These two “girls” were fire-proof !
Intense heat from the fire which gutted Cann’s store yesterday presented no worries for two smartly…
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Fire Destroys Store At Albury Flames Engulfing Store
Flames shoot high into the air as Cann’s store is engulfed in Albury’s worst fire in years. Other pictures on Page 11…
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SALVAGING CLOTHING.— Scene of devastation as firemen salvage the clothing at the rear of the store. Sign “Ladies’ Wear” marks the spot where firemen halted the blaze. ONLY A HEAP OF RUBBLE.— Firemen stand on…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Hundreds of bushfires, fanned by gale force winds, are sweeping many parts of the State…
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There was a disappointing number of landholders present at the annual meeting of the Rutherglen Bushfire Brigade. Of the total…
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The Postmasler-General (Hon H. L. Anthony) stated this wEek that the Post Office will operate during the forthcoming Summer months…
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Shopgirls and firemen yesterday worked side by side clearing the wreckage caused by the sensational fire which…
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DARWIN, Wed.: Believed by experts to be on of the biggest in history, a fire has burned out 1,250,000 acres in the Northern Territory. Burning on a 200-mile…
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The death occurred in Albury Hospital yesterday, after a long illness, of one of Albury’s earliest volunteer firemen. Mr Charles…
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SYDNEY, Wed. : Bushfires which are still raging out of control on the North Coast have already caused more than £1 million worth of damage…
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The annual meeting of the Yerong Creek Bush Fire Brigade was held on Friday, when Mr. J. C. Shaw presided over…
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The Postmaster-General (Mr. H. L. Anthony) stated this week the the post office will operate as usual during the forthcoming…
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The Waradgery Shire Council has decided to ask for a bush fire danger period to be proclaimed from November 1…
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Fire last night gutted a shed of the rear of Foy and Gibson’s Dean street store, 30 yards from the scene of Conn’s disastrous blaze on Tuesday…
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Stock worth thousands of pounds was destroyed and the front portion of Cann's twostorey building at Albury…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: Fierce [?] many completely out of control were still sweeping north and north west NSW today…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: More than [?] acres of timber in the [?] State forest, near Kendall, on the North [?]…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: A Roman Catholic parish hall at Wonthaggi, completed and furnished only recently at a cost of £8000, was…
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MELBOURNE, Sun: A fire caused damage estimated at £10,000 when it gutted a two-storey woollen factory at St. Kilda last…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: State forestry officials at Kendall, on the North Coast, said today they believed a firebug was responsible for a bushfire which today threatened Queen’s Lake State…
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