Police Fire On Crowd In Indian Riots
NEW DELHI, July 22. A.A.P.—Eight people were killed and 30 injured yesterday when police fired on a crowd…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
584 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 30
Cease-fire
PARIS, July 23. A.A.P.—The cease fire in Northern Vietnam will enter into force on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hongkong Fire Kills Nine
HONGKONG, July 23. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Nine people, including two children, were burnt to death in a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fires at Week-end
Brigades in Newcastle district at the week-end attended five grass and scrub fires and one in a shed at Stockton…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The head keeper of Taronga Park Zoo (Mr. "Chick" Cody) last night broke down the door of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Musicians' Union Under Fire
Newcastle Council of Ex-service Organisations was told last night that an official of the Musicians' Union had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Fire Cost Circus Its Profits For 10 Years
One hot July afternoon in 1944, the big top of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum and Bailey Circus, pitched in an open field near Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A., burst into flames. Within half an hour the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire Damages House At Merewether
Cook's Hill and Merewether brigades used one hydrant to put out a fire in the weatherboards of a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-Fighting Discussions
The Trades Hall Council will be asked by Newcastle Council if it has any additional information relating to improved fire-fighting facilities for Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unauthorised Levee Banks Under Fire
The Hunter Valley Conservation Trust decided yesterday to recommend that the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission act against the erection of unauthorised leyee banks and the raising of other banks beyond their…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →City Fire Protection Council Mission to Trades Hall
A conference of improved fire protection for Newcastle district was sought by Newcastle Trades Hall Council in a letter to Newcastle City Council last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Veld Fires In Natal
DURBAN, Thurs. (AAP) —Natal's veld fires, fanned by gales reaching 80 m.p.h., are estimated to…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Distillery Fire
PEKIN (Illinois), Aug. 4. A.A.P.—A fire, apparently started by lightning, destroyed 42,000 barrels of spirits and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Homes Damaged By Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two Housing Commission weatherboard h6mes were severely damaged by fire in…
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LONDON, Aug. 4. A.A.P.—Four young children who were choked by smoke fumes from burning horsehair in the…
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DURBAN, Aug. 5. A.A.P.—Natal's veld fires fanned by gales reaching 80 miles an hour, were estimated yesterday…
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The cabin and engine of a tipping truck were severely damaged when the truck caught fire in Lambton-road,…
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A utility truck owned by William Lauer of Livingstone—st., Merewether, was extensively damaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hay Shed Fire at Salt Ash
Hay and other fodder stacked in a shed on farm property at Salt Ash were severely damaged by fire yesterday…
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