Fire Destroys Valuable Cargo SYDNEY
Cargo valued at thousands of pounds was loot In a fire which destroyed a wharf on the Sydney waterfront today. Great…
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Mine Fire Under Control Broken Hill
After a three days’ fight, the fire in the old open cut workings has been brought under control and it is be[?]ved that all danger to South Mine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Milk Producers’ Strong Protest Liquid Fuel Board Under Fire
A [?] and spirited protest against the action the State Liquid Fuel Can[?] Board of Victoria in refusing permits for the [?] of two [?]…
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Hacking their way through three miles of some of the densest jungle in north-west Dutch New Guinea, American combat troops today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fires Raging in East Prussia Russian’s Take Key to Carpathian Pass London, August 8
The capture of Sambor, an important rail and road junction near the [?]arpathians, places Marshal Koniey’s [?]orces in control of the gateway to…
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Home Shire President (Cr C. w Briuse) told Hume Shire Council meeting yesterday that the committee appointed to consider the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fires Left Nagasaki and Palembang Attacked WASHINGTON. August 11
The 20th Bomber Command has announced that medium-sited force of Super-Fortresses yesterday for the third time, attacked industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allegedly Set House on Fire BATHURST
On a charge of maliciously setting fire to a house in which her daughter, son-in-law and grandchild were sleeping. Mrs Ivy Bay Gage, aged 48, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Waterfront Fire Damage Estimated At £1,800,000 New York. August 13
Undetermined numbers were killed and Injured and the Hoboken waterfront was threatened when a fire got out of control following an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Control Discussed at Ringwood Conference of Fire Brigades
A very succcesful conference of district Bush. Fire Brigades was held at the Ringwood Hall on Saturday afternoon last. There…
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The home of Mrs. N. Foster and her two children at North Deniliquin, together with the uninsured furniture and personal effects, was…
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Bush fire brigades should now be organised by arrangement with local shire or municipal councils, said the Chief Secretary (Mr Baddeley) today…
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An alarm of fire given first of all on the siren, and then by the fire bell, shortly after seven o'clock on Saturday evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire As Vengeance is Alleged BA[?]RNSDALE
Claiming that the manager of Lake Tyers Station would not allow him to do a number of things he wanted to do. Oswald Edward O’Rouike, an aborigine, is alleged…
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Decision to adhere to a policy of reliance on voluntary co-operation of landowners in bush fire prevention was made at Holbrook Shire Council…
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At the annual meeting of the Goombargana Bush Fire Brigade held at “Cragdurrock.” the home of Cr F. Howard. all office-bearers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Cost of Bushfires Sydney, Wednesday
During the past 12 months insurance companies had paid well over £1 million on bush fire losses in NSW. and Victoria, said the chairman of the…
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"Cragdurrock," the house of Cr. F. Howard, was the place at which the annual meeting of the Goombargana Bush Fire Brigade was held recently…
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Fire destroyed a weatherboard garage at the rear of the Union Bank at Hay. It was first noticed by the garage manager, Mr. G. Walker, and spread…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →11 Brigades Fight Fire SYDNEY
Eleven fire brigades under Chirr Officer Richardson attended [?] fire which gulled two floors of furniture at Fraser’s store, Macarthur st., [?] early today. The…
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