'Varsity Plan Under Fire
Newcastle University Establishment Group last night repeated its dissatisfaction at the present organisation of the Newcastle University College of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1954
584 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 30
New Lambton Store Fire
Fire damaged goods in a storeroom of a shop owned by Richard Owens Pty. Ltd., in Regent-street, New…
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SYDNEY: Seven men collapsed while fighting a fire in the freighter Orestes at Walsh Bay today. They were treated by Sydney waterfront first…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Seven firemen and a ship's officer collapsed fighting a fire in the British freighter Orestes at Walsh Bay to-day…
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Three brigades were called to a fire in empty fruit cases at the rear of a fruit shop in Alma-road, New Lambton,…
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PLYMOUTH (Indiana), Thurs. (A.A.P.).—Seven members of a family died today when fire swept…
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SYDNEY: A woman had admitted setting fire to a garage in Granville railway yards because she wanted to help her son, who had been charged with arson, police alleged in Burwood Coroner's Court today. Her son had been…
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Cook's Hill Fire Brigade used a water tanker yesterday to put out a large grass fire in Hillsborough-road, Cardiff…
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THE biggest coal fire in the world has, for the past 14 years, been burning through an abandoned coalmine deep…
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SYDNEY: Singapore newspapers suggest that fire services were slow in getting to the B.O.A.C. Constellation airliner Belfast, which crashed at Singapore's Kalang Airfield on Saturday, killing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Knight, Daughter Trapped By Fire
SYDNEY: Fire trapped Sir Victor Wilson, and his daughter, Miss Audrey Wilson, on the top floor of their Neutral Bay home early today. The fire broke out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cigarette Lighter Blamed For Fire
CHEJU ISLAND (Korea), March 15, A.A.P Reuter.—A carelessly filled cigarette lighter was blamed to-day for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Council Budget Again Under Fire Tonight
Newcastle Council's budget for 1954 is likely to come under fire again tonight. The Finance Committee last week deferred…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fuemen rescued a former South Australian senator and his daughter from the top floor…
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LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.) —Minor damage was done when waste oil caught fire in the boiler room of the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Arson Squad detectives believe a fire in the staff room of the Granville Public School…
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CAIRO, March 17. A.A.P.—Egyptian terrorists have wounded three more British servicemen in the Canal zone…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire in the kitchen of the Hotel Australia to-day sent guests panicking for their belongings…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A 39-year-old man was committed for trial by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. N. C…
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PENNSYLVANIA (Reuter).—The biggest coal fire in the world has, for the past 14 years, been burning…
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