Aquarium Burnt Out Fish Perish
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A fire causing £100,000 damage gutted Melbourne Aquarium late to-day. Hundreds of rare tropical…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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Fire On Queen Elizabeth
LONDON, Thursday (AAP): Firemen last night quickly extinguished a fire in…
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NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29. A.A.P.—A Texan prepared to-day to try to slip a steel lasso over the top of two burning…
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SYDNEY Thursday.—Firemen from tour stations, fire floats, and police were called to a fire in the boiler room…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.) : A new fire was found aboard the liner Queen Elisabeth yesterday within hours of a Cunard official branding…
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Fire caused £3000 damage to a sawmill in Inglebah State Forest, near Macksville, on Saturday…
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MELBOURNE: Fire completely destroyed the dehydrator works of the dried fruits packing house…
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LONDON: Miss Maire O'Neill, 65, actress, fell into the hearth at her Kensington (London) flat…
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PUSAN, Feb. 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—A fire which swept through Pusan on Friday night destroyed 1540 houses, left…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.— Fire last night destroyed a dried fruit dehydrator at the works of Irymple Packing Pty…
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NEW YORK — A Los Angeles inventor has made a machine that can turn out milkshakes in nine…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 4.— The headquarters building of the Atlanta Fire Department (Georgia) has been condemned…
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The heat indicated that an early return of the fire hazard was possible, the Superintendent of Police (Mr…
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COLOGNE (West Germany) : West German braces and belt manufacturers have launched a…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —Police are investigating a theory that a firebug may have started a fire at Brooklyn…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— A young mother rushed from a blazing house in Warringah-road, Mosman, to-day with…
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LONDON, Feb. 4. A.A.P.— Police and scientists failed to find any trace of sabotage in last week's fire on board the…
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NAIROBI (Kenya), Fri. (A.A.P.).—Mau Mau terrorists have started a huge forest fire which is…
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MELBOURNE: A £200,000 fire raced through the production sections of Toolmasters Pty. Ltd., end…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the…
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