Fire drives crew off tanker
SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs.: An engine room-fire early today forced the crew to abandon the British tanker, Menestheus, off…
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Mobs’ fire terror in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES, Thurs.: Torch mobs turned strongholds of anti-Peronist factions in the Argentine capital into blazing…
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Springhurst Rural Fire Brigade members met on Saturday night to discuss arrangements for the Wangaratta group of fire brigades to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →18 die in two fires
CHICAGO, Fri.: Two separate fires in Chicago killed at least 18 persons yesterday. The coroner, Mr. Walter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Basic Wage Increase Under Fire
SYDNEY, Fir.: Concern at the effect of to-day’s basic wage increase ranging from 2/- to 7/- a week on production and living costs was expressed by most political, industrial and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Makes Four Families Homeless
MELBOURNE, Sun.: Four families were left homeless when the two huts they were occupying at Murchison were…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fire Near Lagoon
Albury Fire Brigade extinguish a grass fire on the Howlong road at 2.40 yesterday afternoon. The fire was near the Horse Shoe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eagles Fight Lachlan Fire
At a bushfire on the Lachlan a pair of wedgetalled eagles joined in the fight, reports the Bushfire Bulletin…
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LONDON. Men.: There is no suspicion of sabotage in the blaze which gutted the Danish luxury liner Kronpring…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Items of news Fire Near Drome
Albury Fire Brigade extinguished a grass fire near the aerodrome yesterday. It occurred at 11.47 p.m. in Fallon st. Only a small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scrub Fire Causes Big Black-out
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The entire Mornington Peninsula was blacked out when a scrub fire burnt down an electric light…
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SEOUL, Sun.: South Korean police this morning arrested three doorkeepers on charges of sabotage after fire swept…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ship Capsizes After Fire
The Danish passenger-ship Kronprins Frederik. of 3895 tons; capsized after being partially destroyed by fire while at Parkeston Quay, Harwich, England. Units of the Royal Navy and R.A.F. helped firemen fight the blaze, but the vessel eventually turned over on her side owing to the height of water pumped into her. The Kronprins Frederik, whose construction brgan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Children Die in Fire
MONTREAL, Mon.: Eight children died in a fire which destroyed a house early yesterday near St. Marie,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Damages Suit
First of the damage claims arising out of the Mangoplah bushfires in January, 1952. will toe heard without a jury before Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Men Die in Fire
LONDON, Tues.: Three men were burnt to death in their pyjamas when fire swept through two dormitory huts at the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Hay Worth £400 Destroyed by Fire
A stack of 300 bales of hay, valued at over £400, was completely destroyed by fire at Daysdale yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Wrecks Car[?]
A car driven, home[?] Mr. W. J. Dempster [?] thoura garage pro[?] caught fire at half-past [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Don’t use kerosene heaters—fire chief
MELBOURNE, Fri.: “The only safe way to handle a kerosene heater is to pitch it put the window,” Melbourne’s chief fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Fires at Albury
Two fires occurred in Albury at the week-end. A grass fire on Monument Hill at 1.40 p.m. on Saturday was extinguished with…
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