Patrols to Fire on Ships Landing Banned Migrants in Palestine JERUSALEM, April 27
The authorities have empowered patrols to fire on ships illegally attempting to land immigrants. Fines inflictable on captains hove been…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
872 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 44
Four Buildings Burnt Bangalow Blaze Started in Unoccupied Hotel Bangalow
More than £20,000 damage was caused by a fire which gutted tour buildings, and threatened many others, in the main street of Bangalow last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Intruder Fires Shot at Pursuer Surprised in Balgowlah Home SYDNEY
A man fired a shot at close range at a Balgowlah householder, who pursued him. The man was surprised in the home of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cafe Destroyed Fire at Kurri Kurri Four Brigades Called Out
The well-known Marble Bar Cafe and an electrical and motor supply store, both owned by Mr. C. Christianson, in Lang-street, Kurri Kurri, were destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Airmen's Funeral 3000 See Cortege Leave R.A.A.F. Party Fires Final Salute Sydney
The funeral of three of the four Royal Australian Air Force men, killed in the plane crash near Windsor on Friday, was held to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Liner on Fire While in Dock Zealandic Ablaze in Melbourne Waste Oil Believed To Be Cause MELBOURNE
Hampered by choking smoke, firemen and members of the crew fought to control a fire on the Shaw Savill liner,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Deaths Man Committed for Trial WINDSOR
The Hawkesbury District Coroner to-day held an inquiry into a fire a Box Hill, on January 14, which resulted in the death of two men, Percy Charles Davis and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kurri Businessmen Criticise Local Fire-fighting Appliances
At a meeting of Kurri Businessmen's Club last night the Secretary was instructed to write to the Board of Fire Commissioners complaining of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Severe Fighting in Nazareth Gang Invades Town Government Offices Set on Fire Haifa, May 2
Severe fighting broke out in Nazareth at midnight. A large, armed gang invaded the town and set fire to the Government health…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →French Woman Writer Is "Under Fire" London
Madame Genevieve Tabouis, who writes on international affairs for "I'[?]euvre" (Paris) and has just had the distinction of being attacked by Herr Hitler, is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Takes No Notice of Threats Fire Chief Tells Inquiry SYDNEY
"All the letters have been anonymous and in some cases they have been written bon station notepaper. I have not taken any notice of them," the Chief Officer of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Stack Being Moved Effort to Get to Seat of Fire WOLLONGONG
Owing to a fire in a coal stack at the Australian Iron and Steel Works where 10,000 tons is threatened, no-work whistles have been blown at Mount Keira,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Apparatus Could Cause Fire Police Allege Discovery in Arcade Chiropodist Is Charged Sydney
The discovery of apparatus which the police alleged was ready to be used to set fire to the Sydney Arcade was described at Central Police Court to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cases for Final Revision Victorian Bush Fire Relief MELBOURNE
The sum of £150,000 now remains to be allocated by the State Cabinet Bush Fire Relief Committee and the Lord Mayor's Committee from the £225,000…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Not Located Yet Seat of Young Wheat Fire YOUNG
Although under control, the fire which broke out in a large stack of wheat at the Young flour mill last week is still burning, and is unlikely to be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Grazier Wins Long Legal Fight Privy Council Upholds His Appeal Echo of Sydney Wool Fire London, May 5
The Privy Council to-day upheld the appeal of Thelhell Thomas Maurice against Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., and restored the judgment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Arrest After Liner Fire
Caesar Franck, 19-year-old assistant bar man and auxiliary fireman of the liner Paris, which sank after burning for hours in dock, waits in the police office at Le Havre on April 23. A charge of arson Frank was withdrawn. He was later charged with neglect of duty…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire on Launch at Sea Dash To Hospital With Injured Man BRISBANE
A nightmare dash to Townsville through uncharted reefs, with engines at full speed to get a badly burned member of the crew to hospital was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock Fire in Laundry Woman Slightly Burned
Cessnock Brigade received a call to a fire in the laundry of the home of Mr. L. Ranclaud, Davidson-street, Cessnock. Mrs. Ranclaud was using a petrol tin,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Eleven Killed in Japanese Factory Fires Tokio
Seven factories were destroyed by explosion and fire at the Japan Celluloid Company's works. Eleven people were killed and 238…
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