[?] Fire Destroys Malt
MELBOURNE, Mon.: Hundreds [?]of bags of malt—for beer making—were [?]destroyed by a fire at [?]Smith Mitchell and Co. Ltd.,…
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Spark Causes Grass Fire
When a spark from an oxyacetylene torch set fire to dry grass the home of Mr Arthur Renshaw, Dennison st.,…
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Prompt action by the stationmaster, his wife and a passing drover averted what could have been a serious bush…
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MADRID, Mon.: Four persons were killed and 18 injured yesterday when fire broke out aboard the Gijon-Madrid express at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Danger Acute in Vic.; Temperatures Soar MELBOURNE
As the temperature reached the mark in Melbourne today country fire experts issued a warning that Victoria was now in a period of extreme fire danger…
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On Sunday afternoon the first grass fire for this summer occurred at Burrumbuttock and about 25 tons of hay was destroyed…
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The NRMA urges motorists to keep in mind the hazards of fire in their cars. Mr C. H. Napthali, chief engineer, says fires can originate…
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TOKIO, Tuesday: British troops rescued hundreds of 40 dollar trench coals for themselves today when the Americans set fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mt. Beauty Fire Brigades’ Demonstration
The North-Eastern Fire Brigades’ demonstration was held at Mt. Beauty on Saturday. Competition was keen and some of the…
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Now that the harvesting season is in progress, and with warmer weather, the Police Department again draws attention to the fire danger, particularly…
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With the temperature averaging 98 degrees for the first week of December, the danger of bush fires in the Hay district heightened considerably…
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A grass fire broke out on a corner block of land in Victoria and Henry Streets on Wednesday afternoon. The fire brigade turned out and the…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—A spectacular fire this morning gutted a two-storeyed lacquer plant in the industrial heart of St. Peters…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Between 20 and 30 bags of mail were destroyed after a Commonwealth truck caught fire…
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From the "Murrumbidgee Irrigator": Destruction of Gillenbah homestead, by fire last Sunday removed one of the well-known landmarks of the Riverina…
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SYDNEY, Fri.:. The cause of the fire which yesterday, gutted a lacquer factory in St Peters was spontaneous combustion in a…
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Some mail matter from Albury was included in the bags which were burnt at Benalla on Thursday when a Commonwealth track…
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If all outbreaks Albury Fire Brigade is called to during the coming summer are like the one it turned out to on Saturday on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →57 People Die in ‘Plane, Road Crashes and in Fire LONDON
Fifty seven people met tragic deaths in the United States and Africa at the week-end. TRAGIC FIRE A fire that roared through a…
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The bush fire danger period extends to March 31. This was revealed at yesterday’s Murray Shire Council meeting…
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