Fire at Barrabool
About 50 acres of grass was destroyed on Sunday afternoon when a bushfire broke out at Barrabool, the property of…
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£5000 Fire Damage to Shire Hall
MELBOURNE, Mon.: A fire caused damage estimated at more than £5000 to the 90 year old Shire Hall at Heathcote early…
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SINGAPORE, Wed.: Police fired at a disorderly crowd of 100 Malays and Indonesians armed with bottles last, night…
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When the Albury Fire Brigade arrived at a gross fire on Monument Hill yesterday, it found that council empoyes had almost extinguished the cut-break. Council men had brought the fire under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News and Notes Fire at Booroorban
A grass fire occurred on Mr. J. Driver's property, Booroorban, on Sunday last when some 50 or 60 acres were burnt. The fire is said…
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Using knapsack sprays the Albury Fire Brigade yesterday extinguished a small grass fire in Creek St., just off Stanley st. The…
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CHICAGO. Sun.: Four firemen died yesterday from injuries suffered while fighting a warehouse fire and explosion that was viewed…
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Albury Fire Brigade used knapsack pumps on Saturday night to extinguish a grass fire in a paddock the side of Howlong rd. and at…
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SINGAPORE, Sun.: Five hundred tons of rubber valued at £230,000 were destroyed when fire gutted Tai Nock rubber factory in…
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This photo, taken in 1907, shows the Albury Fire Brigade of 50 years ago. For these old-timers who tackled the fires in the growing city at the turn of the century there were no modern fire engines or appliances. Members…
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The political committee yesterday approved of the principles of the five-point cease-fire plan providing for a conference on Far Eastern problems as soon as fighting in Korea ended. Russia voted against the plan. This caused immediate speculation…
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Sir,—I read in the “Mail” that three fires started on the one day along the railway line (and one on another line). I do not know…
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Wodonga and Barnawartha Fire Brigades combined yesterday to extinguish a fire which destroyed 100 acres of grass hay on the…
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BALTIMORE (Maryland) Wed.: An uncontrollable fire swept by a 40 mph. wind de-stroyed a five million dollar…
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WASHINGTON, Wed: Assistant- Secretary of Slate, Mr Dean Rusk, told Senators yesterday that the United States had supported the…
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The Waradgery Shire Council yesterday agreed to a suggestion to write a letter of appreciation to the Hay Fire Brigade for the good save it…
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The Chinese Communist Foreign Minister (Mr Chou En-Lai) has rejected the U.N. proposals for a cease-fire in Korea and has put forward a counter-proposal—that a seven-nation conference to be attended by Communist China, Russia, Britain, the United States, France, India and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Papers Play Down China’s Cease-fire Refusal London
British morning newspapers today played down the Chinese rejection of the United Nations proposal for a cease-fire in Korea. They gave prominence to Britain’s Cabinet reshuffle. The only exception was the Yorkshire “Post,” which made the…
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A grass fire in Burnley rd., Yarrawonga, yesterday was extinguished before it reached a petrol dump. Only a small area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Hinese and Cease-fire Warnings Against Hasty Action London
Warnings against any hasty “irrevocable” [?] in branding China an aggressor were [?] by the majority of London newspapers in [?] today…
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