Fire in Dutch Queen's Palace
THE HAGUE, Wednesday: The police reported that a huge fire broke out in Queen Wilhemina's palace at the Hague…
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Fires & bushfires, 1948
402 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 21
Art Treasures Saved From Fire in Wilhelmina's Palace
THE HAGUE, Wednesday (AAP). --Dutch soldiers helped to carry many art treasures and other valuables to safety as firemen…
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SYDNEY, Monday: A house in Matraville burst into flames late today a few minutes after a…
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LONDON, Monday (AAP). -- It was officially announced in Baghdad that the Arab armies will continue fighting in Palestine and will accept only the unconditional surrender of the Jewish forces. No notice will he taken of the UN request for a cease-fire…
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LONDON, Monday: It was officially stated in Bagdad that the Arab armies would continue to fight in Palestine and would accept only unconditional surrender of the Jewish, forces. No notice would be taken of the UNO request for a cease-fire…
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CASINO, Tuesday.--Advice has been received from the Board of Fire Commissioners that they will meet members of the Municipal…
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LONDON, Tuesday: A Foreign Office spokesman, commenting on a New York report that Britain and the United States were negotiating a plan for a Palestine peace, Involving the re[?]al of British officers from the Arab Legion and the ceasing of British military supplies to Arab countries under…
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At Tuesday's meeting of Coolangatta Town Council, Ald A. Black referred to Coolangatta-Nerang Water…
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LONDON,(AAP).--The Israel Government has informed the United Nations Security Council that. Israel must review the position caused by the Council's 48-hours postponement of the Palestine cease-fire order, and would "in due course inform the Council of…
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LONDON, Wednesday: It was authoritatively stated in Amman (Transjordan) today that the Arab League had rejected the United Nations' cease-fire order for Palestine, states the Associated Press correspondence. He added that the rejection was made mainly on the ground that the…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: A £10,000 fire at Barker and Company's bulk store in the city early this morning will have a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Damages amounting to £10,063 were awarded to a Quirindi property owner against the Railways…
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Coolangatta Fire Brigade Board is considering the establishment of a sub-station at Palm Beach on a site adjacent…
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LONDON, Wednesday: The Reuters Amman correspondent says that, within a few hours of both Arabs and Jews accepting the cease fire proposal, Jewish light armored…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday (AAP).--Both the Arabs and Jews, have accepted the United Nations Security Council cease fire order, wh?h provides for a four weeks' truce in Palestine. Israel was the first to notify the Security…
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CASING, Thursday. --The President of he Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) suggested to a meeting of Casino Municipal…
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LONDON, Friday: The Reuters Cairo representative says that the UNO mediate Count Bernadotte, [?] Haifa after…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: While he struggled to open a blazing hangar at the former R.A.A.F…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. --Three Avro-Anson planes were destroyed by fire, in a hangar at Nhill Aerodrome Western Victoria, this…
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GRAFTON, Sunday. --Several women had to fight a fire in an unoccupied garage close to the Hotel Pacific, Yamba, late last night…
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