Fire in Church Hall Exits Jammed in Panic
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Immediately after an explosion a quantity of film at a picture show in the Seventh Day Adventists' Church…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 22
Big Fire in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The worst fire in Melbourne for months occurred to-day at C. E. Miller's depot and furniture store in…
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BOMBAY, April 16. A.A.P.—One thousand persons, 67 of whom have died in hospital, were injured in a fire which broke out on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →336 Lives Lost in Dock Fire in Bombay
LONDON. Monday. — The death roll in a fire at Bombay docks is 336. The "Dally Telegraph" says…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death-roll 336 in Bombay Fire
LONDON, April 18. A.A.P.—The death roll in the fire at Bombay docks is 336. The "Daily Telegraph" says that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Legislation May Hit Night Clubs
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Parliamentary draughts men are preparing legislation designed to make secure from fire all buildings erected for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armidale Racecourse Fire
ARMIDALE, Thursday.âFire destroyed the main grandstand at Armidale racecourse this morning. A big weatherboard structure which housed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Northern Mines Idle Fire Damp at Abermain No. 2
Three mines on the Northern field yesterday were fully idle. Another worked only two hours. Stockton Borehole and Elrington…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Garage Fire
Tighe's Hill fire brigades, with equipment from headquarters, attended a fire in a garage at the rear of Kitchen's soap works, Port Waratah…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japs Died in Their Own Fire
LONDON, Wed.: A Japanese ruse of firing the jungle on the Burma-India frontier campaign again turned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ring Of Fire Surrounds German Evacuation Port
LONDON, Wednesday: The Germans have ringed Sebastopol (Crimea) with one of the greatest barrages in history in an effort to hold the port and evacuate troops. They have concentrated every available gun from light anti-aircraft weapons to heavy artillery in a great semi-circle running from the southern to the western shores of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Fires in Week at Armidale
ARMIDALE, Thursday.—A fire bug is still busy at Armidale. About 12.30 a.m. to-day the fire brigade received a call to the timber yards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Car Spare Parts Building
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Much damage was caused by a fire on the upper floor of Dominion Motors spare parts building in…
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In the thick of the fight, a R.A.A.F. survey and design unit pegs out a new strip while Japanese snipers lurk in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School Destroyed by Fire
Congewai public school, a small weatherboard building, was destroyed with its contents by fire on Monday night. No water supply war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smouldering Pillow Caused a Fire
When a pillow in his bedroom caught night last night. Cornelius Croese, of George Street, Mayfield, carried It to the back…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tar Set Fire to Clothes
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—E. Young, Saywell-st., Vale Clwydd, was severely burned when tar he was heating on a stove burst into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Kalingo Mine Proto Men Move Fast
On receiving an urgent call from Kalingo colliery yesterday, the proto team, under Superintendent G. Emery, covered the 14 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Merewether
A weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. G. Portsmouth, in Lingard-street, Merewether, was damaged by fire on Saturday afternoon. Miss G…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Racking Bucharest Round-the-clock Raids Batter Invasion Targets
LONDON, Sunday: Allied air forces yesterday kept up their almost hour-by-hour bombing of Germany and occupied France. Most massive daylight attacks were by 750 Fortresses and Liberators against Berlin, Munster and Osnabruk (from Britain) and against Bucharest…
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