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From the daily archives: Thursday, April 19, 2012
There’s something rambling, shabby and just a little bit dangerous in the musings of Carlsbad, California-based alt folkies Trouble in the Wind.
Robby Gira plays acoustic guitar and provides the vocals.. although merely writing the word ‘vocals’ does nothing to describe the other-worldly hillbilly-esque sounds this man lays down with every track.
The [...]
Calgary | 19 April 2012
As part of the Calgary Fire Department’s commitment to a sustainable fire service, 32 recruits graduated today into the ranks of probationary firefighters. As the first graduating class of 2012, these new firefighters will be instrumental in fulfilling the current and future fire service needs of our growing city and [...]
2314 N Willamette Blvd | 18 April 2012
“It was a great day to sit out on my front porch with my dog,” said Joann Nomeland. “Then all of a sudden I heard a high pitched sound coming from somewhere around my house. After circling my front porch and yard, and finding [...]
6307 SE 72nd Avenue | 18 April 2012
At 1:36 pm this afternoon, Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) firefighters responded to a residential fire at a triplex located at 6307 SE 72nd Avenue. The initial 9-1-1 call was by a neighbor who reported that a smoke alarm was alerting next door and smoke and flames [...]
Little Rock | 19 April 2012
For the first time in two years, a dog in the state has tested positive for rabies. The dog belonged to a resident of Yell County where it had been living in a pen near the owner’s home. A rabid skunk had gotten into the pen with the dog [...]
Visitors to Covent Garden can now be assured of receiving the very best in service from the first aid team, following the installation of a defibrillator.
Defibrillators are machines that can deliver a shock to restart a patient’s heart should they suffer a cardiac arrest – when the [...]
Gatwick Airport | 18 April 2012
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) treated casualties with a range of injuries at Gatwick Airport after a plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
After passengers disembarked via the aircraft’s escape chutes, SECAmb clinicians, supported by specialist paramedic practitioners and duty officers at the [...]
B4226 Speech House Road near Coleford | 18 April 2012
A motorist is in a critical condition after his car was involved in a head-on collision with a lorry on a country road in the Forest of Dean this morning.
The driver has been airlifted to Frenchay Hospital after suffering serious head, pelvis and leg [...]
Salop Street, Dudley | 19 April 2012
At 22.01 on Wednesday 18 April 2012, WMFS’ Fire Control received calls to a road traffic collision at Salop Street, Dudley in which a saloon car had reportedly collided into a three-storey block of flats.
Two fire appliances, one from Dudley community fire station [...]
Green Lane, Eltham | 19 April 2012
A carer rescued an elderly lady yesterday when a fire broke out in her home on Green Lane in Eltham in south east London.
It is thought the elderly lady, who is in her late eighties and is wheelchair bound, was cooking toast in her living room when the [...]
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