Man Saves Family From Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Robert Duncan saved, his wife and their five children when fire gutted their home in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
584 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 30
Five Horses Dead In Stables Fire In Brisbane
BRISBANE: Four horses were incinerated and three others badly burned, one later being destroyed, in a fire which raged through one of Queensland's…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Four horses died in a fire at the stables of an owner-trainer, Athol Strong, early to-day…
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SAIGON, August 11. A.A.P.—Bugles sounded the final cease-fire in Indo-China at 8 a.m. to-day…
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SYDNEY.—The Board of Fire Commissioners has approved the site proposed for the new fire station at…
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SYDNEY.âSpecial measures to protect Windale from bushfires were adopted by the Board of Fire…
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Fire destroyed a shed and some furniture and severely damaged a car valued at £350 at Adamstown last night…
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MELBOURNE.—One the biggest fires in Ballarat's history caused £36,000 damage at the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fire extensively damaged a classroom at Fort-street Girls' High School last night…
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KINGSTON (Ontario), Sun. (AAP).—Rioting convicts set fire to Kingston penitentiary in an escape attempt today. Seniors were called in…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—More than 3000 gallons of blazing white spirit poured for half a mile along gutters in…
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TOKIO, Wed. (A.A.P.)— About 20 people were injured and 468 were left homeless in a £200,000 fire…
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PERTH, Tuesday.—Derby, the West Kimberley staging port for oil searchers, to-day had its worst fire with…
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DARWIN, Tuesday.—The noted aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira will no longer sleep on…
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LONDON — More than 50 firemen equipped with breathing apparatus, fought a fire which broke…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A volunteer brigade fighting a scrub fire at Caringbah to-night were suddenly switched…
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SYDNEY.—A volunteer brigade fighting a scrub fire at Caringbah today was suddenly switched to…
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MONTREAL, August 18. A.A.P.—A two-hour fire destroyed an enclosed cattle yard in Montreal last night,…
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LONDON: A father died with five of his seven children in their blazing home as he fought desperately to save them. His wife dropped her…
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NEW YORK, August 19. A.A.P.—Police added another crime to-day to a series of senseless slayings and beatings alleged to have been carried out by four teenage…
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