Set Fire To Glider Planes
PERTH Thursday — Charged with having set fire to two glider planes and a motor car at West Subiaco aerodrome a 17-year-old…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
454 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 23
Fire Brigade Activities
A fire broke out in the bedroom of a house owned by Mr. Collins, of Mayfield Street, on Good Friday, but was quickly brought under control. The…
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CANBERRA Monday—Employees of the Main Roads Board who recently refused to assist in extinguishing a serious fire…
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BOMBAY April 16—One thousand persons, 67 of whom have died in hospital, were injured in a fire which broke out on Friday…
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R.A.F. Wellingtons on Saturday night joined in the air offensive against Rumania when they attacked the railway junction and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Rass Fire [?]T Anambah [?]Our-hour Fight by [?]Roops and Civilians
[?] large body of soldiers and [?] fought for more than [?] hours last night to extin[?] a grass fire which started…
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On Sunday, at about 9.30 p.m. a fire broke out in a hay shed just off the Mount View Road. Although Bellbird Fire Brigade Fire Brigade received no call to the…
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ARMIDALE Friday.— A fire the joinery works of T. F. [?] and Sons, was the fifth in [?] dale in a week and the [?]…
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MELBOURNE Monday — Norman Adams, 43, taxi-driver, and his wife, Gladys Adams, 37, died on Sunday in St. Vincent’s…
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The school at Congewai was destroyed by fire last night. There was no water available…
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CESSNOCK Wednesdays —In reply to the Kearsley council’s request to establish a fire district for the protection of…
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LITHGOW Thursday—When [?] he was heating on a stove burst into flames and ignited his clothes, E. Young, of…
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In reply to Kearsley Council's request to establish a fire district for the protection of Crawford and Millfield, the Board of Fire Commissioners has…
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On Wednesday a dangerous fire broke out at Cessnock No. 1 colliery at Kalingo. The mine ventilation system was cut off, thus preventing the flames from…
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Japanese installations west of Hollandia continue to come under heavy pressure from Allied bombers. Biak Island, in the Schouten Islands group, was visited by heavy bombers, which left large fires and…
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SYDNEY: Thursday.— After [?] tobacco, cigarettes, and [?] goods from a mixed bust[?] at La Perouse early this…
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When a fire almost gutted the premises of the Federal Chemical Company in Elizabeth-st., City, to-day, two men were…
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When a fire almost gutted the premises of the Federal Chemical Company, Elizabeth Street, City, to-day, two men saved the…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.—When cartridge exploded in a grate at her residence last night, Mrs. Margaret Eismore, of John-st.,…
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A Are which broke out at the rear of Mr. G. O'Malley's shop early this morning destroyed a small outhouse situated only a few…
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