Over 400 Lives Lost in Night Club Fire Frightful Affair at Boston
A cable from Boston (U.S.A.) says it is now officially estimated that 432 persons lost their lives and nearly 200 were injured in a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
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432 Killed In Boston Night Club Fire Harrowing Scenes In Blazing Inferno (Australian Associated Press)
BOSTON Nov. 29—It is officially estimated that 432 persons lost their lives and nearly 200 were injured in the fire which broke out is the famous Cocoanut Grove night club in the centre of the city's theatrical district. There were…
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The deathroll from the panic which followed a fire in the Cocoanut Grove night club Boston, is now 432. Cases of burns or injury number 214…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heartrending Scenes. Boston Night Club Fire. Buck Jones Among Dead. Boston
Heartrending stories are pouring in as an aftermath of Saturday night's club fire. There were several Cases of husband and wife dying, leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leaders: Control of Industry Ordeal by Fire U-boats Sunk in Invasion
LONDON Nov. 30—For every transport or apply ship sunk in the [?] of North Africa a U boat was either dest[?] or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heartbreaking Stories of Night Club Fire Many Persons of Prominence Among the Dead (Australian' Associated Press)
BOSTON Nov 30—Heart-breaking stories are pouring [?] as an aftermath of Saturday’s night club fire. The death [?] is now 477 and it is feared it may reach 500. There [?] were several cases of husband and wife losing their lives,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News Reds Break Resistance at Stalingrad. and Advance 4 TO 6 Miles. Enemy Leave 20,000 Dead on Field. Soviet Troops Also Advance on Central Front. "Lid Will Blow Off Italy Soon," Says Cordell Hull Allied Forces Nearing Tunis. Will Tunis and Bizerta Be Evacuated? Buck Jones Loses Life in Night Club Fire. London
It is announced by Vichy Radio that resistance on Reunion Island, in the Indian Ocean, ended after an ultimatum from the Fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Night Club Fire Conflagration Caused by Match
A match lit by a 16-year-old waiter caused the death of 432 people and injuries to more than 200 in the lire at the Cocoanut…
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The Hon. W. J. McKell, Premier of New South Wales, writes; Every summer bush fires in this State take heavy toll of pastures, fencing and…
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Mr. W. T. Seaward, Secretary of the Dartbrook Bush Fire Brigade, writes to the Editor: Sir,—At Crookwell, in October, a…
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The bush fire danger is ever present during the summer months, but greater danger threatens this year owing to the prolific growth throughout the…
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A five-year-old Gippsland (Vic.) boy was bitten by a dog on Wednesday. He retaliated by pouring kerosene on the dog and setting it…
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BOSTON December 3.— The Public Safety Committee announces that the death roll in the Cocoanut Grove fire has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aftermath of Night Club Fire Boston Bans Floor Shows
All dancing and floor shows in Boston (U.S.A.) have been banned pending result of the Cocoanut Grove night club fire inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Troops To Help In [?] Fires
SYDNEY Monday. —Command [?] officers throughout Australia are hen authorised by the Minister for the Army, Mr. Forde, to…
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LARGE—A few days ago the home of Mr. Harold Read, of Phoenix Park, was destroyed by. fire. Besides being one of the…
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SYDNEY Monday—It is now revealed that when the fire [?] the laboratory of the Sydney University chemical school…
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A fire, which gutted the chemical buildings at Sydney University last night, caused damage estimated at many…
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Detectives are inquiring into the possibility of boys having been responsible for the fire at the chemistry laboratories at Sydney University on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →37 Women Perish in New Zealand Fire
AUCKLAND Thursday. — Thirty-seven patients in Seacliff Mental Hospital, Dunedin, perished in a fire which gutted…
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