Fire In Mine At Lithgow
LITHGOW: Desperate efforts were made today to check a fire which raged underground at the State Coal Mine, near Lithgow. This afternoon Lithgow…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 32
New Bus Stops Under Fire From Aldermen
Newcastle aldermen claim that if the Transport Department showed more concern for the convenience of bus travellers and less for other matters which are not its business the buses would have more chance of running at a profit…
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LITHGOW: Firefighters and rescue squad members had a desperate battle today when the blaze in the State coal mine flared up again and began spreading…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday.—Twenty-one pit ponies stabled underground perished in a fire at Lithgow State Coalmine to-day…
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CALCUTTA, Fri. (A.A.P.)—The British cargo ship City of Singapore (7338 tons) caught fire in…
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SRINAGAR (Kashmir), Fri. (A.A.P.)—Police at Tral, 26 miles east of Srinagar, yesterday opened fire…
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LITHGOW, Thursday.—The management of Lithgow State Mine reported to-day that the fire was under control…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—A Newcastle youth was badly burnt and three sideshows were destroyed in a fire in sideshow…
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DETROIT, August 13. A.A.P.—Two men perished and 20 more were injured when a fire destroyed a 35 million…
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SYDNEY.—The fire in the State coal mine, Lithgow, is still raging and conditions were still too dangerous for miners to work today. Fire fighters and mine…
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The roof of Ellamatta Home, Victoria-street, East Maitland, was slightly damaged yesterday when some…
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Snow, rain, a high wind and bushfires were part of the weather picture yesterday. Many parts of New South Wales shivered in bitter cold Snow was 18 inches deep…
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SYDNEY.—A pet cattle doe saved the lives of seven people early today when a fire destroyed part of a…
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LITHGOW.—The State Coal Mine at Lithgow, where a fire has been raging underground since…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A pet cattle dog saved a family of seven people from being burnt to death in a house in…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—More than 80 men and women groped their way through dense smoke to safety when fire…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A bullet fired by a man from a car in Missenden-road, Newtown, to-night passed through a bedroom where a woman was resting…
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SYDNEY.—Authorities believe that the fire in the Lithgow State Coal Mine, which has caused a daily…
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QUEBEC, August 18. A.A.P.—The province's greatest forest fire in a quarter century yesterday continued its…
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Boolaroo fire brigade fought grass fire for more than two hours yesterday to prevent it spreading to boat sheds on the…
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