Fire destroys Melbourne aquarium
MELBOURNE, Wed.: A spectacular fire, causing damage estimated at £100,000. gutted the Melbourne aquarium late…
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Grass Fire in Broad Street
One hydrant and knapsack sprays were used by Albury Fire Brigade in putting out a grass fire which broke out in Broad street…
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A fire broke out on the road near "Wattle Grove," about six miles west of Henty, on Sunday night, but, fortunately, was…
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Grass fires on district properties kept volunteer fire fighters busy on Wednesday and Thursday…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs: Ten thousand acres of valuable grazing and timber country in the Mallee were destroyed by fire…
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Yerong Creek Fire Brigade was called out at midnight on Sunday to an outbreak near Kuburra. The fire broke out…
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LONDON, Thurs.: British police fear saboteurs are at work within some of Britain’s leading shipping Sines, following last night’s fire in the giant 83,000 tons Queen Elizabeth, docked at Southampton. A senior police officer declared : “We must regard this with some…
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A 1940 Chevrolet truck, the property of Mr. Jack Barber, of Henty was extensively damaged by fire when a short…
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SYDNEY. Thurs.: Firemen from four stations, fire floats, and police were rushed to a fire in the boiler room at Caltex Oil Co…
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Albury fire brigade attended a small grass fire in Creek st., yesterday afternoon. No damage was done and the outbreak was…
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Fire in two wool trucks (above) burning fiercely after yesterday’s accident at Barnawartha between a goods train…
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LONDON, Fri.: A fire alarm sounded again last night on the liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton while two Scotland Yard officials were investigating Wednesday’s outbreak…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: More than 3000 people and scores of cars blocked police and firemen when fire broke out at Fintona Girls’…
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A fire broke out near the Eurolie Station homestead on Sunday, but was brought under control before any great damage was done…
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After a very hot and humid day a dry electric storm passed over the district at 1.30 pm. on Friday (as reported in the “Mail” on…
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At lunch-time yesterday Deniliquin Fire Brigade was called out to a fire at the home of Mr and Mrs Keith Burchfield, in…
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A fire which broke out in the wood stack at Grubben homestead on Thursday afternoon last, caused a good deal of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain Will Not Accept Communist China’s Cease Fire Proposal
LONDON, Thurs.: Another proposal for an immediate cease fire in Korea to be followed by a political conference on the prisoner of war issue was made by the Chinese Communist Prime Minister (Mr. Chou en Lai) yesterday, but, according to a Foreign Office spokesman in London,…
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A fire destroyed the Yarra wonga Iceworks at about 10.30 last night. Damage was estimated at £5,000…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the premises of…
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