Burnt Trying to Put Out Fire
When trying to put out a fire which broke out in the engine of his semitrailer early yesterday morning, near Top, George Henry O’Donnell,…
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Premier Cain Under Fire His Assurance on Electric- Ity Supplies MELBOURNE,Wednesday
There was no immediate threat to electricity generation through the action of the Amalgamated Engineering Union yesterday in withdrawing 12…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coonamble Fire
A disastrous fire occurred at Coonamble about 5 o'clock on Wednesday, April 23, 1947, when a rubber works and the adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Batavia; Sabotage Suspected BATAVIA
[?] is suspected to be the cause of a fire last night which razed the Go-down of the Rotterdam-Lloyd Shipping Line [?] Prick in Botavia…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called to the Riverina Cafe, Dean St., about 9.25 last night. Dense smoke filled the shop, which was found to be issuing from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Taxi Plan for Albury Parallel Parking Again Under Fire
NSW Police Traffic Superintendent proposed to Albury Council in a. letter received at last evening’s meeting that the taxi rank problem In…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Allegedly Set Fire to House with Wife Inside Newcastle
William Henry Hayes, aged 50, seaman, was today committed for trial on a charge of having maliciously set lire to a house knowing his wife and others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wahgunyah Fire Station Site
At the last meeting of the Rutherglen Shire Council, the following letter was read:-- From the Country Fire Authority,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Echuca Fire Buildings and Hotel in High St. Damage
Two weatherboard building were burned to the ground and portion of the Commercial Hotel in High St. was damaged on Saturday night in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Set Fire To Factory HOBART
A 16-year-old boy who set fire to a Hobart factory and caused £5000 worth of damage in the hope of concealing evidence of thefts of a bicycle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →20 Burnt in Office Fire London
The Rome correspondent of British United Press says that 20 bodies were recovered from the offices of the Minerva Film Company, after a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →“Confesses” to Starting Fire; 20 Deaths London
The Rome correspondent of the British Associated Press states that the police have announced the arrest of a stock-room employe of Minerva Film…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Items of News [?] Fire in Lane
Albury fire brigade were called last [?] fire in an open [?]ane at the rear of the C. and C. Stores. [?] of boxes filled with str[?]w were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Almost Trapped in Hotel Fire Four Guests Close Call GUNNEDAH
Two men, a woman and a baby had a narrow escape from being trapped in a fire which destroyed a large portion of the Royal Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Killings in India Villagers Set Fire to Huts London
Reuter’s correspondent In Calcutta says it has been officially announced that three persons were killed and 40 were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Indian Prince Leads Subjects in Fighting Fire LONDON
The Indian cricketer, the Maharajah of Patiala, with axe in hand, is leading thousands of his subjects in a battle against a forest fire which, for 60 hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Indian Forest Fire Beaten London
Reuter’s correspondent at Patiala states that fire-fighters, led by the Maharaian of Patiala, chocked the forest fire that threatened the summer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rubbish on Fire
A small quantity of rubbish under the platform in the eastern ride of me Albury railway yards caught alight shortly before 8 o’clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clothes Horse Toppled Into Fire
When a clothes horse overbalanced and fell into the fire at the home of Mr George Finnemore, 445 Hume st, Albury, yesterday afternoon, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Fire Brigades Meet at Wangaratta Wangaratta
The first meeting of the rural fire brigades in the region embracing the Borough and Shire of Wangaratta, and Shires of Oxley,…
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