Mother, Children Die In Fire
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. A.A.P.—A mother and four children died in a fire and explosion in their home in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
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Mother Saves 3 Children, Two Others Die In Fire
NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.).—A valiant mother of five children, Mrs. Joseph Morse, saved three of them today by tossing them from the second story of her burning home at Haverstraw (New York)…
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LONDON: Recording a verdict of accidental death at Reading on two men who died in a fire, the…
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An eight-year-old boy, Brian Michael Wilson, son of Warrant Officer R. Wilson, of the R.A.A.F. Aerodrome, Williamtown, was suffocated by smoke during a fire late last night…
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Brian Michael Wilson, 8, was suffocated in a fire at Williamtown R.A.A.F. Station late on Tuesday night…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A total prohibition has been imposed on the lighting of fires in the open…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Fire followed by an explosion last night destroyed a shop in Darling-street, Balmain, and…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused when the main store at Robinvale, near…
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A taxi's two-way radio telephone was used last night to notify police that a utility truck had plunged over Harper's Hill, near Greta and burst into flames…
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DARWIN, Sunday.—A Qantas Skymaster steward rescued three young Japanese children from burning to death…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 30. A.A.P.—A fire caused several thousand dollars damage to Pickfair, the mansion where…
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YARMOUTH (Nova Scotia), Tues. (A.A.P.).—The 67-year-old schooner City of New York, which…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 30. A.A.P.—Firemen early to-day recovered three bodies from the ruins of a furniture store…
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SYDNEY: An aircraft bushfire patrol service, which will eventually embrace Newcastle, Sydney and Wollongong, begins operations over Sydney on Saturday…
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