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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

674 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 34

Woman Burnt When Shed Caught Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. — A woman suffered burns trying to save her belongings from a blazing shed in Mascot…

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Fire At Mayfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 2

Cook's Hill and Waratah brigades, with District Offices Fallins in charge, yesterday attended a small fire in a…

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Better Fire Equipment Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 5

Toronto Urban Area Committee at its last meeting received a reply from the Board of Fire Commissioners to its…

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Hot Brick Set Bed On Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 3

DUBLIN. —James Wilson, 82, of Queen St., Lame, Co. Antrim, preferred the old-fashioned hot…

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Blaze Damages Printing Factory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A fire at a Redfern printing and carton factory last night caused between £4000 and £5000…

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Children Saved From Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, April , 13. A.A.P.—Mrs. Paul Clements, 45, stood calmly on a barrel outside her blazing home at…

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Police Open Fire On Tunis Rioters

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 4

TUNIS, Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter) — Police yesterday opened fire when nationalist demonstrators hurled a grenade and showers of stones at the home of Tunisian Prime…

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U.s. 'Firemaster' Ends Italian Oilwell Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 1

MILAN, Tues. (A.A.P.) — "Firemaster" Myron Kinley, flown from U.S.A. to extinguish a £22,000 oil-well fire near here, yesterday blew it out with 5501b of T.N.T…

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23 Killed By Fire In North India

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 2

LUCKNOW, April 14, A.A.P.—Fire killed 23 people, including nine children, in the village of Daloopur, in Uttar…

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Girl's "Dare" Ended In Fire At Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 1

LONDON, April 15. A.A.P. —A young man set sail from County Down, Ireland, last Saturday in a second lone…

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West Ward Fire Protection Talk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 4

The Board of Fire Commissioners advised Newcastle City Council yesterday that it would send a representative to…

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Secret Societies Stir Moslem Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

To many Egyptians and millions of their fellow Moslems throughout the East, anything Western is anathema. Behind much of this…

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30,000 Japs Homeless In Big City Blaze

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri. (A.A.P.): Nearly half the 61,000 population of the city of Tottori in western Japan has been left homeless by a huge fire which swept the city. Fanned by a strong wind…

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Fire Destroys Japanese City

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 3

TOKYO, April 18. A A.P.-Reuter.—The city of Tottori (western Japan) was practically destroyed by a fire which raged for 11 hours till early to-day…

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Bridge Fire at Boolaroo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 3

Boolaroo Brigade attended a small fire in the decking of Watkins's bridge, which spans Cockle Creek, at Boolaroo…

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4 Children Die In Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

ELLICOTT CITY (Maryland), Sun. (A.A.P.): Four children, ranging in age from two months to three…

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Drowned After Rescue From Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 1

BUFFALO (New York), April 21. A.A.P.—Calvin Smith, aged 9, and his mother and five younger brothers were…

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Dock Fire Raging Out Of Control

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 3

VANCOUVER, Wed. (A.A.P.): Grain elevators and warehouses valued at millions of dollars are threatened by a waterfront fire, which is now out of control…

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Grain Dust Blast Causes Fire

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 1

VANCOUVER (British Columbia), April 24. A.A.P. —A fire started by a grain dust explosion caused damage…

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Timber Yard Destroyed Fire Menaces Houses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—A fire which destroyed a big timber yard at Granville to-night threatened homes and shops. Shortly before the blaze…

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