Fire Loss 'Due To Late Call'
Delay in calling the fire brigade was mainly responsible for the loss of a Wallsend house, the Board of Fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
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Six Killed In U.S. Hotel Fire
LOS ANGELES, March 25. A.A.P.—Six persons are known to have lost their lives in a fire that broke out in the St…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday. —About 24 million super feet of pine in trees killed in recent bushfires at…
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FRANKFURT, Wed. (O.S.R.): The United States law court system in West Germany, one of the most controversial of American occupation practices, will be all but liquidated when West Germany wins her independence from the Allies…
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Bags of fodder were slashed and two small fires started in Newcastle and Suburban Cooperative Society's bulk…
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The Treasurer (Mr. T. Bishop) reported to the Turner Fire Appeal Committee last night that £485 had been…
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MONTREAL, Thurs. (A.A.P.): Paper-bags, filled with water and dropped from low-flying aircraft, would slow down spreading forest fires, F. Hess. District Forester for the Ontario Department of Lands…
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A fire which destroyed a garage and most of an attached dwelling in Station St., Western, early…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Nearly 1000 sheep were burnt to death and scores of miles of fencing were destroyed…
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Damage estimated at £3000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a garage and workshop in Station-street, Weston,…
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Cardiff Fire Brigade was called to two grass and bush fires yesterday. A fire at Cardiff Heights Lookout was put…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday— All bush fires in the State were under control today, as the resuit of a cool change…
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SAN FRANCISCO. April 1. A.A.P.—Four persons died and about 12 were injured to-day when fire broke out in a…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Airmail posted to Australia in the two or three days before March 21 from Belgium,…
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CANBERRA. — Mails for Australia from several. European countries were destroyed when a K.L.M…
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Four vehicles from Cook's Hill Brigade, with District Officer Fallins in charge, were called to a small electric fire…
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KYOGLE: Mr. K. Anderson, S.M., at a Special Court of Petty Sessions in Urbenville yesterday…
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A masked man fired a shot at the proprietor of a Wauchope store when disturbed on Saturday night…
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The New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners has approved the unification of all fire districts in Lake Macquarie…
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HOBART, Sunday.—A fire to-night destroyed a cool store and packing shed at Forest Home, Huon Valley, the…
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