Burned in Fire
A weatherboard house in the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, area at Yarrawonga (Vic.) owned by the commission and occupied by Mr…
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Short Story Letters of Fire
MRS. GRANT moved quietly about the nursery, feeling the shawls airing before the electric stove and tidying all the paraphernalia of…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Japanese “Occupy” Hankow as Fires Rage HANKOW, October 28
Ten thousand Japanese troops landed to-day from 30 ships in the Yangtse-kiang river, after which naval and military officers…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pine Plantation Fire 600 Acres Destroyed
Extensive fires at Mount Burr Government forests South Australia are estimated to have destroyed 600 acres of ten-year-old pines. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Liner on Fire Ships Race to Rescue
Three ships, the U.S. freighters Collamor and American Traveller, and the Norwegian liner Europe, are racing across the North Atlantic, after…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Leave "Hollow Victory" for Japs Chinese Devastate Canton Damage Estimated at £20,000,000 Fires and Explosions
The Chinese, according to a Canton correspondent, determined to leave only a hollow victory for the Japanese, wrought greater havoc in two days…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jerusalem Quieter Fire More Arabs Killed Village Demolished as Punishment JERUSALEM, October 26
The streets are becoming more animated and trading: is brisk. Five Arabs were killed in extensive army operations to the north…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Happenings in Albury and District House Destroyed at Wodonga Woman Escapes On Crutches £500 Fire Loss
A crippled Wodonga woman, Mrs. C. Vining, snr., had a narrow escape when her weatherboard cottage in Beechworth road, Wodonga, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Old Bridge Hotel
A wood and iron outbuilding at the [?] of the old Bridge Hotel at 3[?] Wodonga Place was destroyed by a fire which broke out at about 7.10 Iast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →100 Believed Dead in Big City Fire Heart of Marseilles Devoured Damage Estimated at £500,000 Premier Daladier Directs Rescue Operations MARSEILLES, October 29
One hundred persons are believed to be dead and 45 critically injured as a result of one of the greatest fires in the modem history of Europe, which devoured the heart of the shopping and hotel area of Marseilles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Redlands Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Redlands Bush Fire Brigade was held last Saturday night at the Redlands Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marseilles Fire Resignation of Mayor Demanded 15. More Bodies Found London. October 30
The Marseilles correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” states that the appalling fire which destroyed five acres of buildings in the main centre of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of News Fire at South Albury
About 2 p.m. yesterday an alarm of fire was given from South Albury and the engine, in charge of Sub-Station Officer Dwyer and six men proceeded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Destroyed by Fire Built 64 Years Ago
The State school at Heathcote, south Victoria, was destroyed by fire on Sunday last. A sports meeting was followed by a dance at the school the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Europe's Appalling Fire City of Marseilles Devastated Hundred Lose Lives
It is feared there will be a death roll of 100 as a result of a mammoth conflagration which broke out in Marseilles on Friday and destroyed two blocks of buildings occupying five acres in the heart of the city. The disaster was one of the worst known in modern Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Fighting Bush Fires Preparations at Wodonga Brigade Holds Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Wodonga and District Bush Fire Brigade was held last evening, when the election of office-bearers resulted as follows:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →House Allegedly Set on Fire Mention of Revenge by Detective Man Sent for Trial Melbourne
Allegations that Horace Walter itavenhill, aged 44, boot repairer, of the Booth Memorial Home, City, had told him that he had set his wife’s…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →30 Believed Dead in Fire; Tragic Party Oslo, November 8
While a party was in progress in photographer’s flat on the fourth floor of a building, fire broke out and trapped a number of people. Thirty are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GEROGERY Bush Fire Brigade
At the annual meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade the balance sheet showed a credit of £20. Four more knapsack fire fighters are to be purchased…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Steamer. Sydney
Fire broke out this morning in the bottom of hold No. 2 of the Japanese steamer, Yae Maru, in Walsh Bay.Six wharf labourers were working below…
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