Fire Breaks Out In Big Liner
LONDON, Dec. 3. A.A.P.—Fire engines rushed to the Queen Mary in dry dock at Southampton to-day to quell…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
674 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 34
Surburban Fires
Two small grass-fires were reported in the Newcastle district last night. Carrington brigade put out…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 4. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A family of seven was wiped out last night when flames swept through a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A fire which destroyed the machine shop at a textile machinery and accessory factory…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 5. A.A.P.—Vandalism and fires in five churches at Pond Creek, Oklahoma, were traced…
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Maitland and East Maitland fire brigades fought bush and grass fires on Saturday. Both brigades were called…
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Two fires at the week-end caused a total loss of £175,000. One blaze swept through a bond store and rope works at Pyrmont…
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RAPID CITY (South Dakota), Sun. (A.A.P.).—Five Air Force officers were killed and six hurt in…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—C.I.B. detectives investigating a fire at Pyrmont on Sunday charged a 21-year-old labourer to-night…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A 64-year-old pensioner was charged with murder at the City Watchhouse late to-night…
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Fire damaged the ceiling and roof of the kitchen and laundry at the home of the manager of Waratah Colliery,…
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MELBOURNE: A 15-year-old youth was trapped last night at West Melbourne carriage depot,…
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About 25,000 jute and paper bags were destroyed or damaged by fire in a bag store on premises occupied by National Minerals Ltd. in Greenway-st. Wickham, this morning…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Damage estimated at £25,000 was caused by two fires in Queensland country towns…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Eleven thoroughbred horses worth more than £30,000 were rescued by three stable hands…
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Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by fire at National Minerals Ltd., Wickham, early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freak Weather Grips State Wind, Rain, Fires And Snow All Together
New South Wales had its full share of the freak weather which prevailed in the eastern States today. While near-gale force westerly winds swept Sydney and Newcastle, heavy snow…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Hundreds of firefighters were fighting a huge bushfire raging on a 20-mile front between Trangle and Narromine to-night…
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Trangie firefighters last night patrolled the fire perimeter wearing over-coats. The fire ravaged 400 square miles…
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Burned and blinded sheep, victims of the Trangie and Narromine bushfires, are being shot today to end their sufferings. Total damage may exceed £200,000…
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