Gas Fires Rise in Price of Gas Predicted ALD. T. P. Leonard’s Wager
At Tuesday night’s Municipal Council netting Ald. T. P. Leonard made a wager of £10 (the proceeds to go to the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1938
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24 Killed in Fire
NEW YORK, Monday: At least 24 were killed and ten injured in a fire at Atlanta (Georgia), due to an…
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"We realise it is winter, but travellers must not make a habit of pulling out people's fences and burning them," declared Sergeant Turnbull at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday morning, when two strangers faced charges of stealing three fencing rails…
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Moss Vale firemen and citizens alike were awakened from peaceful slumber at 3.40 on Saturday morning last. The citizens not…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cigarette End Leads to Fire and Panic Damage Costing Over £1000 In Pitt Street Coles' Store
SYDNEY, Friday: A cigarette end, flicked on to a stack of crackers at the Pitt Street store of G. J. Coles and Company Limited, yesterday afternoon, started explosions and a fire which caused a panic among the 300 customers and 150 employees;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£100,000 Fire at Christchurch
CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday: Two large city buildings were almost completely destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The loss, including…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Fire on Crowd Strike Violence In Jamaica
KINGSTON (Jamaica), Tuesday: There was a further outbreak of violence when strikers clashed with the police, who fired killing a mother…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rifle Shells Explode Fire at West Wyalong
Two hundred heavy calibre rifle range shells exploded in rapid succession during a fire which destroyed a weatherboard cottage at West…
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VANCOUVER, Tuesday: Anti-Japanese sentiments are suspected to have been responsible for the deaths of two Japanese boys who were…
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TRANGIE, Monday: £10,000 damage was done this morning when the general store of Western Stores and Edgleys Ltd., was totally destroyed…
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Mr. Walter Steljes, 52-year-old engineer and inventor of Hampton Hill, Middlesex, has seen his "talking" fire-alarm…
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SYDNEY Wednesday: A fire broke out early this morning in Tusculum House, King's Cross containing 40 flats, nearly all of…
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TRANGIE, Monday: Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused here to-day when fire destroyed the general store owned by Western Stores…
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A badly burned coupe model car standing in Auburn Street this morning attracted a good deal of attention…
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With a view to stimulating interest in the formation of bush fire brigades throughout the Shire, the saleyards committee…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The secretary of the Parents and Citizens' Associations, Mr. E. A. Ambrose, expressed indignation at the failure of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mystery Fire On Mail Train
On the arrival of the Temora mail at Goulburn early this morning railway officials were startled to find that the floor of the travelling postal van, carrying a…
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Gas fires are all right and very convenient in offices, but they lack the homely atmosphere of the good old wood fire. While the gas fire…
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CROOKWELL, Thursday: The shops and their contents were completely destroyed by a fire which broke out in Street…
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Evidence of a raid on a house used for betting at Bowning and an effort to burn certain papers in the fire but…
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