Injured Fire Victim Rescues Friend
A woman who dragged a companion from a petrol fire at Hamilton yesterday described herself last night as "the biggest coward in the world." The woman, Mrs. Estelle…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
584 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 30
Woman Burned In Car Fire Still Critical
Joan Geddes (23), of Fay St., Lambton, who was severely burned about the body after a car smash at…
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A fire in the laundry of a cottage occupied by Ronald Revell, of Fullerton-street, Stockton, was put out by…
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OTTAWA, Wed. (A.A.P.): A fire yesterday destroyed a hangar of Aircraft Industries at St. Johns…
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The condition of Joan Geddes, 23, of Fay-avenue, New Lambton, who is in Royal Newcastle Hospital with…
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CALGARY, Dec. 8. A.A.P. —A civilian aircraft hangar and 25 light planes were destroyed by fire at Calgary's…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Chief Industrial Magistrate (Mr. H. Isles) to-day fined the N.S.W. Board of Fire…
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Joan Geddes, of Fay-avenue, New Lambton, who was burned in a petrol fire at the corner of National Park and…
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An innovation aimed at minimising the bushfire danger in coastal timber stands north of Newcastle will be tested in an aircraft on Monday…
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Patricia Evans, 5, who was badly burnt at West Wallsend yesterday morning, was in a serious condition at Wallsend…
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Brigades attended six grass fires in Newcastle suburban areas yesterday. They were put out before they caused…
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LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.)—More than 400 cockerels produced for the Christmas market, died yesterday in…
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LONDON, Dec. 13. A.A.P. —The Vicar of Blackpool's North Shore Methodist Church was pictured in the newspapers…
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HAVERHILL (Massachuseus), Dec. 13. A.A.P.—Police said that Richard La Plante, 16, had admitted starting a…
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SCHWEINFURT (Germany), Dec. 15. A.A.P. — Santa Claus, returning from a children's party at Gochshein,…
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NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.)—Five children were burned to death today when a fire…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 16. A.A.P.—Three young boys, sons of Mr. Edwin Grove—heir to a patent medicine…
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HOOSICK FALLS (New York), Dec. 17. A.A.P.—Five children were burnt to death yesterday when fire destroyed…
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HONG KONG, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Four Chinese children were killed yesterday when a sudden fire…
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SYDNEY.—A two-months-old baby was shockingly burned when her bedclothes caught fire…
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