Early Morning Blaze Cottage and Contents Destroyed
Fire destroyed a weatherboard cottage on the Bellingen road on Tuesday morning last. Fortunately the weather was calm or the blaze might…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
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Costly Fire in Sydney
SYDNEY, Thurs.--Damage amounting to hundreds of pounds was caused by a fire which broke out on the upper floor of the Dominion Motors spare parts…
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KANDY, Wed.--Scores of Japanese were burned alive in a forest fire which they started around a hilltop position…
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LONDON, Mon.--Allied patrolling across the flat lands on the Anzio beachhead continues daily, with scattered enemy…
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Practically the whole of the Grafton shopping centre and streets in the vicinity were covered with a very heavy pall of…
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The Grafton Fire Brigade was summoned to extinguish a fire on the stage of the Saraton Theatre, Grafton, about five o'clock…
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The pavilion, which is used for picnic excursions, dances, etc., on Susan Island was totally destroyed by the fire which…
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Maclean had its first outbreak of fire in two years when an old building, known as the Tailor's Workshop, at the rear of a two…
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Yesterday Constables Burdon and Foote made inquiries respecting the fire that occurred on the stage of the Saraton Theatre on…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.-- A small ship, undergoing her trial run, caught fire off Black Rock. Port Phillip Bay, and was beached…
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WASHINGTON, Thurs.--The Navy announced that fire and explosion on an ammunitionladen landing craft in Pearl…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Forest Fires in Ottawa
OTTAWA, Tues.--Forest fires are raging in parts of five provinces, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British…
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The president of the Dorrigo Golf Club (Mr. C. H. Soden) writes to the Editor:—It is desired to refute any ideas…
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At the Coff's Harbor Police Court on Saturday morning last, after hearing evidence concerning a fire which occurred at Mr. I. W. Smith's sawmill, at…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.—When claims for bush fire losses closed to-day with the Bush Fire Relief Committee the total received was…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.—The bush fire which swept through the western districts of Mount Blue, Barrybank, Werneth, and…
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AUCKLAND, Sun.—A fire in a trotting stable at Belfast, Canterbury, caused the death of five horses, the destruction of the…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.—A spectacular fire at Yeerongpilly early this morning involved the premises of D. G. Brimms and Sons…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--The Ministerial control of lire brigades throughout the State is being sought by the New South Wales…
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BELLAIRE, (Ohio), Wed.--After a fire had blazed for 15 hours at Powhatan Colliery hope of saving 64 trapped miners was…
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