Cease-Fire Line May Be Set Today; Peace "Near"
SEOUL (Kerea), Mora. (A.A.P.): A Korean truce now seems orally hours or clays away. officers from both sides are meeting this morning, presumably to draw a cease-fire line…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 32
Fire Damage
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused by fire which destroyed two timber…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The New South Wales Fire Commissioners Board to-day deferred a motion for an open…
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SYDNEY.—The Fire Brigade Employees' Union : today asked the Chief Secretary (Mr. Kelly) for a public inquiry into the Board of Fire Commissioners' proposed purchase of two new fire-engines…
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A man was burnt to death when fire gutted a weatherboard cottage at…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — A van carrying 18 prisoners caught fire on the way to Long Bay Gaol to-day…
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LISMORE. Tuesday. —A fire caused £2000 damage to a feeding shed and stored fodder on Crawford Bros.' dairy…
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SYDNEY. — A decision will be made by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Kelly) next week on whether he will…
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SYDNEY.—Many Blue Mountains residents are making fire breaks for fear that devastation will…
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KATOOMBA, Thursday.—Fire destroyed 200 acres of bushland cast of Leura to-day. At one stage the fire raged…
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A Newcastle taxi-driver with a fire in his cab drove it to Cook's Hill Fire Station early last night…
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DARWIN, Friday.—What the Chief Fire Officer (Mr. Chaffey) described as "a justified false alarm" brought…
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NEW YORK, July 24. A.A.P.—Seven men were missing and presumed dead to-day in a fire which swept the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—New bushfire equipment worth £120,462 will be distributed to councils before next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EDITORIAL Beyond The Cease-Fire In Korea
A WAVE of thankfulness and relief will go over the free world—and no doubt over the ordinary people of the countries behind the curtain as well—at the news…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—The fifth mysterious school fire in recent weeks to-night gutted the Research State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →EDITORIAL— Thorny Problems After The Cease Fire
IN the comment on the Korea truce, one point emerges on which everyone seems to agree: there will be no quick and easy solution for the thorny problems…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga Bushfires Railways To Pay £45,000
SYDNEY: The Supreme Court today awarded £45,000 damages against the Railway Commissioner as the result of a bushfire in the Wagga district 18 months ago…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An award of £45,000 was made against the Railways Commissioner to-day for bushfire damage in Wagga district…
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A "glowing fire" left this group cold last night—It was an electric light and red paper. From left: Myrna Middleton,…
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