Fire Destroys Landmark
A fire which broke out in an unoccupied house at Great Southern, two miles from Rutherglen early on Saturday morning,…
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Woman Sobs As Fire Destroys Her Home
WANGARATTA, Sun.: Clutching the only possession she had leftâa worn, crumpled 10/ note âa woman sobbed hysterically…
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A motor cycle, which backfired through the carburettor when of was being started in Spencer street, Albury, at 6.10 oâclock last…
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SYDNEY. Tues.: Dense smoke saved a family of seven from incineration in their home at Killara early today…
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BOWLING GREEN (Virginia). Tues.: Seven negro children. first cousins from four families, died yesterday when fire destroyed…
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This semi-trailer's 15 tyres were destroyed by fire in Winton on Tuesday night. Driver was Roy Memillan, of Albary,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cease-fire sounded in S. Vietnam
SAIGON, Wed.: The Indochina war, which lasted seven years and eight months, ended at 8 a.m. local time today as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Horses burnt to death in racing stable fire
BRISBANE, Wed.: Four valuable horses were trapped and incinerated, and two others killed by a train their frenzied flight from a blazing stable at Hendro today…
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A letter received by the Culcairn Shire Council from the Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association of N.S.W.,…
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WANGARATTA, Sun.: A target will be fixed within a few days to build a new home for the Ckuj family who were burnt…
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On Saturday night last a 1936 Ford car was badly damaged by fire on the Corowa-Urana road about 9 miles from Corowa…
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KINGSTON (Ontario), Mon.: Rioting convicts touched off a big fire in the Kingston Penitentiary in an escape attempt…
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HOBART, Mon. : Flames, fanned by a 50-mile-an-hour gale, destroyed £20,000 worth of sawn timber in a timber yard in…
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PERTH, Tues.: Derby, the West Kimberly staring port for oil searchers, today had its worst fire ever with damage…
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A bush fire broke out late yesterday afternoon on the river flats at Bruceâs Bend, about five miles from Yarrawonga…
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A fire had started on a Jindera properly from a campfire lit by an employee, the court learned…
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No damage was caused by a chimney fire at a house at 467 Kiewa street, occupied by Leslie George Splall, at 8.53 p.m…
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Bush fire brigades may assist in the control of grasshopers. In response to personal representations made by the Minister…
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BRISBANE. Tues.: Part-owner of Bullen Brothersâ Circus, Ken Bullen fell from the top of a tent into burning debris while fighting…
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Someone gave the Corowa fire brigade much trouble yesterday when the alarm at the corner of Tower and Guy Streets was…
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