Deaf and Dumb Rescued by Nuns in Newcastle Fire Man Helping Collapses and Dies
SYDNEY, Monday—A middle-aged man collapsed and died while helping nuns of the sacred Heart Order to rescue 64 deaf…
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Civilians Help to Put Out Sydney Blaze
SYDNEY, Monday: Civilians joined three senior executive fire brigade officers to put out a blaze which started in Graham's iron…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday -The United Nations' Mediator in Palestine, Count Bernadotte, yesterday urged the Security…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday: Fire destroyed drawing offices with valuable drawings and plans and threatened the shipbuilding…
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The Wagga Fire Brigade was summoned yesterday morning on a false alarm call. The call was received at about 8.30 a.m…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Friday.—Coinciding with the report, from Cairo that the Egyptian capital had been bombed by a Jewish…
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JERUSALEM, Sunday (A.A.P.): Following the wildest night of fighting in Jerusalem's history, the cease-fire in the Holy City began at 5.30 a.m. yesterday…
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BERLIN, Monday—British, American, and French Military Governors are scheduled to hold a special meeting in Berlin…
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LONDON, Friday—Both the Arabs and Jews yesterday issued orders to their forces throughout Palestine to cease fighting…
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LONDON, Tuesday—The United Nations' second attempt, at a cease-fire and truce in Palestine has got off to a risky…
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LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): The United Nations' second attempt at a cease-fire and truce in Palestine has got off to a risky start. An official announcement from Baghdad says that…
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Cootamundra district, last, season, escaped serious devastations by bush fires; but, after the bountiful rains, the season…
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SINGAPORE, Wednesday (A.A.F.-Reuter: Damage estimated at over 100,000 dollars was caused when about 40 terrorists…
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The Bush Fires Advisory Committee has informed the Chief Secretary that prior to and during the summer of 1948-49 there is,…
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THE Bush Fires Advisory Committee has informed the Chief Secretary that prior to and during the summer of 1948-49,…
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A fire which broke out in the "Ideal Fruit Shop" in Parker street last night might have grown to much larger proportions…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter): A mysterious ball of fire, apparently sitting on the…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Flames from a fire which destroyed a clothing factory on the top floor of a five-storey building Wentworth…
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"Another ten minutes might have made a different story." Mr. Les. winter said this when commenting on a fire which…
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TEMORA, Monday: Severely burned when she fell Into an open fire yesterday afternoon, a four-year-old Beckom girl died…
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