Hotel Destroyed by Fire
The Farmers' Inn Hotel at Burrumbuttock wan totally destroyed by fire early on Wednesday morning, together with all…
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£45,000 Bushfire Damages
Appeal by the Railway Commissioner against £45,000 bushfire damages, was dismissed by the Full Supreme Court on…
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A chimney fire at the home of Mr. L. J. Smith, 1057 Waugh read, at about 8 p.m. yesterday was extinguished by smothering by…
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SALE. Mon.: Police believe a cigarette started a fire which resulted in a middle-aged woman being burnt to death in her bed…
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Chenille bedspreads in a comprehensive range of colors and designs are featured in the display windows at Rudins Department…
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CANBERRA, Wed.: Prompt action by the Canberra Fire Brigade today saved thousands of Commonwealth films at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Albury Court Yesterday Bush fire brigade captain is fined: lit fire
Captain of the Brocklesby Rural Bush Fire Brigade was fined £5 in Albury Court yesterday on a charge of lighting a fire without a permit during a proclaimed bush fire danger period…
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SEOUL, Thurs.: Fire swept through a 10-block square area of Scoulâs blackmarket yesterday. leaving 5000 to 6000 persons…
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[?] Mr. Douglas McIntyre Everitt, who died suddenly [?] Tuesday, was buried with full Fire Brigade [?] yesterday afternoon. He is the third member of the local Fire Brigade to…
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LOS ANGELES, Sun.: Blazing oil from exploding: fuel tanks sent towering flames over Los Angeles harbor yesterday with a…
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WOLLONGONG, Sun.: Fire completely gutted the commercial Hotel at Albion Park tonight…
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A 90-year-old 10-roomed home in High street, Rutherglen, was completely destroyed by fire in the early hours of Saturday morning. Flames were seen coming…
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PARIS, Mon.: Cease-fire talks between the French and Vietminh Communist officers due to start today were postponed till…
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NEWCASTLE, Tues.: A fire which swept through a caravan factory in Maitland road, Mayfield, today caused damage estimated at…
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PARIS, Mon.: Fighting in northern Indo-China died down today, a few hours before the French and Vietminh High Command officers were due to resume their cease-fire talks at Trung…
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Melbourne, Mon.: A PMG employe was sentenced in General Sessions today to 12 monthsâ gaol for setting fire to his…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Reds Fire on Allied Patrol Boat in Korea
MUNSAN, Wed.: Communist troops today fired on an Allied police boat patrolling the ceasefire line in Western Korea, the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pensioner Dog in Fire
A 70-year-old old age pensioner. Peter Miley. and his dog, suffocated in a vain attempt to escape from a burning but at Smoko. via…
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A 21-ton hay stack was destroyed by fire at Wodonga yesterday afternoon. It belonged to Mr J. Carroll, dairy farmer, of Cemetery…
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Smothering and the use of water from a garden hose extinguished a chimney fire at the home of Mr H. Doggett, 478 Wilson street, late…
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