Fire Destroys Buildings at “Quat Quatta”
A cottage and a number of outbuildings were destroyed last night in a fire at Mr W. E. Sargood’s property, “Quat Qualla,” five miles from. Corowa…
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Mr. Menzies in Critical Mood Federal Government Under Fire Melbourne
A bitter attack on what he termed “arrogance of the Federal Government in saying that it could do nothing more too assist Britain”…
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A large framed photograph belonging to Mr Les Ryan, on show in Trim’s shop window, recalls old days in the Albury Fire Brigade. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at "Quat Quatta"
On Thursday evening last shortly before 8 o'clock a fire occurred at Mr. W. E. Sargood's "Quat Quatta" property about six miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Greek Wool Steamer On Fire LONDON
The 5483-ton Greek steamer Ivanes, carrying 27,000 bales of wool from Australia to France, has been on fire since it went aground near Capetown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gasometer Fire Caused No Damage
No damage was caused, and at no time were the lives of workers endangered when sparks from a drill ignited gas escaping from a gasometer at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Ship on Fire; Abandoned by Crew LONDON
Lloyds have received a report that the British steamer Somerset, bound for Dunedin from Avonmouth, has sent the following message to Barbados:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vehicle for Walla Fire Brigade
Mr A. Fuller, MHR, has been advised by the Minister for the Army (Mr Chambers) that the Commonwealth Disposals Commission has selected a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Postmaster For Trial on Fire Charge SYDNEY
In the City Coroner's Court today a postmaster, Harold Thomas Godsell, aged 52, was committed for trial on a charge of having set fire to his own…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stricken City Faces New Threat Fires Spreading Near Oil Refineries Texas City
Texas City authorities last night ordered the evacuation of the lower city area, as fresh fires in the oil refinery area and a shift in the wind caused new threats to high octane storages which so far have miraculously…
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On Sunday morning shortly before 10 o'clock the Corowa Fire Brigade was called to an outbreak in a shed at the rear of the Court House Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →17,814 Homeless; Fire in Jap. City Tokio, Monday
A fire, which broke out in the inland city of Iida, 190 miles west Tokio, at noon yesterday, and [?] until 3 a.m. today, destroyed houses, leaving 17,814 persons homeless, and caused damage estimated at £8 million, says a United Slates Eighth Army…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£2000 Fire in Factory Sydney
A fire, in the factory of Australian Cotton Manufacturing Co. at Alexandria tonight caused damage totalling about £2000 to bales of cotton and cotton waste. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pilgrims Die In Fire; Drowned New Delhi
Ten pilgrims were burned to death and many others were drowned and more than 1000- fair-ground buildings were destroyed by a fire when a sirocco…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police, Fire Brigade, Ambulances, Hoaxed Shooting at Baccarat School ” SYDNEY
Police cars, fire engines Ambulances, and newspaper reporters rushed to an address to King’s Cross tonight in response to an anonymous phone call, stating that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Trapped in Underground Fire Malarctic [?]
Eleven men were trapped in the Malarctic gold mine today by an underground fire in which one miner died from smoke poisoning while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Peanut Paste Factory BRISBANE
Valuable machinery was destroyed when a fire caused damage estimated at £1[?],000 at Fielding’s peanut paste factory at W[?]llongabba this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Perishes in Fire Husband’s Vain Rescue Attempt SYDNEY
In a dramatic attempt to save a woman who was burned to death when fire razed their hut at Hill 60, Yarra Bay, today, the husband was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Destroys Store Neighbors Mistake Flames For Rain MELBOURNE
Three thousands pounds’ worth of [?]mage was caused last night by a [?] which destroyed the single [?] wood and brick store-house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Calwell’s “Tower of Babel” Conditions On Misr Under Fire CANBERRA
Investigations will be made by the Minister for Immigration (Mr Calwell) into the alleged insanitary conditions under which 700 migrants…
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