£20,000 Fire in N.Z. AUCKLAND
Destroying a picture theatre and 10 shops in the Manurewa area, 14 miles from Auckland, fire caused damage estimated at £20,000. Many people…
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Dark David Chosen To Beat Desert Chief Easter Gup at Williamstown Royal Fire For the Steeple
Park David and Desert Chief, who followed Plectrum home at their last start at Moonee Valley, are expected to fight out the finish of the £1000 Easter cup at Williamstown to-day. The distance, a mile and a half, is the same as the Valley race and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Fires in Egypt Cairo, April 12
Thirty-two were killed and 300 injured in fires in two villages in Mahabhah Kebir, Lower Egypt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Matlock Fire Inquest Allegations Against Board of Works Men Death of 17 People Warburton
The inquest into the deaths of the 17 victims who were found at Fitzpatrick’s mill after the bush fire on January 13 was resumed by the City…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Youth Gaoled for Setting Fire to a Building Sydney
Convicted at Parramatta Quarter Sessions last week on a charge of arson, Frederick Kelly, agea 17, was to-day sentenced to nine months'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hayshed Destroyed 100 Tons of Hay Burnt Fire Caused by Lightning
Struck by lightning in the very severe electric storm which, passed over the district on Friday night lost, a hayshed containing over 100…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Aircraft Carrier Destroys Nine Planes London, April 16
It is revealed that nine planes were destroyed on March 25 by a fire in the hangars aboard the .aircraft carrier Ark Royal, which was returning to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Herr Hitler to Speak on April 28 To Reply to Mr. Roosevelt Fire Will Not Fight for Britain Decision Sharply Attacked by Premier of Northern Ireland LONDON, April 17
Herr Hitler has summoned the Reichstag for April 28 to hear his reply to Mr. Roosevelt's plea for a peace pact. Italian and German newspapers continue to attack Mr. Roosevelt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Victims' Thanks
Sir,—Would you kindly allow me to express thanks to people in the Albury district who so kindly proffered help to myself and family after the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Liner on Fire Art Exhibits Aboard Sabotage Charge; An Italian Arrested Le Havre, April 19
A serious fire broke out in the French liner Paris It began in the ship’s bakery at 11.30 o'clock last evening and spread rapidly to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Attended Funeral of Man Who Was Not Dead! An Amazing Court Allegation Piha Shack Fire Sensation Supposed “Victim” Was Insured For £25,500 Wellington (N.z.)
Evidence that Gordon Robert McKajy, of Sydney, was insured for £25,500, when he was believed to have been burnt to death in a shack at Piha on February 12 was given when the hearing of the charges against McKay and James Arthur Talbot was continued to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Generous Act Chinese Think of Bush Fire Sufferers
Speaking at the civic reception on Tuesday, Dr. Mowll, Archbishop of Sydney, when referring to experiences at the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Country Fire; £5000 Damage Melbourne
Damage estimated at £5000 was done by a fire which destroyed a garage and two stores at Olinda early to-day. Firemen from Olinda and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Fire Serious Damage at Olinda Residents Lucky Escape Melbourne
A disastrous fire occurred this morning in the business section of Olinda, a small township in the Dandenong Ranges. A number of shops…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Liner Woman Warned Police Heard Conversation in Hotel Le Havre, April 19
Nine cases of art treasures had been removed from the burning Iine[?] Paris, before she turned turtle. It is hoped to save the remaining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leger Stand Destroyed Fire After Albury Cup Race Old Building Insured
The destruction of the Leger stand at Albury racecourse by fire on Saturday evening was a disastrous conclusion to the most successful cup…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racecourse Fire
A fire, believed to have been paused by a cigarette thrown down by a spectator at the race meeting at Albury on Saturday afternoon, destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Landing at Gallipoli a Baptism of Fire
This black mass above us is the, enemy, shore; the rifles and machine-guns that rattle so flatly are those of the Turk, who would bar our way. Packed tight are we in the deep-laden boat. naval pinnace has shot backward, churning the water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Liner Fire Young Watchman Arrested Paris, April 23
Cesar Franck, aged 19, who gave the alarm of fire aboard the ill-fated trans-Atlantic- liner, Paris, which' was almost destroyed by fire last week at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another French Ship on Fire Burnt Out in Naval Demolition Dock Paris. April 25
The old French liner Angers caught fire late last night in the naval demolition dock at Lasevne. near Marseilles, and was burnt out…
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