Fire Threat to Town
MELBOURNE, Wed.: The township of Laang in the western district, was threatened for 21 hours today by a scrub and grass…
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£600,000 Fire Damage In Sydney
SYDNEY, Thurs.: More than 15,000 bales of cotton, valued at £600,000, were completely destroyed tonight when fire…
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VANCOUVER, Thurs.—Twelve members of the Australian freighter, Walruna, narrowly escaped death in a fire aboard…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Fires in bulk stores in Sydney and other capital cities, and in flour mills at several country centres bore…
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Fire broke oat among loose hay and damaged bales of hay on an allotment in Lyne st, Henty, early yesterday morning…
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Wodonga Fire Brigade was called last evening to a fire at the rear of Baker’s cycle show in Sydney st. but the blaze was under…
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MELBOURNE, Friday. — The loss of £750,000 worth of raw cotton m a Sydney customs store last night would not Effect rationing or…
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BRISBANE, Fri.: Damage estimated at £23,009 was caused by a fire today in wool scouring premises of D. Knox and Sons at Belmont…
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Soon after midnight on Saturday day a RAAF semi-trailer caught fire as it was travelling along Young st. The flames came from…
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ORANGE, Mon. — At the height of a fire which caused thousands of pounds worth of damage at Western Stares this…
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A grass fire broke out in the yard at the council depot in [?]lett street shortly before 9 o'clock last evening. The outbreak was…
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CANBERRA, Wed. — Continuing the debate on the Opposition censure motion against the Government on the Communist…
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NEW YORK, Thurs.: Fire broke out tonight on the 57th floor of the Empire State Building, the world’s tallest…
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A disastrous fire, occurred at Waterloo, Sydney, on Thursday night week, when the bond store containing 16,000 bales of cotton, valued at…
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CANBERRA, Fri. Whether ordinary prudence was exercised by the Government in storing one third of Australia's annual…
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Hundreds of fire-fighters were called out [?] last night to fight fires in die hill districts ween Lilydale-Wooriyallock area and Warburton. Apparently originating from fires started…
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MELBOURNE, Sun. — Heavy rain today brought the forest fires in toe Warburton-Healesville Ranges under control…
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Wodonga Fire Brigade was called to a grass fire in Week street on Saturday afternoon and checked the outbreak before homes in…
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The Arab attack on Jerusalem brought the Holy City under shell fire for the first lime in history, states the British United Press. Reuter’s correspondent says that the city…
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A passing motorist proved a good samaritan when a butcher's utility truck caught fire in North st. early yesterday morning. Fire…
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