Fire in Noreuil Park Tree
A fire in a hollow willow tree at Noreuil Park last night resulted in a call to the fire brigade after campers had tried for some…
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370 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 19
Amazing Story Of £740,000 Fire Seven Ex-airmen on Arson Charge “Started Blaze To Prevent Disbandment Of Fire Crew” Wellington (N.z.)
AN amazing story of how members of a R.N.Z.A.F. fire crew at Rongotai station, Wellington, had allegedly deliberately started a fire two years ago with a view to preventing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Boycott of British Fire and Goods
NEW YORK, Wed.: The York City Council today [?] by 18 votes to one a [?] calling for a boycott of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£30,000 City Fire
SYDNEY, Monday : Damage to a dancing studio, footwear store and a restaurant, amounting to £30,000, was done by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Little Boy Sets Himself on Fire
SYDNEY, Tues:. A five year-old boy, Geoffrey Cantwell set himself on fire with a box of matches while…
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HONG KONG, Wednesday: Twenty-five people are dead and 56 are in hospital as the result of a tenement and…
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HONG KONG, Thurs.: Firemen today carried 115 charred and unrecognisable bodies from the upper floors of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tenement Fire Deathroll Now 140 Hong Kong
The West Point tenement fire deathroll mounted to 140 to-day with the discovery of more bodies and deaths in hospital in which there are 10 still seriously ill…
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Mrs Clara Selina. Tapping, of Ascot Avenue, Mascot, a 72-year-old recluse, who was dragged from her burning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Australia’s Gold Going to Britain Fire-side Chat by Mr. Chifley Dollars Again Loom Lately In Address CANBERRA
THE Prime Minister, in his third “report to the nation” broadcast to-night, appealed to motorists and newspaper companies to economise in the use of petrol and newsprint…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cease Fire in Palestine Demanded
LONDON, Mon. : Dr Ralph Bunche, the acting United Nations mediator in Palestine, has demanded an effective cease-fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Now Is the Time for Fire Protection
Farmers, and people living on the outskirts of Albury should prepare now for summer by organising fire protection and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Finley Sunday Next, October 3rd Massed Bands and Fire Brigades Display Special Train From Narrandera
Many residents will remember the massed bands Sunday which was held during the Back to Finley week in 1939. The largest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Massed Bands and Fire Brigades Display Special Train From Narrandera
Many residents will remember the massed bands Sunday which was held during the Back to Finley Week in 1939. The largest crowd ever held by Finley,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Threat to Albury’s Fire Brigade” Volunteers Will Not Replace Permanent Men
THE fear that if permanent fire officers were recalled to Sydney and volunteer firemen were not willing to carry out duties of the permanent men, fire would have an “open go” in Albury was expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plane Crash-lands After Port Engine Catches Fire 30 Persons Aboard : No One Injured WAGGA
THE skill and coolness of an A.N.A. pilot helped to avert a major tragedy when D.C.3 airliner Katana crash-landed four miles south of Bowning, near Yass, to-day. Although the aircraft was extensively damaged, all the 27…
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Continued on Trove, page 10 →“Fire Hydrants a Vital Necessity”
Request by Wodonga Fire Brigade to council that pillar hydrants be installed in the main street should receive serious…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Petrol Tank catches Fire
When filling the petrol tank of his motor cycle on Wednesday night, Noel Brady, of Echuca, received severe burns to the hands when the petrol caught…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£1000 Wheat Blaze
WAGGA, Friday : Over 1000 bags of wheat were destroyed when a 54,000-bag wheat stack was set ablaze at Gundabindgal…
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