Small Boys Fire Detonator
GRAFTON, Wednesday.— Three small boys who found a detonator built a fire in which they threw it, but…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
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Fire Engine Scorched: Blistered
LONDON—Flames shooting through the roof of a Reading cycle manufacturer's paint shop could be…
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SEOUL (Korea), Thur. (A.A.P.): Fire swept through 10 blocks of the blackmarket area…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —The loss in a petrol transport fire on Hume Highway near Kilmore early to-day…
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A MEETING of Soccer directors and northern delegates in Newcastle on June 18 discussed the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fireman had to cart water by truck to fight a fire which gutted the Commercial…
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The Commercial Hotel, Albion Park, owned by Mr Michael Tobin, former well-known Newcastle hotel licensee was destroyed by fire last night. Damage is estimated at…
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Five brigades went to the Commonwealth Steel Company's works, Waratah, last night when an oil tank in the…
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Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which swept through a caravan factory in Maitland-road, Mayfield, yesterday afternoon…
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SWEEPING rapidly through the commercial division and the metal section of Caravan Park Ltd.'s Mayfield factory yesterday afternoon, a spectacular blaze caused damage estimated at £30,000. Portion of the factory was reduced to a heap of twisted iron and charred timber before the flames were brought…
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Firemen at the blaze that caused an estimated £30,000 worth of damage in a caravan factory in Maitland-road, Mayfield, yesterday afternoon…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday.— James Thompson 15, of Lithgow, an employee of Lithgow Woollen M[?]s, is in a critical…
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GUATEMALA CITY, June 30. A.A.P.—Guatemala's new military junta, in control less than a day, has reached a cease-fire agreement with the…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners will present long service medals to voluntary firemen at a social…
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Newcastle Trades Hall Council will be asked to-night to support a union move for more fire protection for…
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JERUSALEM, Friday (A.A.P.): Heavy fighting which broke out in Jerusalem on…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners will be asked tonight to provide more facilities for fire fighting in the Newcastle area. The Lord Mayor (Ald…
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Newcastle Trades Hall Council decided last night to urge the Chief Secretary (Mr. Kelly) to call a conference soon to…
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SYDNEY: An elderly semi-cripple was burned to death in his room at Green Valley, near Liverpool, early today. The dead man was…
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Fire brgades front Hamilton and Newcastle were called yesterday afternoon to put out a fire in lantana scrub on…
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