Pictures Saved in Castle Fire
LONDON.âEstate workers moved valuable paintings and furniture to safety when fire broke out…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 32
Mine Fire Fighter's Close Shave
LITHGOW.—A fire-fighter in the State Mine was saved from death to-day when companions…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—The Acting Minister for Mines (Mr. Buckley) to-day ordered the Chief Inspector of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Chief Industrial Magistrate (Mr. H. Isles) to-day fined the New South Wales Board of…
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A sawmill at Glenwarrin, 20 miles from Comboyne, in the Kempsey district, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon,…
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SYDNEY: The N.S.W. Bushfires Advisory Committee's executive officer (Mr. K. G. Kingsmill) today warned of serious bushfire danger in the Newcastle and North Coast area next summer. He said that regional…
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BOMBAY, Aug. 11. A.A.P.—Eleven people were burnt to death and 12 others seriously injured in Central Bombay…
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LITHGOW, Friday.—The executive of the Western district of the Miners' Federation to-day sent a telegram to the…
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A fire brigade officer, Mr. Lucas, installed a box with four lengths of fire hose and equipment for emergency use…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A fire destroyed the bedroom of an unoccupied house in Woodville-road, Hurstville, last night…
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Lightning set a man's clothing on fire at One Mile Beach, Nelson's Bay, on Saturday night…
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SYDNEY.—Two 19-year-old girls rushed into a smoke-filled room today to rescue a two-year-old baby…
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LITHGOW.—John Waldock (13) was badly wounded in the face when the clip of 303 bullets he and…
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SANTA MONICA (Cal.), Mon. (A.A.P.).—A fire of undetermined origin damaged actress Judy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →EDITORIAL Fighting The Bushfires Before They Start
BUSHFIRES which recently flared in parts of southern Queensland warn us of the dangers which lie ahead of this State in the next few months…
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SYDNEY.—Firemen from four brigades were rushed to a Pyrmont wharf following a blaze on an oil…
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PERTH, Wednesday.—Fremantle detectives questioned members of the crew of the Flowergate to-day after the…
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WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—Men were hurriedly withdrawn from Old Bulli colliery to-night when a section…
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Miners will not work in Bellbird No. 1 and No. 3 tunnels to-day because of fire danger…
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Scouts of 1st Carlingford (Sydney) Troop could have done with a campfire when they squatted in Shortland…
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