Twenty Lose Lives in Forest Fires
BORDEAUX, Sunday (AAP). —About 20 persons lost their lives when the village of Le Barp, 30 miles south off here, was entirely…
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Fires & bushfires, 1949
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Burned to Death in Shack Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Reginald Mitchell, 67, was burnt to death when a one-roomed shack at Fairfield caught fire early this…
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BORDEAUX, Monday (AAP).—French police have arrested nine teenagers on arson charges arising out of a wave of forest fires which…
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LONDON, Monday (AAP).—A report by Lloyds yesterday said that the 7174 ton British steamer, Avismoat, was making for Fremantle…
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Although very little damage was done by a fire which broke out at Allan Poster's Sawmill Pty. Ltd., South Lismore, at the week-end, it…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Hundreds of employees jammed narrow stairs as they fled for safety when fire gutted the top floor of the Albert Building, Bathurst Street, city, today. Five persons received burns to the…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).— Tired, smokeblackened French fire fighters and troops yesterday found more charred bodies in the smouldering ashes of trees and undergrowth, bringing…
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Five fire brigades attended this fire in Bathurst Street, Sydney, on Monday, on the eighth floor of Albert Buildings. A girl and four men were burned, and two other men suffered lacerations. Photo…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—The courage of a man who defied fierce names saved the lives of three young children from a burning…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP). —Fast moving forest fires are raging out of control from Quebec, Canada, to Idaho, whipped by high…
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PARIS, Wednesday (AAP). —Weary and dazed after a three day non-stop battle against the flames, villagers in the devastated pine…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP) —With a fire in one of her holds with coal gas Escaping from her cargo, and two of her hatches…
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LONDON, Friday (AAP).—Three children—one a seven months old girl—and their mother and grandmother were burned to death…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The port engine of a Butler DC3 passenger aircraft burst into flames during a test flight over Mascot aerodrome…
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HONG KONG, Sunday (AAPReuter).—About 1,000 people are dead and 100,000 homeless in Chungking as a result of a disastrous fire,…
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PARIS, Monday (AAP).—A new forest fire which, by last night, had already encircled an area of 7500 acres, has broken out in the…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday. --A fire developed in a section of Aberdare colliery this, morning, and the men were withdrawn about 10.30 o'clock…
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CASINO, Sunday.--A four-year-old Mallanganec girl suffered second degree burns to the left side of her body when her dress caught…
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TORONTO, Sunday (AAP). -- At least 216 people are believed to have been killed in the swift, disastrous fire, which swept the Great Lakes cruise ship, Noronic, 6905 tons, at Toronto dock, early yesterday morning…
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CASINO, Monday.--Fourteen firemen turned out to a false alarm this afternoon. The Hotham Street siren near the…
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