No Loss in Port Garage Fire
Firemen from the Port Kembla volunteer brigade quickly arrested a fire, which, broke out late last night in a garage…
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Sixteen Die in American Farm Fires
NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.). thirteen children and three Adults were burnt to death in two fires in different parts of…
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SYDNEY, Monday. —Ten patients were evacuated from the Peak Hill Hospital today when a grass fire, raging on a…
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A naval rating from H.M.A.S Albatross, Nowra, appeared at the Wollongong Court on Tuesday on a charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lucky Escapes In Tram Fire
SYDNEY, Friday—The driver arid passengers of a tram had remarkable escapes when the tram collided with a heavy…
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A woman who was badly burned when she fell into an open fire at Bowral on January 17 died in the Bulli Hospital yesterday. She was Mrs. Marjorie…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—At least 12 properties within a two and a half million acre area have been completely burned out by…
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LANSING (Michigan), Monday (AAP).—Nineteen-year-old Richard Shay confessed setting fire which caused four million…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—As temperatures in south-west Queensland continue to rise steadily up to the century mark and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Woman Dies From Burns After Fall Into Camp Fire
The death took place at Bulli Hospital on Sunday of a woman who was badly burned when she fell into an open fire while holidaying at Bowral. Victim of this accident, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Motor Vehicles and Tyres
Nearly two million dollars in motor vehicles and equipment were destroyed by fire in the U.S.A. during 1946, says an Inter-State Commerce Commission report. Some of these fires the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensive Damage in Burelli Street Fire
A fire which broke out in a flat in a Burelli-Street building on Friday night caused extensive damage to the interior fittings and furniture. The apartment concerned was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Offence Not to Pull Over for the Ambulance, Fire Engine"
"It is a serious offence for the driver of a motor vehicle not to draw his vehicle into the kerb and stop as soon as he hears an ambulance or fire engine sounded in his…
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THERE IS little consolation to be found in yesterday's announcement by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) that the Commonwealth Government is resolved to build…
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This was stressed by Sergt. Adams in a recent weekly radio traffic talk. Ambulance drivers have complained to the that they have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£50,000 Damage In Melbourne Fire
MELBOURNE, Monday.—A fire caused an estimated £50,000 worth of damage when it swept through a three-storied grain mill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child Falls Into Fire
[?] Australian child, Godycki-Cwirkd Arkadjusz, 3, of telegraph Road, Albion Park, received severe burns to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coroner Told Of Women's Fall Into Fire
A man said at the Bulli Coroner's Court yesterday his wife had fallen into a fire while camped at Robertson on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car on Fire at Wombarra
A 1939 model sedan car was almost totally destroyed by fire last night in Denmark Street, Wombarra. It is believed a…
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A fire of unknown origin completely gutted a 1938 model Hudson, car parked near Wollongong Showground yesterday…
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