Spectacular Fire Flames Consume Furniture Store MELBOURNE
Flames 30ft. high razed a furniture and office fittings store in Albert St.. East Brunswick, shortly after mid-tray to-day…
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How London Carries on Under Fire :: Navy Bombards Cherbourg
Top Left: Still “AI at Lloyd’s” in London, despite air raids. Sixty feel underground, in a specially prepared shelter, the staff of this famous insurant institution still carries on, maintaining the old tradition of the “room.”…
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The fire siren sounded shortly after 1 o'clock on Wednesday, the alarm saving been given from a residence in Albury road, but by the time the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Fires at Happy Valley
A . resident , of Happy Valley yesterday lodged a complaint with the Mayor (A.i.d. D. G. Padman) that children were allegedly lighting fires on the…
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A fire believed to have resulted from spontaneous combustion, yesterday destroyed the hay shed, chaff shed, [?] a quantity of harness and about…
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Thousands of pounds’ worth of damage was done to-night when a fire gutted the general store of A. T. C Seyirnur Pty. Ltd. at Marrickville…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shattering Blow to Italians Korca Captured by Greeks Withering Greek Gun Fire Invaders Were Mown Down First Wounded Reach Athens London, November 19
An unconfirmed report from the frontier received in Belgrade states that the Greeks captured the important town of Korea in the early hours of this morning. The amount of war material seized is still not specified…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Damaged in Albury Store Fire
Portion of the £ 1200 worth of wool which was damaged by water during a fire in the premises of the Border Wool Company in Mackie’s stores. Albury, on Monday night. It is estimated that 65 per cent, will be salvages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Battleship Sabotage Suggestion Discounted Camden (N.j.), November 19
Fire broke out aboard the battleship South Dakota, which is under construction at Camden. The Are was extinguished half an hour later. Eight men…
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At the Yackandandah Shire Council meeting, Mr. W. A. Wallace, on behalf of the Yackandandah Bush Fire Brigade, asked council to build fireplaces…
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A hundred and fifty acres of grass were burnt when a Hash of lightning set fire to the property of Mr. A. B. Carmichael (Londrigan), near Wangaratta,…
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Fire broke out on a 10,000-ton overseas liner in the Sydney harbor late tonight. The flames spread from the bulkhead in No. 4 lower hold to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attended Bush Fire Brigades’ Association Conference
A group of delegates who attended the Victorian Bush Fire Brigades’ Association (North-Eastern and Goulburn Valley Districts) conference at Wodonga Shire Hall on Saturday. Mr. L. H. Sambell, president of the District Council, who presided, is in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fighting Bush Fires Co-operation With The Army Important Conference at Wodonga
The Victorian Bush Fire Brigades' Association (North-Eastern and Goulburn Valley District) will co-operate to the fullest extent with the Defence Department to minimise the danger of fires within its area. Its boundaries enclose two major A.I.F. camps (Puckapunyal and Bonegilla),…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire At Corowa
Damage estimated at £100 was dons to a house at Corowa when a fire broke out about 3.15 o’clock yesterday morning. The house, owned by Mr. W. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Lightning Cames Nine Fires
Lightning struck, a [?] on the boundary of Mr. George McNuff’s property (Culcairn) and the Carabobola Estate and started nine district fires within…
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Residents of the town were awakened by the fire siren shortly after 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, giving the alarm of a fire which had broken out…
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“Had it not been for the fact that the wind was blowing in the opposite direction a very serious fire would have occurred, resulting…
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Following a request from the Bush Fires Advisory Committee of the Department of Works and Local Government, Albury council last night…
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Estimated cost of maintenance of the Albury Fire Brigade for the forthcoming year would be £1283. the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. told the…
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