Wodonga Ball Fire Brigade Function a Success OVER 400 Dancers Attend
The Wodonga Fire Brigade ball, held in the Shire Hall last night, was well attended, over 400 people being present…
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Fires of Revolution Already Fanned Into Flame? London. June 20
Revolts against the Italians are reported to be beginning in each province in Abyssinia. R.A.F. damage to Italian bases has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Moama Fire. “I Did It,” Admits Witness
Giving evidence at an inquest at Moama on Wednesday concerning a fire which destroyed a hawker’s waggon on Sunday evening, a young man named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Wahgunyah
A house adjoining the Wahgunyah School of Arts, and occupied by Mr. E. King and family, was destroyed by fire together with most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Day And Night Raids Royal Air Force Over Enemy Territory Oil Refineries Set on Fire LONDON, June 27
The Air Ministry announces: “Yesterday Royal Air Force bombers made daylight raids into Germany. Despite enemy [?] attacks, an oil plant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Believed Started in Kitchen Sydney
A cottage was totally destroyed and another next door was considerably damaged by a fire at Lidcombe this morning. The first which is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →House Destroyed by Fire Inquest To Be Held At Moama
Inquiries by police officers followed the destruction by fire of a six-roomed house in Meninya street, Moama, at about 10.30 o’clock last Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Gift’s Dress Catches Fire
Pearl Gehrig, aged 12, Keen st, Newmarket, received severe burns on the back on Saturday morning, when her dress caught alight. She ,was taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Italian Troopship Rome, July 11
An official communique states that fire broke out aboard the sinking troopship Paginini, carrying 920 troops off Albania, on June 28. Casualties, it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian Troopship Fire Men and Officers Lost LONDON
When a five broke out on the troopship, Paganini, off Albania, causing the ship to sink, 220 Italian and Albanian officers met their death…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By the Camp Fire at the Show Ground
A soldier’s life has many compensations, especially when one can get newspapers to read and a fire to warm the hands by. That is what these A.I.F. men at the show ground thought in the cold hours yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Raids on Kiel Bombers Start Big Fires Many German Planes Destroyed Raids Over England London
Huge fires, visible for 70 miles, broke out at Emden after R.A.F. heavy bombers had dropped 20 tons of bombs over a Wide…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australians Under Fire In Haifa When It Was Bombed GAZA. July 21
It has been revealed that some members of the A.I.F. have been under fire for the first time. They were attending a school at Haifa…
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But for a fortunate circumstance, that old Corowa landmark-- Fraser's office, might now have been but a memory, for recently its destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Broken Hill Hospital Nurses Render Valuable Aid
When a fire broke out in the female portion ol the Broken Hill Hospital on Wednesday morning, member's of the nursing staff rendered valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guesthouse Manageress Granted Bond Set Fire to House MELBOURNE
In the Criminal Court to-day Mr. Justice Martin granted Ada Matilda May, aged 56, guesthouse manageress, of Beaconsfield Parade, St. Kilda. her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Gilgandra After Man Had Been Arrested SYDNEY
Shortly after a man had been arrested on a charge of breaking and entering Mr. John Gero[?] dental surgeries at Gilgandra tonight, fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coastal Patrol Fights Fire Sydney
Members of the Volunteer Coastal Patrol helped to extinguish a fire on a launch off Robinson Point in Sydney Harbour this afternoon. The launch, a 35…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cork Factory Burned Big Blaze at Waterloo SYDNEY
The cork factory at the Australian Glass Manufacturing Company, at Waterloo, was destroyed by fire early this morning. Within a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Policeman on Fire in Court Newcastle
After the clothes of the police prosecutor (Sergeant Wallace) had suddenly [?] into flames at Newcastle summons court this afternoon, the police…
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