Fire At Hotel Tumut
On Sunday night last a fire occurred in the lounge room of the Hotel Tumut, of which Mr. Thom. O'Brien is the licensee,…
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Dramatic Fire Rescue Woman's Courageous Action
SYDNEY, Friday — A woman dragged an elderly widow from a burning bed at Annandale early today…
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Early in April last when a furniture van went up in flames on the Hume highway, nearly all the loading,…
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At the Council meeting on Thursday night, Cr. H. Lewis said he had noticed in the paper that Yanko Shire…
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A conference was held at Goolgowi Hall on Monday, 25th August, to discuss matters relating to the control of bush fires throughout the…
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A Conference of Bush Fire Brigades, chairmaned by Carrathool Shire President (Cr. R. A Munro), was held at Goolgowi on Monday…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday—A brief but spectacular, fire on the Balmain waterfront today threatened the depot of the…
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The inquiry into the cause of the Ladysmith bushfire last January will resume at the Wagga Court House on Monday after a two months' adjournment…
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US Defence Secretary Robert A. Lovett has described Communist China's radio broadcasts against the use of napalm by…
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Pleasant Hills Bush Fire. Brigade has been reformed with the following officials in charge:— President, T. Grunow…
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The District Coroner (Mr. A. N. Cott) will announce his finding morning in the inquiry into the [?]rigin and cause of the bushfire on…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday—Five young migrant children, possibly nine, were burned to death in a fire which swept through the hospital of Somers Migrant Camp, 40 miles from Melbourne, early today…
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Eight bush fire brigades were well represented at the conference held at Lockhart on Friday, convened by Cr. W. K…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday: the Acting Minister for Immigration (Mr. Bemle) tonight denied that either he or the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Five New Australian children, aged from seven months to seven years, perished in a fire which gutted several huts at the Somers migrant camp hospital early today. Prompt action by hospital…
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The District Coroner (Mr. A. N. Bott) yesterday found that the Railways Department was responsible for a bushfire on January 25 at Ladysmith, 13 miles east of Wagga…
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HERO of Somers Camp fire, Jan Telegner, a Pole, who smashed his way through a window and threw three children to safety…
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ABOVE: The charred remains of the hospital ward in which five migrant children were burned to death at Somers Migrant Camp on Tuesday. In the centre background are twisted frames of cots in which the Children…
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GRAFTON, Sun.: Kerosene was found splashed about a room after two fires had broken out in different parts of…
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ALBURY, Monday—A man his wife, and their four-year-old son are presumed to have burned to death in a fire at their…
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