Fire Damage to Coastal Ship
CAIRNS, Monday.—Fire caused thousands of pounds damage to the coastal ship Noyra at Cairns wharf to-day…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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Couple's Act Saved Hall From Fire
East Lambton Progress Association will forward a letter of appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Cox for their…
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Boys had started a fire under the East Lambton Literary Institute Hall about two weeks ago, the Secretary (Mr…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—An unidentified man was burnt to death in a fire in a shed behind an unoccupied…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A bushfire which reached to within three miles of Glenbrook, in the Blue Mountains,…
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SYDNEY. — Fire gutted the premises of Martin and Wright, tinplate decorators, in Queen St…
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Boys found Press reports of divorce, unnatural vice and civic graft hard to reconcile with the ideals taught at school, Mr. R. F. Hodge said last night…
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Two homes were saved from a grass fire at South Wallsend yesterday. A desperate battle was fought by the occupants,…
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Grass fires in five suburbs kept district brigades busy again today. Waratah went to a fire…
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Brigades attended eight grass and scrub fires in New castle district yesterday. Property was not damaged…
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CHICAGO, Thurs. (A.A.P.): A three-storey hotel collapsed to-day after a fire had been put out and five firemen and a guest were killed. About 30 firemen were…
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Cessnock firemen put out scrub and grass fires in the Aberdare Extended Colliery paddock and below Convent…
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Charlestown Fire Brigade fought a bushfire near Waratah colliery for six hours yesterday. It threatened parts of the…
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SYDNEY.—Fierce bushfires have turned 50 square miles of the South Coast into a blazing inferno and exhausted volunteers are struggling to save scores of homes in four…
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SYDNEY. — Two cottages and a garage were gutted and three motor vehicles destroyed today…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A 50-mile chain of bushfires raged on the South Coast of New South Wales to-day. Five fires almost encircled the towns of Berrima, Araluen, Bateman's Bay and Mittagong…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The General President of the Miners' Federation (Mr. I. Williams) accused the Joint Coal Board of a "breach of faith."…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fire to-day gutted a chemical factory in Chappel-street, Marrickville…
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A house and furnishings, valued at £4000, was destroyed by fire at Bob's Creek, seven miles from Kew, in the…
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An aerial survey of fires in the Masonite Corporation's forests north of Raymond Terrace will be made to-day if the hot weather continues…
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