Fire Destroys Factory
SYDNEY: A fire early last night destroyed a Leichhardt factory. Damage to the building,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1955
75 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 4
97 Die in Fire
TOKYO: Ninety-seven bedridden destitute women are believed to have perished in a blaze which razed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragic Fire Caused By Faulty Wire
TOKYO: Japanese police believe that defective wi[?] started the fire in which 98 bedridden women and an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Permit to Light Fire
SINGLETON: A share farmer was fined £2/8/ at Singleton court for lighting a fire in a paddock without a permit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Fire Prevention Service
Equipment used to light firebreaks to Texas forests could be of use grazing properties in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade and Flood
The "Chronicle" regrets having overlooked in Tuesday's issue, the good work carried out by the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Danger Period Ended
At the meeting of Lower Hunter Shire Council to-day, the clerk stated that advice bad bees received from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Started Stack Fire
Spontaneous combustion occurring in a stack of hay[?]fter floodwaters had receded caused the stack to catch fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gunmen Fire Into Home
MELBOURNE: Two gunmen early to-day fired five-shots through the front door .of a home at Fitrroy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stadiums Fires May Be Linked
SYDNEY: Police are investigating a theory that firebugs who burnt down the West Melbourne Stadium on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leader Troops For Malaya Heavy Death Roll Is Feared in Belgiums Worst Theatre Fire
BRUSSELS: A death foil of more than 40 is feared fire Which gutted a crowded cinema in the Belgian industrial town of Schlessin. Many of the victims were children…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Midget Fire Extinguishers
A new Chemical, chlorobromomethane, is the secret of the success of a midget fire extinguisher that will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Damaged Lorn House
A fire burned out the front room of a home in Belmoreroad, Lorn, on Friday night. The home was owned by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire In Printing Building
SYDNEY: Damages estimated £40,000 was caused by fire in the premises of the “Torch” Newspaper Pty. Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liquid Fire Shows Good Track Form
SYDNEY: Liquid Fire, to be ridden by N. MeGrowdie in the Maitland Handicap at Randwick to-morrow, easily beat Mambo Jambo when sprinting three furlongs in 38½ on the course proper at Rosebery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£300,000 Fire Damage to Old Store
MELBOURNE: Firomen fought for more than two boors to bring under control a fire which caused £300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Newcastle
NEWCASTLE: A fire which broke out last night in the Bargain Arcade, Hunter-street, Newcastle, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →12 Deaths in City Fires
CHICAGO: At least 12 persons lost their lives in separate fires that swept through a hotel and block of flats…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Short Circuit Caused Fire, Said Coroner
Maitland deputy coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) found at an inquiry to-day that a short circuit started the fire that razed Wallalong Public School on January 3…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eisenhower Clings To Cease-fire
WASHINGTON: President Eisenhower was represented yesterday as being unswayed by any opposition to his policy…
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