Fire Traps 8 Horses
NEW YORK Tuesday (AAP).—An official count reveals that eight horses—seven valuable race horses…
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Fires & bushfires, 1953
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Fine for Fire Reduced
In Lismore Quarter Sessions Judge Storkey, V.C., reduced a £10 fine for leaving a fire lit in the open without…
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LARGO (Florida), Sunday (AAP).—About 50 persons were killed when flames swept through a nursing…
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LARGO, Florida, Monday (AAP).—A fire swept through a nursing home for the aged yesterday and burned to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Will Not Halt Uranium Development
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Little or no interference to Australia's uranium research and development would follow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fires in Revenge Riots
BUENOS AIRES, Thursday (AAP).—Torch mobs turned strongholds of anti-Peronist factions in the Argentine capital into blazing infernos last night and today…
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GRAFTON, Sunday.—A motor truck, the property of A. Cornish, of Tamworth, valued at about…
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CASINO, Monday.—A [?] in a parked car in Barker Street on Saturday night is believed to have been started…
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A 1951 model car was damaged to the extent of an estimated £300 when it was severely damaged by fire in…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.—Detectives believe that petrol set alight by an intruder started a fire…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire which destroyed the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Book Review Fire Tale of Family Rebellion
In period stories of America's "Deep South" there is always a lurking suspicion that sooner…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Billinudgel B.G.F. Fire, Hail Insurance Discussed
Billnudgel branch of the Banana, Growers' Federation will urge District Council to introduce fire…
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CASINO, Friday.—A 40-year-old weatherboard house in Frederick Street, Railway Heights, was gutted by fire today. Firemen poured 134,000 gallons of water into the blazing…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Friday. —Before any insurance scheme to cover hail, gale and fire damage in the…
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PUSAN, Sunday (AAP-Reuter).—It was announced yesterday that two British soldier guards and a Korean were…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.—Six youths between the ages of 14 and 17 are believed to have caused a fire…
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A Carters' Interstate Transport Service truck driver freighting his own personal belongings and furniture in one of the company's trucks drove for more than a mile along the…
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CASINO, Tuesday.—Casino Municipal Council will give serious consideration to placing the Casino Fire Brigade on an entirely voluntary basis if a new award for firemen is granted…
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A Lismore fire brigade officer last night warned against lighting fires on windy nights…
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