Western Bush Fires Cause Rail Disruptions and Stock Losses
Heavy fires across western districts threaten towns and stock with hundreds of volunteers aiding containment. Fire rages along the Western railway line near Bubalong Eunbalong and Mount Hope, halting trains to Broken Hill and diverting services at Parkes. Grazier losses loom as thousands of acres burn in Pillaga West State Forest and other outbreaks near Rocky Glen Bathurst and Grose Valley.
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Brisbane Limited
Pontiff warns world fears rise with new tech age
Pope Pius XII, in a Christmas message broadcast from Vatican Radio, warned that mankind fears the vast reach of scientific advances including Sputnik. He said the unanticipated power of knowledge unsettles people, especially when faith does not dwell in their hearts, and emphasized peace as priceless and worth sacrifice.
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Vatican City
Reuter
Pius XII
Vatican Aadio
Europe
Vatican
Iron Curtain
Pontiff
Miner badly hurt by cable at Dark's Forest mine
An Italian miner, Matista Dalaanta, 23, of Balgowale, was critically injured when a cable snapped at the 2,000 ft shaft in Dark's Forest mine near Coledale. He suffered serious head and face wounds as a chain whip struck him.
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Sydney
Octopus Attacks New Zealand Girl at Whangarei Beach
Carolyn Farrell, swimming about 3 ft deep near Whangarei Beach, was seized by a 5 ft octopus that wrapped a tentacle around her throat and others around her chest back and sides. Her father and a helper freed her, and the animal was killed. A doctor later sedated the girl.
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Wellington
A.ap
Reuter
Carolyn Farrell
Whangarei
Carolyn
Storms Dampen Bush Fires In Australia
Sydney reports sudden thunderstorms across eastern New South Wales dampening bush fires and filling water reservoirs. Lightning caused a 15 minute blackout south of Sydney. Lithgow recorded heavy rain while Blue Mountains Glenbrook saw a deluge halt a nearby bush fire that had burned for days.
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Cronula
Sutherland
Lithgow
Glenbrook
Blue Mountains
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