Fire Destroys 300 Chicks and Fodder
Three hundred week-old chicks and a large quantity of poultry feed were destroyed when fire gutted a poultry shed yesterdny afternoon. The fire is…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
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300 Chickens And Bulk Food Destroyed In Fire
Three hundred week-old chickens, six bags of chaff, 14 bags of Pollard and 20 bags of bran, were destroyed when a shed was gutted in a fire late yesterday…
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When clouds of smoke were seen issuing from the basement of the Western Oval pavilion at 10.40 o'clock this morning, an alarm was given to…
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Yesterday morning at 10.40 the Central Fire Brigade received a call to the western Oval. The fire was a rubbish fire burning near the grandstand. No…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Southern France Beachhead Broadened Enemy Opposition Sporadic Germany Reports Naval Fire From San Rem To Toulon
London, August 16. — The Allied beachhead in Southern France has been extended and widened, and substantial numbers of troops with guns, ammunitions, and supplies had been landed on the beaches by dark yesterday evening, says a special…
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At 4.10 p.m. yesterday the Central Fire Brigade turned out to a call to 425 Cobalt street. On arrival the firemen had to put out a chimney fire. The premises…
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About 9.30 o'clock this morning the Central Fire Brigade answered a call to 488 Williams Street, a house occupied by Mrs. N. Harvey. The…
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The Central Fire Brigade answered a call at 9.30 o'clock yesterday morning to 488 Williams Street, where there was a chimney fire. The flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire In Old Shaft In Crystal Lane
A fire broke out this morning in a disused drainage shaft in Crystal Lane near the Musicians' Club rooms. The Central Fire Brigade answered…
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Rubbish lying about the top of an old shaft in Crystal Lane is believed to because of a fire in the shaft yesterday morning. The Central Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Sets Fire to Dog
PERTH. — Constance Birch, of Marine Parade, Cottesloe, had heard that a good way to get rid of a dog was to apply turpentine to its…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Fire Hoses Sabotaged And Stolen At Zinc
A serious position and a disquieting one, really, has been created at the zin. Corporation by thieves. On the plats. first fighting equipment is kept, including…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Day Fight Against Fire In The South Mine
The second fire within a few weeks on the line of lode broke out early yesterday morning on the 1270 level at the South mine. The fire had a good start and proto men had to fight it until late last night before it was extinguished. It was a difficult and perilous work for these men. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Breaks Out On 1270ft. Level Of South Mine; Subdued By Proto Men After Difficult Fight Through Heat, Smoke and Steam
There was considerable alarm at the South Mine when, early yesterday morning it was found that a fire of considerable proportions had broken out on the 1270ft. level, but after a day's fighting by proto men it was considered lost night that the fire had been…
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Fire is a fierce enemy, when it is an enemy. The south mine has been unfortunate during the last few months in having to cope with two threatening…
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The fire at the South Mine is well in hand. The confidence expressed on Monday night that it was subdued was confirmed as a result of an inspection…
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The superintendent of the South mine (Mr. P. Thomas) reported to-day that there had been no further outbreak of fire at the South mine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Reported Stolen Damaged by Fire
A car which was reported stolen last night was found later in flames on the rifle range near the South Broken Hill Golf course. The car…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Troops at Gateway to Reich Fall Of Aachen Is Expected; Under Heavy Shell Fire
LONDON, September 14.—American troops are today within a mile of the German city of Aachen, one of the main gateways to the Reich. The city is being shelled, and its fall is believed imminent…
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