Bengal Riots Police Fire on Villagers Balurghat, N. Bengal, Friray
The police, firing on villagers armed with spears, bows and arrows, brickbats and lathis, killed 1 5 people and wounded…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
220 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 11
Riot in Bengai Police Fire on Armed Villagers BALURCHAT (North Bengal)
Police firing on villagers armed with spears, bows and arrows, brickbats and lathis killed 15 people and wounded several others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Escapes in Ballina Guest House Fire
Mr. and Mrs. C. Anderson, of Swan Vale Post Office, who narrowly escaped from a fire which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Butcher's Shop Electric Motor Alight
A butcher's shop in Marsh-street was filled with smoke last night when, an electric motor operating the refrigerator caught alight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Savage Riots in Brussels Police Fire On 50,000 Demonstrators Many Reported Injured in Affray BRUSSELS
Although one demonstrator was reported killed in a riot, a Ministry of the Interior spokesman said there were no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Auckland Fire Departmental Stores Cutted AUCKLAND
Fire has gutted the greater part of North Auckland's largest departmental stores causing damages estimated at £80,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →40 Hour Bujl Under Fire
"A classic example of the depths to which a discredited Government can sink in its desire for political power," was how the Leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Ship Near The Elizabeth
NEW YORK, Saturday -- The Departure of the Queen Elizabeth from New York was delayed 90 minutes by a fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →150 Drown in Yangtze River Panic When Steamer Catches Fire NANKING
One hundred and fifty panic stricken passengers and crew were drowned when they jumped from a Yangtse River steamer, which caught fire and sank…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Political Apathy Under Fire C.P. President Hits Out
It was appalling that so many people were disinterested in politics, said Mr. W. C. Starr, responding to his reelection as president…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seamen Perish In Ship Fire
LONDON, Saturday.—The captain and three members of the crew of the coaster 'Empire Jonquil" were trapped below decks and died in flames when die cargo of coke caught fire in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peace Restored in Punjab But Rioting Continues in North-West Troops Open Fire to Disperse Crowd New Delhi
Most of the Punjab trouble areas are now peaceful, but communal rioting continues in the Hill district of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze at Enmore House and Contents Destroyed Family's Severe Loss
Fire destroyed a fourroomed house and all contents at Enmore on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Destroys District Building Woman's Vain Run to Give Warning
Fire caused the total loss of a homestead, owned by Mr. Aubrey Brennan, tat his property, at Enmore, Uralla, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Burwood Methodist Ladies’ College Sydney
While a fire was raging through the Methodist Ladies’ College at Burwood early this morning, many girl boarders threw their clothing,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Engineering Union Under Fire Lively Meeting of Melbourne Trades Hall Council MELBOURNE
Highlights of last night's meeting of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council were bitter criticism by the president of the A.C.T.U. (Mr. P. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Girls' School Boarders Escape In Night Attire Explosion in Laboratory SYDNEY
While fire was raging through the Methodist Ladies' College at Burwood early this morning, many girl boarders…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Wood Heap
The Fire Brigade yesterday afternoon received a call to extinguish a fire in a wood heap on vacant ground near Bourke St…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guyra Girls in Fire Unenviable Experience at Sydney School
Misses, Wendy and Noela Burgess, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. H. Burgess, of Moore-street, had an unenviable experience last week when…
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