Complement Saved When Danish Vessel Catches Fire Colombo, May 10
The Pando Canton put out and rescued 35 passengers, also the crew of the Danish vessel Ailsa, which caught fire in the engine room nine miles south…
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Will Save Timber £15 H m Worth Involved Sequel to Victorian Bush Fires Melbourne
Salvage of Victoria’s burnt-out forests, designed to save timber worth £15,000,000, has been approved by the State Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Drill at High School First Time in Its History
For the first time in its history Albury High School pupils carried out fire drill yesterday. The students had been instructed as to what action…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hundreds Perish in Fire Caused by Air Raids Shanghai, May 10
Hundreds of people have perished in a huge fire which is sweeping Chuanchow as a result of Japanese air raids…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deadly Japanese Air Raids Heavy Casualties and Fire Losses SHANGHAI
Hundreds of people have perished in a huge fire which is sweeping Chuanchow as a result of Japanese air raids…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Over 4000 Killed in Air Raid Chungking Bombed Order For Evacuation Hundreds Perish in Fires in Other T0wns Chungking, May 10
The Chinese Generalissimo (Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek) has ordered the evacuation of the capital of all except able-bodied men. Diplomats and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Set Fire to Employer's Premises Youth Sentenced to Six Months Melbourne
Having pleaded guilty to two counts of shop breaking and stealing and two counts of setting fire to a building, Ernest Royal Henry, aged 20, auto…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Relief Fund Totals £254,000 MELBOURNE
Contributions are still being received for the Lord Mayor’s bush fire relief fund, which now totals £254,000. The fund closed on March 31, and the Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firemen Under Fire! “Adopted 4 Defiant Attitude” Assertions Against Union Representative Sydney
That a representatives of the Fire Brigades' Employes Union on the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. J. Piper) had incited unrest among…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Fire Shots Capture 14-Year-Old Boys Railway Station Drama Melbourne
In answer to a ringing burglar alarm a wireless patrol dashed to Albion railway station about 2.15 a.m. to-day—two policemen searching one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Celluloid Factory Fire Caused by Spark from Cigarette 26 Persons Die, Lorry Driver’s Admission Tokio, May 15
Starving after evading the authorities for a week, Shichizo Matsuzawa, a lorry driver, has surrendered and confessed that he was responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Restocking Kiewa River After the Bush Fires
The severe bush fires in the upper Kiewa Valley early in the year were followed by to[?]ential rains and huge quantities of chemicals contained in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Victorian Bush Fires Judge Stretton’s Findings Responsibility For Outbreak Interesting Recommendations Melbourne
In his report to the Government, Judge Stretton, who conducted the Royal Commission into the bush fires’ last summer, which resulted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£20,000 Fire in Malt Factory Burnt For Three Hours Terrace of Houses Endangered Melbourne
A fire caused damage estimated at approximately £20,000 to the malting factory of Barrett Bros, and Burston Pty. Ltd., at Richmond, to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Morning Fire
Blasts of the railway siren about 2.15 yesterday morning warned residents of Coolaman of a fire in a four roomed weatherboard house, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Relief Nr. Collins’ Request Premier’s Reply; Upper Murray Canberra
An announcement that all timber required for fencing renewals on holdings destroyed in the recent bush fires can be obtained from Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Disastrous Fire in Rumania Bucharest. May 19
Two hundred and sixty houses, the town hall and a church at Verniceni were destroyed by a disastrous fire which swept through the town…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Caretaker Nearly Loses Life in Fire Sydney
The caretaker nearly lost his life in a fire which caused more than £6000 damage to a five-storey building in Kent st., city, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Men on Trial in New Zealand Sequel to Fire in Shack Three Charges to Answer Big Amounts of Insurance Mentioned Wellington (N.z
Before Judge Fair and a jury, the trial was commenced at Auckland Criminal Court to-day of Gordon Robert McKay and James Arthur Talbot, of Sydney, on three charges. They are:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bonfires Blaze and Crackers Explode
Traditional bonfire gatherings were held in all quarters of Albury last evening to celebrate Empire Day with a zest which other functions…
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