace destroyed half of Wrangell…
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NEW YORK, March 24. A.A.P.—A spectacular fire at Fort Lee (New Jersey) yesterday gutted the old Paragon…
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SYDNEY: Fire and explosions today wrecked a four-storey chemical laboratory owned by Andrews and Co., at the comer of Kent and Margaret-sts., City…
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NEW YORK, March 25. —An international fireman, Myron Kinley, of Houston (Texas) flew from New York…
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MELBOURNE: Melbourne had its fourth fire in less than 12 hours when the Coburg Croquet Clubhouse was destroyed early today. Earlier three suburban factory fires…
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A motor-cycle which caught fire in Nelson-street, Wallsend, last night, was saved by the Wallsend Fire Brigade with a…
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SYDNEY. — The liner Ranchi, which arrived in Sydney today from London, was menaced by fire…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—More than £150,000 damage was caused this afternoon when a Melbourne paint factory was destroyed…
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