Fire in Sydney Two Children Carried Out
SYDNEY: Two children, roused suddenly from sleep, were carried to safety at Cremorne Junction last night as flames from a nearby factory licked their flat…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
584 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 30
King In Line Of Fire
ATHENS, May 9. A.A.P.—King Paul was, by mistake, driven into the danger zone…
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LONDON: Two children, aged 5 and 7, struck a match to look for a sixpence under a settee…
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A stack of old timber owned by the Department of Public Works caught fire at Carrington last night. It was…
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LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.)—A fireman was killed and eight others injured in a fire which swept through…
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It had been clearly established that there had been no delay in East Maitland Fire Brigade…
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Clothing and laundry equipment were damaged by fire which broke out in a small building at the rear…
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WELLINGTON, May 13. A.A.P.-Reuter. — Palmerston North was threatened with a major disaster this afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Arson Squad detectives investigating two fires in the Burligton Hotel, City, believe they were…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A shopkeeper put out a fire on a tram near the Darlinghurst Technical College to-night…
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Two adjoining laundries of a semi-detached house in Union-street, Newcastle, were severely damaged by fire…
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MONS, May 16, A.A.P.—Seven miners died in a fire in a coalmine near Mons yesterday…
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SYDNEY.—Seven people slid down a drainpipe and a three-year-old boy was thrown to safety…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — A tire at No. 25 Pyrmont Wharf to-night destroyed 100 bales of cotton worth £7000…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Fire destroyed a top-storey block of flats at Bondi to-day. The damage is estimated at several…
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NEW YORK, May 18. A.A.P. — Police said that Henry Johnson had admitted that when his wife left their…
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LOS ANGELES, May 19. A.A.P.—A series of explosions yesterday ignited 500,000 gallons of oil and petrol in 11…
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A garage attached to a private house in Vista-parade, Belmont, and a quantity furniture stacked in the…
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ARMIDALE: An Armidale City Council alderman escaped early today in his pyjamas from a spectacular…
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Damage estimated at £1000 was caused by a fire in the mixing room at E. T. Williams' bakery, the Junction, yesterday after. Some dough mixing equipment, flour and electrical…
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