Two Perish in Fire
SPENCER (Massachusetts), Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Widow and daughter-in-law of William Cary…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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U.k. Units Fire on Village Near Suez Canal
CAIRO, May 14. A.A.P.—British forces, hearing the noise of guns opening the Ramadan holy month, to-day opened fire on Kafr Abdou, a…
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BEGA, Friday.—A five-year old girl was burnt to death in a blazing barn to-day Her mother tried to break…
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A car driven by Leslie Odgers, of Curry-street, Whilegates, caught fire in Cowperstreet, Wallsend, yesterday just…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fire destroyed a two-storied weatherboard building and 14 boats in Broderick-street,…
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ALMA (Michigan), Sun. (A.A.P.): A mother was detained last night after her three children had been found burned to death in bed. The dead children…
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SYDNEY: Fires caused slight damage to two factories in Sydney suburbs last night. At Rosebery…
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Toronto and Teralba brigades attended a fire last night in a private bus housed in a depot in The Boulevard,…
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LONDON, May 20. A.A.P.— Fire engines rushed to the House of Commons early to-day after a report of a fire…
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A utility truck parked in Alfred-street, Newcastle, was destroyed by a fire last night The truck was valued at…
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John Reid, 27, of Raymond Terrace, was burnt on the head, face anti hands yesterday when electrical switchgear…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— Damage estimated at more than £75,000 was caused when a fire burnt out a…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mrs. Myrtle Isabel Hutton, 57, of Bloomfield-street, Coogee, was fatally burnt when her night…
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PUSAN, May 25. A.A.P.-Reuter.— A mysterious fire last night swept an ammunition lion dump, causing damage…
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SYDNEY.—Twenty passengers in the rear car of a coupled set of trams jumped to safety when the…
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Bar Beach Progress Association will ask the Newcastle Council whether any action is taken to compel…
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CAIRO, May 25. A.A.P.— Egyptian marauders and British troops exchanged shots in the Suez Canal Zone last…
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NEW YORK, May 25. A.A.P.—The world's first atomic shell was fired…
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The office and its contents in the bulk store of Mynor Pty. Ltd., Maitland-road, Mayfield, were severely damaged…
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At 7.45, almost: to the very second, fires will spring up at separate points from the Abattoir…
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