Heavy damage caused by fire
MELBOURNE. Sun.: Damage estimated at thousands of pounds was caused when a fire destroyed a large quantity of merchandise…
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Fire drives 1000 families from homes
BORGER (Texas), Sun.: Explosions and a fire roared through the Government-owned Butadiene plant yesterday, injuring 11…
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The increase in the umber of ducks raised in New South Wales for table purposed may be attributed to the consistently…
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LONDON, Fri.: Twelve million gallons of petrol went up in flames last night at Avonmouth (Gloucestershire) in…
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SYDNEY, Sun: Two women and four children were rescued from a blazing block of shops in the Blue Mountains town of Lawson…
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LONDON, Sun.: The biggest peace-time oil fire ever to break out in Britain—at Avonmouth Docks—was extinguished early…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called out last evening to a chimney fire, which occurred at the home of Mr G. F. Dickenson, 435 Hovell…
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A blazing heap of rubbish at the rear of a garage at the home of Mr. William Anthony Mongan, Union road, Lavington, threatened…
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BRISBANE, Wed.: A man who is alleged to have started grass fires along the Bruce Highway on August 23, which resulted in the…
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NEW YORK, Wed.: A fumbling plot to barn a small New York clothing store and collect £8900 insurance backfired…
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Country Roads-Board workmen yesterday quelled flames in a blazing motor truck engine with wet sand while the owner was…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: In Victoria’s first bushfire for the season, a woman was burned to death at Belgrade today…
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At the monthly meeting of the Mulwala Progress Association last week, a move was made to establish a fire…
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Hume Shire councillors yesterday warned that the bash fire danger will be grave this summer. They asked landholders to…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called to store premises in a lane off Smollett st. twice during the week-end to extinguish an…
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SYDNEY, Sun.; Damage estimated at more than £70,000 was danced by two spectacular fires in Sydney today…
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Shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning fire occurred in a shed which is used for storing kerosene and…
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MEXICO CITY, Mon.: An exploding skyrocket set fire to a crowded cabaret yesterday and 14 persons were burned or trampled to death. Another 90 were injured…
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Flames shot 50 or 60 feet into the air yesterday morning at Corowa aerodrome, when the fuel shed and its contents of eight 44…
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WOOD RIVER (III), Tues.: 12 workmen were killed and at least 22 others injured last night in a terrific…
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