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The Age
| 7 months ago
Construction workers ran for their lives as litres of diesel caught alight and engulfed the 65-metre crane at a University of Technology Sydney construction site on the corner of Broadway and Wattle streets in Ultimo. Although no one was seriously...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 7 months ago
They say officers arrived on the scene to find one man dead at the back of the property and a man in his 30's suffering several gunshot wounds out the front. Superintendent Michael McLean says police believe the two victims were shot inside the house.
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
A construction crane dangles precariously over a street in New York during last month's storm. Photo: AP The crane that collapsed on a construction site at the University of Technology, Sydney, on Tuesday, after earlier catching fire, is the second...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
One man is dead and two gunmen are believed to be on the loose in south-western Sydney after a shooting this afternoon. Residents and workers near Lumeah Avenue in Punchbowl have been told by police to stay inside and lock their doors. Police said...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
The dramatic collapse of a construction crane boom in Sydney has been caught on video showing the towering machine as it burst into flames and then dropped its boom on to a nearby building at the city's University of Technology...A blaze broke out...
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The Courier-Mail
| 7 months ago
A police spokesman would not confirm the shooting, except to say a police operation is underway in Punchbowl. The Nine Network is reporting that a man had been shot five times in Punchbowl.
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
The NSW Ambulance Service said there were called to Lumeah Avenue, Punchbowl at 4.10pm on Tuesday. They are now transporting a man to hospital but would not disclose the injuries. A NSW Police spokeswoman would only say there was a "police operation"...
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The Australian
| 7 months ago
Angry construction workers said they had walked off the job three weeks ago with safety concerns about the crane claiming it was dripping diesel. "We asked for something to be done about it but nothing was done," union state secretary Brian Parker...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
The protruding arm of a crane has collapsed on top of a construction site at the University of Technology, Sydney, after earlier catching fire...Thousands of people have been evacuated from surrounding buildings near Broadway and Wattle Street,...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
Thousands of people have been evacuated from surrounding buildings near Broadway and Wattle Street, Ultimo, while the incident has caused traffic chaos in the middle of Sydney's CBD. Fire and Rescue NSW tweeted that firefighters were responding to...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 7 months ago
Sydney construction site after its boom collapsed onto a building...The fire has closed Broadway, causing major traffic delays on the key bus and commuter route. A UTS staffer said she could see "flames bursting out of the platform" on the Lend Lease...
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Xtra News
| 7 months ago
Burning crane collapses in inner Sydney 7News Sydney November 27, 2012, 1:05 pm A burning crane has fallen over on a construction site at Broadway in central Sydney, closing a major road. It's believed two people, including the crane operator,...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 7 months ago
Witnesses reported seeing the operator leaving the crane as the blaze broke out at the Ultimo building site. The fire forced the closure of Broadway traffic in both directions and black smoke could be seen over the CBD. Photos posted on social media...
