Police Fire On Rioters LONDON
Several police were injured when the police fired to disperse rioters in Old Delhi today when Sikhs and Moslems clashed on the occasion of…
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Items of News Fire at Golf Links
Frequency of fires has diminished at Albury this month, but yesterday the fire brigade was called to a blaze in scrub at the golf links—one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys 90,000 Baits Of Cotton Le Havre
A fire destroyed 90,000 bales of cotton valued at half a million sterling in a port warehouse. Troops subdued the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →False Fire Alarm
The wail of the fire sure at 7.15 last night brought the usual crowd of curious onlookers into the streets with the question, “Where is the fire?” on their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Sweeping British Liner London
Two hundred firemen are fighting a fire on the liner, Monarch of Bermuda, which is in dry dock at Hebburn-on-Tyne. Fumes overcame a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Old Rifle Range Fire
A grass and scrub fire broke out about 6.30 last evening at the site of the old rifle range at the north end of Sackville st. The fire brigade tackled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Miners Died in Mine Fire Heerlen
Thirteen Dutch miners, who were trapped in a blazing inferno 1000 feet below the surface, died before rescue workers could reach them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Junee
One of the most spectacular fires in Junee's history occurred just at about midnight on Tuesday of last week, when garages at the rear of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Tanks on Fire Jerusalem .Friday
Violence explosions occurred when [?] attacked Iraq Petroleum Company’s pipeline near Shell Oil docks in Haifa Bay area, says Reuters correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fire Prevention
A feature of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee's Information Bureau at the Royal Agricultural Show this year will be the use…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Cotton on Ship Sydney
A fire in No. 1 hold of Shaw Savill freighter ss Fordale at Walsh Bay tonight destroyed many bales of cotton before it was extinguished. William Shaw, aged 22…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jews Will Have to Pay Fire Damage To Oil Tanks LONDON
Ten of 15 tanks of the Shell Oil Company’s installations at Haifa Bay, which have a capacity of 1000 to 4000 tons each, were effected by the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£3800 Truck Fire Near Table Top
A semi-trailer truck loaded with 10 tons of rope and a 44-gallon drum of petrol was totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon on the Hume Highway near Tabic Top railway station. The truck was valued at £2800 and the rope at about £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big British Liner Destroyed by Fire
Little more than the shell was left after a fierce fire had swept through the Furness Withy liner. Monarch of Bermuda, as she lay in dry dock at Hebburn-on-Tyne, England. The 22,424-ton liner was engaged throughout he war as a troopship, but was being refitted to re-enter the luxury “millionaire” runs between New York and Bermuda—An aerial photograph showing the liner ablaze almost from stem to stern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Breaks in Two, Then Catches Fire LONDON
The Cape Town correspondent of the British United Press says that the Greek cargo vessel, George M. Livanos, crashed into the rocks 200 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hindus and Moslems in Serious Clashes Mobs Stone Police; Several Killed By Rifle Fire LONDON
“Heavy disturbances” in the Ambala division of eastern Punjab with members of both communities attacking each other’s village, are reported in a Punjab Government communique, according to Reuter’s [?] at Lahore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Electric Clock Factory Melbourne
Fire caused £300 worth of damage in the South Melbourne factory of the Tink Manufacturing Co. Pty. Ltd., makers of electric clocks, at 12.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women Die in Village Fire London
Reuter’s correspondent in Athens says it has been officially announced that two women were burned to death when a strong band of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Fire on Reds; Two Killed London
Two were killed when the police fired on 700 Communists who attacked the police with sticks in the Nalgonda district, according to an announcement…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Jerilderie
The ringing of the fire bell at about 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning caused somewhat of a sensation. The outbreak was in the…
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