Local Doctor’s Son Injured in Fighting fire in Fire
Robert Gorman, only son of Dr. A: P. Gorman, Charlotte Street Deniliquin, was injured while helping, to fight afire at…
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336 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 17
100 Men Fight Upper Murray Fire
FOR two days well over 100 men have been fighting a fire, which, up till last evening, had swept over 3000 acres in the Upper Murray. It is thought that some sheep belonging to a new settler…
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A public meeting called by the Lavinglon Bush Fire Brigade on Monday night discussed ways and means of procuring an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Minutes Between Fires
Five minutes after firemen had been dismissed after a fire yesterday, they were called for another. First fire, at the City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor Good Work at Fire
Sir, — When I arrived at the bush fire at Hamilton Valley last Thursday, the blaze was under control. A number of men and…
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Four fires, all extinguished before developing dangerously, kept Albury brigade busy over the weeeknd. During the…
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AUCKLAND, Sun.: Two elderly women lost their lives when a fire destroyed a boarding house at Remuera, Auckland suburb, this…
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TOKIO, Sun.: Ten thousand Japanese were made homeless when a fire fanned by a strong wind swept through the city of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →300 Africans Set Fire To Indian Bus
LONDON, Saturday: Three hundred Africans attacked and set fire to an Indian bus at Umgeni in Durban after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Foreign Policy Under Fire All Party Parliamentary Committee Urged
CROWDED public, diplomatic and Press galleries listened in rapt attention to a lucidly forceful exposition of foreign affairs, with particular emphasis on Australia’s role, by the Leader of the Opposition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Griffith Fire Rice Mill
Fire on Saturday destroyed the Griffith Rice Mills, causing damage estimated at £60,000. All the machinery was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Oilfields Fire in Austria
VIENNA, Mon: A fire half a mile long and nearly as broad, is reported to have swept through Zisterdorf oilfields in the Soviet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£50,000 Fire Wrecks Griffith Rice Mill
At least £50.000 damage was done to stocks and machinery in a fire at Australian Rice Mill Pty. Ltd.’s mill in Banna…
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Continued on Trove, page 8 →Items of News Grass Fire Yesterday
Half an acre of grass and 20 fencing posts were destroyed yesterday afternoon when a fire broke out at 4.30 o’clock in dry grass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Fire Damage Outbreak at Tumber-bending Works
MELBOURNE, Wed.: Nine fire units and thirty four firemen attended a fire, which caused thousands of pounds worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News Fire in Garage
As members of the Albury Fire Brigade were assembling for drill last evening, a call was received to a fire in the garage at the front…
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NEWCASTLE, Tues: Unless a fire in No. II. tunnel of Ayrfield No. III. colliery can be controlled, it is possible that one million tons of the best…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wodonga Fire Brigade Wins Heat at Ballarat
Wodonga Fire Brigade won its heat in the hose practice for six men at the Ballarat annual urban fire brigade demonstration…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Decree Nisi for Fire Chief’s Wife Sydney, Tues
Mrs. Alice Louise Smith (50), wife of the chairman of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Thomas Januarius Smith (58), was granted…
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