Fire Traps Woman in Launch
A 73-years-old woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer, had a narrow escape from death when a luxury…
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Fire Traps Woman in Launch
A 73-years-old woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer, had a narrow escape from death when a luxury…
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Choking from dense smoke, a man was trapped in the bedroom of his blazing cottage at Berala…
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LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.).--Defectives are investigating a theory that thieves set fire to the Scottish Express, travelling from Birmingham to Glasgow, in which five…
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LONDON, June 9 (A.A.P.).—Five persons, including a mother and her two young children on their way to the seaside for a holiday, were burned to death last night when fire swept through three carriages of the speeding Birmingham-Glasgow exprees…
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ADELAIDE, Sat. -- Fire which caused thousands of pounds damage this afternoon gutted the L. G. Abbott and Co., Ltd.,…
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Some experts blame a new type of carriage lacquer for the Scottish Express fire on Thursday night…
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CHICAGO, Saturday.—A stablehand and 22 valuable racehorses were burned to death today when lightning struck and set on fire horse stables in Chicago…
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TWO men swam 100 yards to rescue an elderly woman trapped in a blazing motor cruiser…
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Patrick Coffey, 54, was burned about the hands when he tried to check a fire which awakened him in his home in…
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NEW YORK, June 10 (A.A.P.).—A fierce forest fire yesterday threatened the town of Lewisporte,…
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An elderly woman had a narrow escape from death yesterday when she was trapped aboard a…
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Five men risked serious injury yesterday to rescue a 72 - year - old woman from a blazing…
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LONDON, June 10 (A.A.P.).—The five passengers killed in Thursday's Birmingham-Glasgow rail disaster died because they had chosen to have afternoon tea in their own…
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SEOUL, June 11 (A.A.P.). —A member of the U.N. Commission for Korea was pinned down by intense rifle…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--An Irish fisherman told detectives and civic guards in Portaleen (Donegal)…
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From last Wednesday to 9 a.m. on Sunday, the Sydney Weather Bureau predicted a few showers on two days and rain on one day, but actually Sydney was deluged by almost…
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Alfred Edward William Brodie, 18, of Rydalmere, was committed for trial from the City Coroner's…
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Alfred Edward Brodie (18), Mudgee St., Rylstone, was committed for trial by the Coroner (Mr. A.. N. Bott, S.M.) in the Coroner's Court today, on a charge of…
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Alfred Edward Brodie (18), Mudgee St., Rylstone, was committed for trial by the Coroner (Mr. A. N. Bott, S.M.) in the Coroner's Court today, on a charge of…
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