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Two Dead Burnt At Empire Night Bonfires In Sydney
Two people died and several were injured in a night of bonfires across Sydney. Cyril James Baxter 29 of Dapto and Dennis Peterson 10 of Wollongong were killed when a telegraph pole toppled amid a giant bonfire at Kembla Grange racecourse. A 16-year-old girl, Pauline Haining of Bexley, suffered facial burns from a cracker explosion. Firemen blame careless crackers and smouldering rockets for the blazes including damage to a Newtown cottage and a Crows Nest upholstery factory.
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Sydney
Sunda
Kembla Grange Racecourse
Cyril James Baxter
Dapto
Dennis Peterson
Wollongong
Femenmannel
Pauline Haining
Bexley
Ronald’ Hore
Nor Iolh
Newtown
Crows Lest