8 Collapse In Ship's Fire
SYDNEY, Wed.—Seven firemen and a ship's officer collapsed while fighting a fire in the hold…
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Party Fires Two Top Communists
MELBOURNE, Thurs. —The Central Committee of the Australian Communist Party has…
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HANOI, Thurs.—French defenders of Dien Bien Phu have ringed their besieged bastion…
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Permits for burning—off were still necessary, Aldermen at Shellharbour were told last week…
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Police are investigating fires which, in the last two days, have destroyed the Presbyterian Church and a house at Warrawong. The house, which was…
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The Wollongong Fire Brigade received a minor call to the Wollongong Hotel yesterday evening…
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Police are still investigating the causes of two firs in the Warrawong district this week…
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Detectives investigating two fires at Warrawong this week are quite satisfied one was lit quite deliberately…
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NEW DELHI, Thurs.—Indian Prime Minister (Jawaharlal Nehru) said yesterday that India would…
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The Wollongong Fire Brigade last night put out [?] fire started when the refrig[?] of a West Wollongong [?]…
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A small area of grassland along Cliff Rd., was burnt put on Saturday afternoon. The Wollongong Fire…
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The Bulli Town Buss Service came under fire again at the last meeting of the Northern Zone Committee, when the proprietor (whose name was not mentioned once during the debate) was variously accused of…
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SYDNEY, Mon. — Fire which gutted the front portion of a factory building, tonight caused £20,000…
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The Wollongong Fire Brigade last night received a minor call to a car in Keira St., Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Resident's Niece Will Blaze Air Route a Minnamurra Couple Next Month Will Be Closely Following the Progress of a Light Plane Which Is to Blaze an Air Trail From South Africa to Australia
Flying in the plane will be Mrs. Winifred Haldeman, wife of a doctor, who is a niece of Mrs. W. Greenwood, of…
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The Wollongong Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in the boot of a car in Burelli St., Wollongong…
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The Wollongong Fire Brigade fought a fire in a large area of bush and scrub in Toorak Ave…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia Calls For Cease Fire In Indo-China Western Countries Cautious
LONDON, Thurs.—A Soviet call for an immediate cease-fire in Indo-China highlighted cautious reaction in Western countries yesterday to United States efforts to secure support in a "hands off warning" to Communist China…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fear of Cable Danger Fire Which Broke Out on an Electricity Pole in Shoalhaven Street During Tuesday Night's Rainstorm Is Causing Concern to Local Residents
This is the second time that pole has become ignited by sparks from the high-tension cables and the fear has…
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CARBONDAIE, (Pennsylvania)—The biggest coal-fire in the world has for the last 14 years been…
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