Extremists Fire on British Trawler Batavia
The Dutch Naval Information Service announces that a British tanker and a mine sweeper and the pilot boat were fired on with small arms and automatic…
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Fire Damage Estimated at £30,000 SYDNEY
A large building was gutted, three houses were set alight and a complete block was threatened by a fire in Parramatta rd., Petersham, this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Worst Fire In Town’s History Damage Estimated At £660,000 Nova Scotia., Monday
Damage estimated at £660,000 was caused when the worst fire, in the history of the town swept through the dock area at Picton today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wants Neon Signs to Blaze
Sir,—Upon visiting Wagga and other country towns before electricity rationing was enforced, it brought to my mind the lack of neon sign lighting in Albury. We…
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On Thursday morning an alarm of fire given in the mid-morning brought people from shops and offices into Lachlan Street in big numbers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Distrous Fire at Hay War Memorial Hail Gutted
About 4 o’clock on Saturday morning an alarm of fire was given for what proved to be the most spectacular fire seen in Hay for many years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires and Erosion Grazing Leases Supported Wangaratta
Since July 1, Judge Stretton has been silting in various parts of Gippsland and the north-east as a Royal Commission to inquire into the effect…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Threatens Nsw Town Evans Head
Although it took fire fighters less than three hours to bring the flames under control, one home was destroyed and at one stage the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Destroys House BRISBANE
A six roomed house at Indooroopilly with the furniture and contents valued at £1000 was destroyed by a fire early tonight. This was the…
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Installation of a system of radio communication for use in case of bushfires was proposed to the Holbrook Shire Council at its meeting yesterday by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tent Dwellers Lose Everything in Fire SYDNEY
People living in four tents at Palm Beach lost all their belongings when a fire swept the area this morning. Tents, furniture and also a sedan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boys Set Fire to Dog; Committed to Institution Wellington (Nz)
Two boys, aged 11 and 15 years, who poured kerosene over a dog and set it afire, were today committed to the care of an institution. The magistrate in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boys Set Fire to Rooster
Two boys before the Orange Children's Court, when question why they had set alight to a rooster, could not give an explanation for their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Alleged to Be Fire Bug Melbourne
Detectives today arrested a 15 year old boy in connection with a number of tries which had occurred recently in Puckle st. Moonee Ponds, the first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hamburger Stall Fire Sydney
Believed to have been caused by gas escaping from a gas ring, a violent explosion wrecked a hamburger stall in Railway Square, City, about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Munitions Dump on Fire; Four Guards Missing AMSTERDAM
A German munitions dump outside the city caught fire on Sunday, and explosions continued during the evening. Great clouds of black smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mother and Six Children Perish in Fire Auckland, Monday. AAP
A mother and her six children were burned to death in a fire which wiped out a cottage at Taumangi, three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Damages Car and Garage
Mr J. Cartner, of Nielson st., Rutherglen, had his tourer car and garage badly damaged by fire early on Monday evening. Endeavoring to fill the…
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Damage estimated at thousands of pounds resulted from a fire which destroyed a large amount of RAAF equipment at Crosby Park, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Deliberately Lit, Says Coroner ADELAIDE
At the inquest today into the cause of a fire which destroyed the home of the Deputy Prices Commissioner (Mr. W. J. F. McCann) at Tusmore…
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