Car Catches Fire
Albury fire brigade was called out at 9 a.m. yesterday when a car caught fire in Kiewa street, near Wilson street. The car, a pre-war…
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Fire causes £100,000 damage
MELBOURNE, Wed.: In one` of the most spectacular fires seen in the city in years, two of three floors of Doyleâs Bond…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: Mount Macedonâs biggest and most popular guest house, the 40 roomed, old Government cottage,…
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If you want a prettily packaged tale in the precisely patterned manner of traditional fiction, this vignette is not for you, for it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Indo-china Cease-fire Note of Warning by Mr. Menzies
CANBERRA, Thurs.: The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) today welcomed the Indo-China armistice, but warned that the menace of aggressive Communism in South-East Asia had not been…
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TOP : Mr. I. Swinburne, M.L.C. (left who officially handed the keys of the new fire-fighting unit to Barnawartha Fire Brigade, with the acting President of Children Shire (Cr. R. D. Oates, centre), and Mr. C. H. Howe district rural fire officer…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Soviet view on the Indo-China cease-fire
MOSCOW, Fri.: The Indo-China agreement reached at Genera had created favorable conditions for the solution of…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Talk to Wodonga Rotarions on fire brigades
In a talk to Wodonga Rotary Club, Mr, C. Howe, regional fire officer of the Country Fire Authority of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Father, Five Children Die in Fire
LONDON, Mon.: A father and five of his seven children perished yesterday in a fire which destroyed their home in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Viet. Reds strike below cease-fire line
SAIGON, Mon. : Communist forces stabbed southward in Vietnam over the weekend, striking far below the dividing line set in the ceasefire. The attack, 180 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£4000 pleasure cruiser sinks in Murray after fire
MILDURA, Mon.: A £4000 pleasure cruiser, with eight people aboard, burst into flames on the Murray River at Wentworth today. Two men in a dinghy…
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Livestock, crops and the produce of the country were as much a public asset as State owned enterprises like the New…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Garage at the Rook
A fire caused about £200 worth of damage in a garage at The Rock late on Tuesday night. The garage, owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Children Die in Fire
WELLINGTON (NZ), Sun.: Three children lost their lives in a fire which destroyed a four-roomed house at Maroa…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Craws fight over a burnt-out freighter
LONDON, Mon.: British and French seaman tonight are vigorously contesting salvage rights of the buckled,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Items of News Fire in Chimney
Albury brigade attented a minor chimney fire in Nathan avenue shortly after 10 p.m. yesterday. No damage was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Aboard Plane
CALCUTTA, Thurs.: Fire broke out aboard a Qantas Super Constellation aircraft while it was taking to the runway of the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire Destrots House
Fire destroyed a four- roomed weatherboard house in the Wangaratta early last night. It was occupied by a New Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Dead in Distillery Fire
PEKIN (Illinois), Fri. ; Firemen stood guard today over the smouldering ruins of a two-day distillery fire that killed six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Fires Yesterday
Albury brigade attended two fires yesterday. At 12.5 p.m. a call was received to 439 Guinea street where the wiring on a car had…
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