New Fire Bombs In Korea
SEOUL, March 23. A.A.P. —South Korean raiders roasted enemy bunkers and trenches with home-made jellied petrol…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
622 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 32
Racehorses Die in Stable Fire
NEW YORK, March 23. A.A.P.—At least six racehorses perished at the Jamaica race track last night in a fire that for a time threatened thoroughbreds worth millions…
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The hoard of Fire Commissioners had agreed that a fire station should be established between Lambton and…
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THIS ARRANGEMENT of a collection of shrubs and trees near the entrance in New Lambton Oval has provided a beautiful blaze of autumn glory in shades of gold, red and greens. It was planned and maintained by the curator of the grounds, Mr. W. K. Curry (at right). The large centre tree is a golden cassia in full bloom and there are two ficus hill on either side of it for dark green contrast. Between paler…
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MELBOURNE: Firemen today were still working to put out the last of the fires which followed yesterday's mystery explosion at the State Electricity Commission's Yallourn briquette plant. The blast killed one man…
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SYDNEY.—Fire, which sent dense clouds of black smoke hundreds of feel into the air, seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£200 Loss In Store Blaze
About £200 damage was caused by a fire in a shed at the rear of Stevenson's store in Maitland-road, Mayfield,…
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A fire did more than £200 damage yesterday afternoon to Stevenson's hardware store in Maitland-rd.,…
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LARGO (Florida), Sun. (A.A.P.): A fire which ran swiftly through a nursing home for the aged early today is believed to have killed three persons; most of them trapped in the…
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NEW YORK, March 29. A.A.P. —About 50 people were killed when flames swept through a nursing home at…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales informed the City Council last night of its intention to build…
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KANSAS CITY (Missouri), Wed. (A.A.P.).— P'ire raged through a five-floor tenement building…
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Cook's Hill fire brigade was called yesterday to a fire in a stack of coal at Zara-street power station…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. —About six acres of heavily timbered scrub was destroyed by a bushfire which began in…
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MOSCOW, Mon. (A.A.P.): "Pravda" said today that "leaders of the former Ministry of State Security fell down on the job" in the case of the Soviet doctors…
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LONDON. — Thomas George Robinson, aged 52, unemployed storekeeper, of Medora Rd., Romford, was…
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SYDNEY: A youth was critically burned and about 20 people fled in their night attire when a guesthouse in the upper Burragorang Valley was burnt down early on Sunday morning…
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NEW YORK, April 7. A.A.P.—An explosion turned a makeshift trader home into a furnace in East Palestine…
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An electrical fault in an illuminated sign outside Kloster Pty. Ltd., Darby-st., caused it to smoke early…
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CANBERRA, Sunday.—Little or no interference to Australia's uranium research and development will follow from yesterday's fire in offices of the Bureau of…
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