Thousands Of Pounds Damage In Tannery Fire
Melbourne, February 11—Thousands of pounds worth of machinery, hides and leather ev[?] destroyed by a fire which swept through J. W. Shopland's Walsell…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
349 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 18
Thief Makes Haul And Sets Fire To House
Melbourne, February 11.—Reports of theft and arson at a house in Gooch Street, Tornbury, between 9 and 11.30 a.m. on Saturday are being investigated…
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Yesterday morning at 11.55 o'clock the Central Fire Brigade a received a call from the Galena Street Tar Depot where a fire had broken out in a wooden gantry…
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There were sensational escapes from death on November 1[?] 1921, in Sydney when six buildings were destroyed by a mysterious fire…
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The cause of the Galena Street fire, which occurred on Tuesday last at about noon, has now been ascertained. It appears that as a result, of the tar healer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Sweeps Through Bangkok Area Feared Casualties Will Be Very High
Bangkok, February 14.—All available British troops, Gh[?]kas and Sikhs have been called out to help fight a great fire which, after starting in the well-known…
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Yesterday evening the Fire Brigade responded to three calls in a little over three hours. The most serious was the one which came at 8.29 p.m. and…
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At 6.58 p.m. yesterday the Fire Brigade received a call over the telephone exchange. They hurried to the corner of Kaolin and Thomas Lane, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Very Last Of The Luftwaffe RAF's Search In Fire 'Countries Unearths 6,000 "Targets" Of War Materials
The task of elimination the last vestiges of German air power has taken the R.A.P. into Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Norway as well as all over the…
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PERTH, February 22. A depot inquiry has been started into the cause of the disastrous fire which gutted a big army ordnance store at Nungarin yesterday…
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Bombay, February 24.—The total casualties in the Bombay disturbances up to yesterday evening are about 250 killed and 1,300 injured. Yesterday's casualties up to 4 p.m. were estimated at 75 killed and 250 injured. Troops again opened fire in the Dakar area…
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Melbourne, February 25.—A thousand pounds worth of cargo were saved today by a masked fire officer when be was lowered into is smoke-filled hold of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rioters At Aldershot Set Fire To Barracks
London, February 25:—Rioters at Aldershot Military Detention Baracks at fire to the gaol an a final out before their surrender inside the building. Over…
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At 12.30 p.m. yesterday the Fire Brigade was called to the residence of Mr. W. Baker at 465 Argent Street where home fat had caught alight in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide's Greatest Blaze Was in 1926
On February 24. 1926, Adelaide experienced its greatest blaze when the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's world and stores were destroyed at…
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Yesterday afternoon at 4.44 o'clock the Central Pire Bricade received a call through the exchange to the Old Folks' Home. The trouble was a…
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LONDON, March 3.—The 16,750-ton luxury liner Empire Waveney, formerly the German ship Milwauke, which caught fire on Friday while berthed in the Liverpool docks, is still ablaze today. The ship developed a dangerous…
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London, March 5.—Strong Petrols last night guarded the luxury liner Reinadel Pacifice following attempts to set her afire in Liverpool Docks, says the "Daily Mal." Firewatches found a trail of cr[?]sote starting aft and leading…
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Melbourne. March 4—Shots were fired by members of a police wireless patrol to stop a car in St. Kilda Road early on Saturday morning…
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