House Destroyed By Fire YARRAWONGA
A serious loss was sustained by Mr and Mrs J. Clarke and family late last evening when their home, situated in Burley road, Yarrawonga, was…
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Fire Causes £15,000 DAMAGE Corio Club At Geelong Destroyed GEELONG
In a spectacular blaze early this morning most of Corio Club, Geelong, and its dance hall were destroyed soon after a large crowd of dancers had…
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On Saturday night the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Clarke, Burley road, Yarrawonga, was completely destroyed by fire, while they and their ten…
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Residents of the town were awakened shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday morning by the ringing of the fire bell, and a crowd quickly gathered at the scene,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Agreement with N.z. Government Again Under Fire
Investigation by a Parliamentary select committee into negotiation of the Australian-New Zealand wheat agreement was sought by the Deputy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wharf Laborers Under Fire Debate on Stevedoring Bill in House Canberra
The Stetvedoring Industry Bill would fail to achieve anything useful unless there was a marked change in the approach of the waterside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Makes 14 Families Homeless SYDNEY
A 20-roomed residential in West Ryde was gut[?] by fire late this afternoon. Fourteen families are homeless as the result. The building was [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Children Removed from Kindergarten While Fire Rages SYDNEY
Sixty children were evacuated from a Kindergarten in Evans street, Balmain, this afternoon, when a fire broke out in the chemical works of Stromas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boys Fight Fire at Grammar School
Boys of the Grammar School successfully fought a fire at the school yesterday morning with a bucket brigade, which had the outbreak under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Many Newspapers and Packets SYDNEY
Thousands of newspapers and packets were destroyed and others damaged by a fire in a mail bin at the GPO early this morning. The superintendent of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£40,000 Cool Storage Fire Melbourne
Damage estimated at £40,400 was caused by a fire in a Box Hill cool [?] works early today, where large stocks of Toodstuffs including…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guests Flee From in Fires Hotels Three Die In Boarding House Inferno New York
Two hundred guests fled from Lake Hotel at Gary (Indiana) when a fire broke out in one wing of the building causing damage estimated at 100,000…
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A fire which occurred at the home of Mr N. Taylor, about three miles from Finley early on- Saturday morning. completely destroyed the building and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Discussed Graziers’ Decisions Sydney
The NSW Graziers’ Association today decided to ask the Forestry Commission to implement its slogan, “Prevent Bush Fires” by cleaning up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Floods And Severe Cold In Britain Blizzard Sweeping Through South Wales 'Water Used Fighting Fires Freezes Into Icicles, LONDON
Sixty families in houses around the flood-filter beds of the Metropolitan Water Board awoke at 3 o'clock this morning to find water rushing into basements and ground floors. . A Thames official at Reading has reported that the Thames is out of the board's…
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Early Tuesday morning fire destroyed the fruit and vegetable shop opened in Main street. Rutherglen. by Mr Stan Hynos. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Shortage May Soon End Canberra, Wednesday
It was hoped that the installation of new machinery in Australian factories could overcome the shortage of fencing wire and wire netting by the end…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yugo-slav Fire Covers Retreat of Greek Rebels? London, Wednesday
A band of guerrillas which ambushed a party of Greek troops near Papaskoi suffered heavy losses and retreated over the Yugoslav border…
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On Tuesday morning last at about 3 o'clock a shop in Main street, Rutherglen, was gutted by fire. The shop was owned by Mr. Stan Hypes, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion Precedes Fire In Girls’ College SYDNEY
Nearby residents said they we wakened by an explosion preceding the fire which caused £10,000 damage in the Methodist Ladies’ College…
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