Strength For Fires Inadequate
Officers of the Fire Brigades Association told the Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue) yesterday that firefighting strength…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
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Fire in Tent Home
A tent home in Cedar-street, Cardiff, was partially destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, Newcastle police…
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KATOOMBA, Thursday. — A man and his wife ran into a blazing cottage at Wentworth Falls to-day and…
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Three elderly men were burned to death when fire destroyed a sleep - out in the…
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LONDON: A three-storey house was set on fire in Camden Town while 15 policemen patrolled the…
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Newcastle Council's chief concern over fire services was to provide adequate protection without unnecessary expenditure or duplication of services, the Lord Mayor…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z) Friday: [?] young Children and their mother [?]. Here burned to death near [?] Re[?], North Auckland, today…
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Spring rainfall will be the main factor in the bushfire outlook for 1954, the quarterly "Bush Fire Bulletin" says. The magazine, published by the Bush Fire Commit-…
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Three aged men were burnt to death yesterday when fire destroyed a home for the aged at Carrowobitty, about 12 miles west of Forbes…
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Damage estimated at £100 was caused by a fire in the roof of Galton dry cleaning factory in High-street,…
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Firemen attended six scrub and grass fires in Newcastle district at the week-end. There was no damage…
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On Saturday afternoon Newcastle RocKet Brigade fired off its annual single rocked at Nobbys [?]. (1) One of the youngest specta[?]ors, who is four years enjoyed the thrill of having a ride in the "chair," (2) An Action picture of the rocked speeding to its target after being fired by the Rocked Brigade. (3) Newcastle Sea Cadets watching with great interest while Messrs. E. Deveraux and T. Hill set the rocked for firing. (4) Mesdames A. Dean and P. Brett were all smiles at the Newcastle Cup meeting on Saturday afternoon as they studied racing form for another winner. (5) Did they pick the Newcastle Cup winner? Other happy punters were (1. to r.) Miss E. Farnham and Mesdames H. Ellercamp and…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Archibald McDowall, 83, pensioner, of Howarth-street, North Melbourne, died in a…
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GOSFORD, Sunday. — Lewis Walker, 77, of Narara, near Gosford, died this afternoon while fighting a grass…
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LONDON (O.S.R.) — A 13-year-old boy told the Juvenile Court that he started four fires to burn…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—More than £2000 damage was caused by a fire which gutted a radio and electrical shop in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A four-year-old aboriginal girl, badly burnt when her clothes caught fire at the home near…
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Mr. Vernon J. Pick, of Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, who recently sold uranium holdings for More than 9 million dollars (more than £4 million Australian)…
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A colliery clipper's efforts to put out flames in the clothing of a boy who subsequently died was praised by the Newcastle Coroner (Mr. Curry) yesterday…
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INVERELL: A £250,000 fire early today destroyed most of Inverell's newest and biggest shopping block. Detectives are investigating the blaze, which broke…
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