Men Scramble Off Blazing Tower In Big Lithgow Fire
LITHGOW, Tuesday. — Five workmen narrowly escaped death this afternoon, when fire destroyed a giant water-cooling tower at Lithgow power-station…
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B.h.p. Napthalene Plant Destroyed in Big Fire
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- The B.H.P. napthalene plant was destroyed by fire this morning in one of the most spectacular blazes of its kind in 20 years. The loss…
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Flames roared through a 90ft. cooling tower at Lithgow powerhouse yesterday and nearly trapped four men working 50ft. up…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- The B.H.P. napthalene plan was destroyed by fire this morning in one of the most spectacular blazes of its kind in 20 years. The loss…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- The B.H.P. napthalene plant was destroyed by fire this morning in one of the most spectacular blazes of its kind in 20 years. The loss…
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LONDON, Wed.--Ten girls were burned to death in a fire in a Glasgow…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —Firemen were diverted from a fire at Footscray to-night to fight another fire which caused…
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Aid. Warren, of Canterbury Coun[?], and a candidate for the forthcoming Fire Board election, addressed the aldermen of Fairfield Council last week s[?]…
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LONDON, May 4 (A.A.P.). —Ten girls were burnt to death, two were fatally injured, and 19 are in hospital as the…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—A fire in the naphthalene subliming plant at the B.H.P…
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Smoke pouring from the blazing interior of Grafton's fashion store, Glasgow, yesterday. Twelve girl employees, trapped in the top-floor storeroom, were incinerated, and a 16-years-old girl jumped 60ft. to her death in an effort…
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OTTAWA, Thursday.-- Fires in ships in two Canadian ports yesterday suggest that incendiarism…
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Smoke pouring from the blazing interior of Grafton's fashion store, Glasgow, yesterday. Twelve girl employees, trapped in the top floor storeroom, were incinerated, and a 16-years-old girl jumped 60ft. to her death in an effort…
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Smoke pouring from the blazing interior of Grafton's fashion store, Glasgow, yesterday. Twelve girl employees, trapped in the top -floor storeroom, were incinerated, and a 16-years-old girl jumped 60ft. to her death in an effort…
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OTTAWA, Thursday.-- Fires in ships in two Canadian ports yesterday suggest that incendiarism…
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OTTAWA, Thursday.-- Fires in ships in two Canadian ports yesterday suggest that incendiarism…
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LONDON, Thursday.-- Thirteen girls died in the Glasgow millinery shop fire yesterday, police have announced. Twenty- four people, including two firemen, were…
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LONDON, Thursday.-- Trapped by frames, 12 girls perished in a spectacular blaze which swept Grafton's store in Argyll St., Glasgow, yesterday…
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LONDON, Thursday. -- Trapped by flames, 12 girls perished in a spectacular blaze which swept Grafton's store in Argyll St., Glasgow, yesterday…
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LONDON, Thursday. -- Trapped by flames, 12 girls perished in a specacular blaze which swept Grafton's tore in Argyll St., Glasgow, yesterday…
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