79 die in carrier blaze
NEW YORK, Wed.--A fire on an aircraft-carrier today killed 79…
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110 Killed in Blaze on Carrier
QUONSET (Rhode Island), Thurs. --In the worst peacetime fire in naval history, 110 men were killed and 150 injured aboard the 30,000 ton U.S…
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QUONSET (Rhode Island), Thurs. --In the worst peacetime fire in naval history, 110 men were killed and 150 injured aboard the 30,000 ton U.S…
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QUONSET (Rhode Island), Thurs. --In the worst peacetime fire in naval history, 110 men were killed and 150 injured aboard the 30,000 ton U.S…
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QUONSET (Rhode Island), Thurs. --In the worst peacetime fire in naval history, 110 men were killed and 150 injured aboard the 30,000 ton U.S…
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QUONSET (Rhode Island), Thurs. --In the worst peacetime fire in naval history, 110 men were killed and 150 injured aboard the 30,000 ton U.S…
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QUONSET (Rhode Island), Thurs. --In the worst peacetime Sire in naval history, 110 men were hilled and 150 injured aboard the 30,000 ton U.S…
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QUONSET (Rhode Island), Thurs. --In the worst peacetime five in naval history, 110 men were killed and 150 injured aboard the 30,000 ton U.S…
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QUONSET (Rhode Island), Thurs. --In the worst peacetime fire in naval history, 10 men were killed and 150 injured aboard the 30,000 ton U.S…
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QUONSET (Rhode Island), Thurs. --In the worst peacetime Sire in naval history, 110 men were killed and 150 injured aboard the 30,000 ton U.S…
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About 5 a.m. on Monday a fire destroyed the newly-erected home of Mr. Sidney Dealtry at 16 Ladbury Avenue, Penrith…
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NEW YORK, May 26 (A.A.P.). — Seventy- nine men have been killed and 220 injured in a fire aboard…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Explosion and fire today killed at least 100 men and burned 201 in the US carrier Bennington, converting the great ship into a floating hell for four hours…
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CANBERRA, Wed.--Delegates to the Australian Forest Fire Control Conference in Canberra today…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.— Twelve armed police searched the bush near Barnsley to-night for…
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Heavy grazing had enabled cotton fire weed to get a hold in many parts of the State, weeds officer…
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NAIROBI, Thurs.--Fire last night destroyed the tree-top hotel where Queen Elizabeth was staying when King George VI died…
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CANBERRA, Fri.--Airfield fire-fighting crews will soon use new British equipment which will…
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LONDON, Fri.--The championship committee was still under fire today on its decision in…
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Liquid Fire (7 to 2) finished like a flash to win the Flying Handicap at Canterbury today by a short half-head from True Leader (8 to 1) in a photo-finish. The favorite, Lucky Stride (5 to 2) was…
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