Two Arrests After Fire in House Destruction of Prices Chief’s Home Sydney
In the Central Police Court today. Israel Golovsky, aged 49, manufacturer, was charged with burning the pal[?]tial home of Colonel W. F. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires & bushfires, 1946
438 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 22
Police Allege Confession by Man Fire at Prices Chief’s Home ADELAIDE
In the Adelaide police court today Maurice Wilbur Noble, aged 33, dairyman, of Adelaide, was charged with having at Tusmore on July 10 map…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Hazards Weather Bureau New Plan
At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee Mr. B. W. Newman, Divisional Meteorologist of the Commonwealth Weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lighting Fires in Open
People outside the Fire Districts controlled by the Board of Fire Commissioners should obtain permits from the local municipal or shire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Walla Subdivision Fire [?]
The annual meeting of the Walla Subdivision Bush Fire Brigade will be held before the wheatgrowers meeting on Friday, October 4 , at 7.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Precautions
More precautions against bush fires this summer would be needed because the splendid season of growth had increased the risk of fires, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chinese Cease Fire Offer New York
An official statement has been issued by the Chinese Government to the effect that it will agree to a “cease fire” order throughout China, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Dead; 100 Injured Fire and Explosion in Oil Plant Marcus Hook (Penn.)
Two persons were killed and 100 were injured, many seriously, as a result of three explosions and a fire in the Sun Oil Company’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Still Finding Favor
Though Albury had a sunny, mild weekend, the evenings were frosty and fires were still in favor in most homes. On Saturday the maximum recording…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Fires in Albury Yesterday
Albury Fire Brigade was called lo two fires yesterday, both to wooden buildings used as garages. About 9.30 last night a wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Albury’s First Fire Sprinkler System
At the North Albury joinery works Mate st. has been installed the first automatic fire-sprinkler system in, the town. Operation of the system is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Investigating Man’s Death In Fire SYDNEY
Police at Manilla, on the northern tablelands, are investigating the death of Thomas Brady, .aged 72, whose body was found in the ruins of a fire in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Millions of Gallon’s of Petrol on Fire. Nuremberg
Two million gallons of petrol in railway tank wagons are ablaze in sidings off the main Munich-Nuremberg line, night miles from Nuremberg. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Hazard Will Be Broadcast
At a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee this week, Mr. B. W. Newman, Divisional Meteorologist of the Commonwealth Weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attlee’s Visit Still “Hanging Fire” Canberra
The Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) said today it was unlikely the British Prime Minister (Mr Attlee) would visit Australia before the end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NSW Has Surplus for Fire Succeeding Years SYDNEY
The NSW Government’s surplus of £370,489 for 1945-46 represented the fifth consecutive surplus year succeeding more than a decade in which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Set Fire to Little Girl’s Clothing Melbourne
A youth who had set fire to the clothing of a three year old girl [?] having an argument with her father was sentenced to be detained in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Relief State Government Takes Prompt Action
I desire, on behalf of my Government to express deep sympathy to all who have suffered as a result of the recent bush fires on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Guts Theatre SYDNEY
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused when fire gutted the Riv[?] Theatre at Blacktown early today. The fire started at the rear of the woo[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chinese Town Set on Fire Nanking
The vanguard of forces under General Futsoyi set fire to Kalgan on Sunday and then raced south-westward towards Ksuanhwa in an attempt to join…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →