Bushfire Toll Is Lighter
SYDNEY: N. S. W. has had its best bushfire-free season for some years, with only one major outbreak, between Narromine and Trangie, in early December…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 32
Damage Of £100,000 In Blaze
Fire early this morning destroyed a fertiliser factory at Alexandria, causing damage estimated at £100,000…
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HONG KONG, Friday (A.A.P.-Reuter). — The fourth big blaze to ravage the colony's squatter area…
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Statements by Ald. Skelton and City Engineer (Mr. Baddeley) were criticised by the President of South Newcastle…
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NEW YORK, March 12. A.A.P.—Fire swept a new addition to a huge brewery in Newark (New Jersey), killing…
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LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.)—Firemen used breathing apparatus yesterday afternoon to fight a fire in the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Sweltering heat caused about a dozen major bush and grass fires in Victoria to-night…
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LONDON, March 18. A.A.P.—Firemen used breathing apparatus yesterday afternoon to enter the basement…
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LONDON: Firemen from the Medway towns fought a fire 75ft. up in the air at the Isle of Grain…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —A cool change which swept into Victoria with light rain early is morning ended…
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SAN JUAN (Peurto Rico), March 18. A.A.P.—Fire destroyed at least 80 houses in San Juan's biggest slum section…
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NEW YORK, March 19. A.A.P. — Six children were burnt to death in two fires yesterday…
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The Masonite Corporation at Raymond Terrace has installed two-way radios to help fight fires in the company's 55,000 acres of forest…
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NEW YORK, March 20. A.A.P.—Five persons died and a dozen others were injured in a fire that swept through…
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ANKARA, March 20. A.A.P. — Fire added to the horror of the violent earthquake which killed more than…
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NEW YORK, March 20. A.A.P.—The gun crews that will fire the first atomic warhead for the Army's 280mm…
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One truck was damaged and some old tubes burnt by a fire in the garage of W. E. Beavis in Victoria-lane, East…
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A demand for improved fire services for Newcastle will be made in Sydney today, when a deputation…
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An officer of the Board of Fire Commissioners will visit Newcastle soon to select a site for a fire…
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The great fire of London in 1666 had given Sir Christopher Wren and Inigo Jones a chance to design buildings…
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