814 Jap Houses Destroyed in Fire Tokio
Fanned by a wind, a fire destroyed 814 houses in the town of Goshagawara, northern Honshu. A similar blaze in November, 1945, destroyed 800…
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Fire in Freezing Chamber of Steamer SYDNEY
Firemen wearing smoke helmets worked in relays in scorching heat and blinding smoke to quell a fire which broke out in the freezing chamber of SS Matthew…
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In Sydney a great deal of publicity has been given to the fact, and no doubt the campaign to inculcate carefulness on the part of the public so as…
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Albury householders were advised yesterday by the officer in charge of Albury fire station (Mr A. Pettit) to complete burning off of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“Voice Told Him to Stand in Fire” Man Loses Both Feet Brisbane
Douglas Frederick Birch, aged 30, an unemployed Victorian laborer, and a student of Indian yoga, told police tonight that he heard a voice…
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This morning at about 8 o'clock, a fire occurred in the Independent Office which completely gutted the machine room and seriously damaged all machines in the building. This has made it impossible to bring the Independent out on time or the…
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About 7.30 last evening the fire brigade was called to a small fire at the back of the sportsground. A small patch of grass and rubbish near the…
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The meeting of the Henty Bush Fire Brigade, which was to take place on Tuesday night lapsed, owing to the lack of a quorum…
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Reported outbreaks of bush fires last summer totalled 223 and the total estimated damage from these fires was £71,000. in 1944-45 the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Independent Newspaper Fire Machine and Paper Room Destroyed
Damage estimated at approximately £3,000 was caused by a fire which occurred at the Independent Newspaper Office yesterday morning. Only for the good work of the local Fire Brigade the conflagration and loss would have been much…
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A second big outbreak of fire occurred this afternoon at premises of Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd., of Matraville, white firemen…
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Charles Edward Ran die was acquit[?] a Quarter Sessions Jury today on a [?] of having maliciously attempted to[?] to his home in Vernon St.. Wool[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guerrillas Fire “Killer’s” Plane SYDNEY
Filipino guerrillas [?] at Olive (“Killer”) Caldwell’s plane on the way from the Philippines to Australia. Caldwell, famous Australian fighter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →“Bushfire Week.” Parcical Demonstration
In Sydney a great deal of Publicity has been given to the fact, and no doubt the campaign to inculcate carefulness on the part of the public so as…
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At the annual meeting of the Holbrook Urban Area Bush Fire Brigade those present were: D. Carnegie ‘president’. K. Bounader secretary [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warning on Bush Fire Danger Melbourne
Warning of an outbreak of serious fires this summer in south-western districts of Victoria was sounded in the Legislative Assembly tonight by Mr…
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Albury Fire Brigade was given one job at the week-end. It extinguished a small gross fire off Perry Street by use of knapsack pumps yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Least 116 Persons Die In Big Hotel Fire Many Boys and Girls Among the Dead Young Mother And Three Children Perish; Pathetic Scenes ATLANTA (Georgia)
At least 116 persons and possibly 127 perished, while, more than 100 were injured, when a fire swept the 15-storey Winecoff Hotel in the heart of Atlanta yesterday. The dead include 25 to 30 who leaped from windows to escape the flames. It was one of the worst fire disasters in the history of the United States…
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A man was burned to death behind the steering-wheel of his car on Saturday night, when the car burst into flames after turning over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jury Probe Into Hotel Fire Tragedy 11 Die In Canadian Holocaust New York
A Grand Jury investigation has been ordered into the causes of the Winecoff Hotel disaster at Atlanta at the weekend in which 116 persons lost their lives, and 100 were injured…
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