Fire Destroys Menindee Rail Station Early Morning Blaze
4 FIRE which broke out in the Menindee Railway Station buildings in the early hours of this morning completely destroyed…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
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Bride's Clothes Lost in Fire
For many months 26-year-old Daisy Durant had been planning her wedding, putting aside every halfpenny she could save to complete her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Inquiries on Menindee Fire
Dotective-Sergt. D. Truman left this morning for Menindee, whore he will make an official investigation of the fire which destroved the Menindee…
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The Menindee Railway Station was completely destroyed by fire in the early hours of yesterday morning. The three or four roomed structure was gutted…
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Detective-Sergeant D. Truman left on Saturday morning for Menindee, where he is making an official investigation of the fire which destroyed the Menindee…
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Police [?]rs and railway officials are satisfied that there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire which destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1000 Homeless in Forest Fire
NEW YORK, April 22.—Two hundred homes are estimated to have been destroyed in a forest fire which threatened the entire town of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Fires Checked
NEW YORK, April 23.—Fires which have been raging for three days through the forests of many eastern States were checked today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's Death In South Fire Graphic Stories By Witnesses Coroner Adjourns Inquest
HOW she had noticed a smell like that of burning rubbish coming from the direction of a home in Eyre Street about 25 minutes before she saw smoke and flames, and discovered that the house was on fire, was told by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquest Into Tragic Death Details Of The Fire At The South
The inquest into the death of Jean May Winders was heard yesterday before the Coroner, Mr. M.S. Meagher, other on adjournment from April 17. On that day, Mrs. Winders was burnt to death in her home at 101 Eyre Street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Fires at Kiel R.A.F.Damage LONDON, April 25
STRONG Bomber Command formations attacked the naval bases at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven last night. Kiel being the main objective…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For Fighting London Fires
PUMPS OF THE LONDON FIRE SERVICE lined up in Hyde Park during a demonstration before the Lord Privy Seal (Mr. Attlee) recently. These pumps, many of them manned by auxillary firemen, were kept going continuously on the fires which followed the terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Military Hospital
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Fire destroyed the laundry at the Caulfield Military Hospital yesterday, causing damage estimated at more than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sons of Belgian Killed in Train Blaze A.A.P., LONDON. April [?]
Six boys from Ampleforth College, Yorkshire, were killed and seven were injured when they jumped from a blazing coach of the London-Newcastle express…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hamburg Heavily Attacked Large Fires In Industrial Areas Oil Stores at Rotterdam Also Attacked London, May 3
The German city of Hamburg was heavily attacked by bombers on Friday night and extensive damage was caused. Large fires were seen in the in the industrial area around the docks…
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Wireless reports from the Monolon and White Cliffs district late yesterday afternoon tell of "a huge red body which appeared to break away from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Damage at Hosiery Mills
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Damage estimated at £3000 was caused by a fire last night which swept through the yarn store at Vellworks hoisery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Bathroom
The walls and bathroom and ce[?]ng of the dining room in a wood and [?] dwelling owned by Hannah Cal[?] Nadi[?]. and situated at 491 Cobalt Street, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House Damaged by Fire
Damage was done to the rear portion of a partly furnished five-roomed wood and iron dwelling owned by Hannah Calill Nadiff, at 431 Cobalt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drama Of Desert Pilot Rescued Under Fire Somewhere in Irak, May 13
FORT RUTBA. important point on the pipeline, which British Forces captured at the week end, was the scene of a dramatic…
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