MYRTLEFORD fire Auxiliary
Annual meeting of the ‘Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Myrtleford Urban Fire Brigade was held at the fire station. The election of…
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Items of News Chimney Fire En Albury
Albury Fire Brigade, in charge of Volunteer fireman G. Brown, quickly extinguished a chimney fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs…
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SUGGESTING that bestowal of Life Governorships of the Deniliquin District Hospital en masse may be “making them very cheap,” Hospital Board Director J. Hogan at Tuesday night’s meeting provoked considerable…
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ADELAIDE, Monday : At a fettler’s camp near Ambleside railway station last night, the charged remains of Richard Harold…
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Albury Fire Brigade under the direction of Station Officer C. Eustace quickly extinguished a fire at the Victory Cafe early…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: An elderly man and his dog were burned to death, and a car was destroyed when fire razed a timber garage…
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The Corowa Fire Brigade was called out on Saturday last at about 10 a.m. to a.m. outbreak at Fred Mason's Corowa Motor garage, Employees…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Fire caused damage estimated at £1000 to a laboratory in the biochemistry building at the…
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A bottle of wine and two bottles of beer for a “chaser” were used as a last desperate measure by several young men…
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Sir,—For some time students at Albury Technical College looked forward to occupying the new and well equipped building. Early in…
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Police fired several shots at two men in a dramatic chase through Albury goods yards early Wednesday morning. Railway detectives and…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: A 21-year-old press-machinist had a miraculous escape from death tonight when a drum of petrol he was handling…
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SANTA MARIA (Cal.), Sun.: One man was killed and 19 were injured, three seriously, yesterday when an explosion destroyed…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: A car was badly damaged by fire in High st, Malvern, early today. The driver, Francis William…
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A warder at Beechworth Reformatory Prison fired five shots early yesterday morning when he saw a prisoner scale the 18-ft. wall and jump to freedom. He was last…
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SAN SALVADORE, Fri.: A river of fire zig-zagged down Izalco Mountain last night as Izalco volcano erupted in a…
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A man who escaped injury when the taxi in which he was a passenger was completely wrecked in a collision at Granya early on Saturday afternoon yesterday returned to find the…
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Albury Fire Brigade, under the direction of Volunteer Fireman J. Smithenbecker, quickly extinguished a fire which broke out in…
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It is reported from Deniliquin that a bottle of wine and two bottles of beer for a "chaser" were used as a last desperate measure by several young men…
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ADELAIDE, Monday : Two children were burned to death while they were asleep in a caravan at Copley early…
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