Biggest Fire for Years in Sydney Wool Stores Destroyed; Immense Damage SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 1
Immense damage was caused by a fire which broke out in the Ultimo wool stores of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. after 8 o’clock tonight. Residents of nearby houses were evacuated and a cordon was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Guts Hardware Store
Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2
Wagga fire brigade had difficulty in putting out a fire which gutted the bulk store to Hardies hardware store in Baylis st., Wagga. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Passenger Bus on Eire Blaze at Wodonga
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 8
A 37-passenger bus, owned by O’Neill’s Motors, Wodonga, valued at 12000, caught fire early yesterday morning and was damaged to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Destroys Hopefield Hotel Licencee Big Loser
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 1
Mr R. G. Stothers’ Hopefield Hotel, which is situated seven miles from Corowa, on the Corowa-Walbundrie road, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£15,000 Fire in Adelaide Adelaide
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 2
A fire yesterday in Gawler Place, in the heart of Adelaide, extensively damaged buildings occupied by M. Hambour and Sons Ltd.. manufacturers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Averted at Walla
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 2
Possible loss of a house at Walla was averted on Saturday morning by the presence of mind of those who noticed smoke rising from an old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Store Fire Damage
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 1
Damage caused by the fire which destroyed No. 2 wool store of the NZ Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. in Ultimo on Wednesday night, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hopefield Fire Hotel Completely Gutted
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 5
Only the burnt-out shell of the Hopefield Hotel remained after a disastrous fire had swept through the rooms early on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Costly Fire at Meat Works Brisbane
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 August 1946 · page 3
A fire early this morning caused many thousands of pounds damage to the [?]ks of Borthwick and Sons [?] on the Brisbane River. While…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Wagga
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1946 · page 3
Although under control within half an hour, fire caused extensive, damaga to Hardy's Ltd., hardware merchants, premises in Bayliss St.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Danger Many Areas in Tinder-like Condition
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 4
In a recent warning concerning the serious danger existing from bush fires, the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, emphasised the need for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Permit for Lighting Fires Now Necessary
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 4
As a result of a notification issued recently by the Minister, persons desirous of lighting fire for clearing land or for any similar purpose are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Cemetery
Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 2
A passing motorist, noticing a fire in the lodge gates at the cemetery last night, promptly reported the matter to the police with the result that the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Averted at Walla
The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 30 August 1946 · page 3
Possible loss of a house at Walla was averted on Saturday morning by the presence of mind of those who noticed smoke rising from an old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Damage in Sydney Blaze SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 August 1946 · page 1
Severe damage was done by a fire tonight in a building occupied by Bruce Small Pty. Ltd., at Chippendale. Mr F. Small, a director of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Danger Many Areas in Tinder-like Condition
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 September 1946 · page 3
In a recent warning concerning the serious danger existing from bush fires, the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, emphasised the need for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Last Night
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 8
Coiling of a former, bakehouse at the rear of the Semolina mills in Smollett street was slightly damaged by a fire last night which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Damage of £12,000 SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 3
Damage estimated at £12,000 was [?] by a fire which [?] the two storey building occupied by [?]x Products, chemical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Garage Fire Seven Cars Destroyed SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 6
Seven cars were destroyed in a file which gutted a garage at Carinbah, near Cronulla, last night, causing damage estimated at £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bombay on Eve of Big Communal Upheaval 129 Already Dead in Moslem-hindu Rioting police Fire On Mobs; 8000 Troops Posted In City: LONDON
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 1
Bombay is on the brink of wholesale communal rioting, rivalling the carnage of Calcutta, where several thousands were killed, says Reuter’s correspondent in Bombay. Police and troops, endeavoring to check the rioters before they get out of hand, have already fired at mobs on six occasions during this morning…
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