Matches Cause Fire in Mail
The Deputy Director, Posts and Telegraphs, Mr. J. Malone, has stated that minor fires which had broken out recently, in the mail branch were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
437 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 22
Town Fire Brigade. Shire Council Supports Proposal
The proposal for the formation of a town fire brigade for Merriwa, which emanated with the Merriwa Progress Association, was advanced a further…
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QUIRINDI Monday—Cyril William Squires, 19, was fined £30 and £21/14/10 expenses at the police court at Tambar Springs…
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The danger of pouring kerosene on a fire to induce it to burn was again exemplified yesterday afternoon when Mrs. Edith…
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NARRABRI, Thursday. — Ronald Bros., of Trinkey Station, Quirindi, were awarded £2173/ 17/6, in their £6000 claim against…
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SYDNEY Friday — Automatic sprinklers checked an outbreak of fire which caused damage to merchandtee in David Jones…
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Cyril William Squires, 19, was fined £30 and £21/14/10 expenses at the police court at Tambar Springs for having left a fire in…
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After clashes in Bombay between caste Hindus and Untouchables in the Worli mill area of the city, police twice opened…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Outbreak of Fire Proprietor of Dry Cleaning Business Receives Painful Burns
When a fire broke out yesterday morning in the premises of Mr C. McCawley, who has just opened a dry-cleaning…
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MUSWELLBROOK, Saturday.- Inefficient and slipshod farmers were under fire at the meeting of upper hunter regional committee yesterday. Mr. George Searl, of Singleton, said that…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—An ex-serviceman, his wife and three young children are homeless following a fire which destroyed their home in Monie Avenue, East Hills, early this morning…
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When opening up the School of Arts in preparation for last night's dance, Mr. W. Smith discovered the curtains of the stage and part of the stage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →57 Persons Killed And 200 Injured In Big Hotel Fire (Australian Associated Press)
CHICAGO, June 6.—At least 57 persons were killed and 200 injured in the early morning fire that swept through section of the 22 storey La Salle Hotel, in the centre of Chicagos financial district…
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At least 52 were killed and 200 injured in a fire in the 23-storey La Salle hotel, Chicago, on Wednesday. Many panic-stricken guests trapped by flames…
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SYDNEY Saturday.— Artificial respiration and oxygen treatment failed to revive an elderly woman who suffocated when her bed…
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BATHURST sat.— Adrain Norman inwood, grazier, of Bathurst was awarded £512/10/ by the Compensation Board for damage…
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BOGGABRI Tuesday—A burning piece of wood which fell from a stove in a weatherboard cottage in Dalton-street…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—A fire caused by a dog knocking over kerosene lamp In a shed at the rear of a House at 137…
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LONDON, June 12.—“All hell has broken loose” in Naples as the result of clashes between police and troops and a huge crowd of Monarchist demonstrators, says the American Associated Press correspondent in a dramatic message from the city…
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SYDNEY Thursday—-When a fire broke out In the kitchen of her neighbour’s home at Oatley, Mrs. Elsie Higgins rushed in and…
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