Bond For Youth Who Set Car On Fire
A 19-years-old Helensburgh timber cutter was given a three years good behaviour bond when he appeared in the Wollongong…
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Huge British Oil Blaze
LONDON, Friday (AAP). — Twelve million gallons of petrol went up in flames last night at Avonmouth (Gloucestershire) in…
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The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, at a regional conference of Shire Councils and Bush Fire Brigades at Nowra on Thursday, said prospects of an extremely hazardous summer were very real and 1951 at the hands of the "Red Terror" could mean unlimited suffering to NS.W…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£70,000 Damage In Two Sydney Fires
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Damage estimated at more than £70,000 was caused by two spectacular fires in Sydney today…
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HOLLYWOOD, Sunday (AAP) —Actress Barbara Pay ten defied a doctor's ban on victors yesterday to go to the hospital…
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MEXICO. CITY, Monday (AAP). — An exploding sky-rocket set fire to a crowded cabaret yesterday and 14…
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The Wollongong Council is to participate in the Bush Fire Brigade organisation. This was decided at last night's meeting…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fire this afternoon destroyed a three storeyed flour mill at Boggabri causing damage estimated at…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. — A huge pall of smoke from bush- fires covers vast areas off Queensland and fires are…
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A car garage was threatened by fire on Monday morning when a large area of scrub and grass caught…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Factory Destroyed by Fire
SYDNEY, Thursday. — One factory was destroyed and another was extensively damaged by fire in Botany Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burnt-out Lamps
When lamps burn out almost as soon as they are fitted, there are several points which might be the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Blame Girl for Fatal Fire Buffalo, Monday (A.A.P.)
Slim, 16-years-old blonde Shirley Nasca, who allegedly set an apartment house on fire to "get even" with her…
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A young girl, riding a tricycle at her home, capsized it into burning rubbish and was severely burnt about the lower…
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CAIRO, Tuesday (AAP).—Eight Egyptians were shot when British troops went into action against rioters in the Suez Canal zone to-day. A British spokesman…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Break Two Doors to Rescue Man From Fire
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police early this morning battered their way through two locked doors to rescue a sleeping man…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Hundreds of bushfires, fanned by gale force winds, are sweeping many parts of the State…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Snow, rain, hail and gale-force winds swept the western and southern part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vast Fire Outbreak in Northern Territory
DARWIN, Wednesday.—Believed by experts to be one of the biggest in history, a fire has burned out 1,250,000 acres in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Backyard Fire at Gwynneville
Wollongong Fire Brigade was called cut on Friday afternoon to fight a fire which got out of control in the…
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