Lightning Is Blamed for Factory Fire
MELBOURNE: Lightning is believed to have started a fire which burned out Arnold Bros, bedstead factory at North Fitzroy during a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1946
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£150,000 Damage in W.A. Bushfires
PERTH, Friday.—Damage estimated at £150,000 has been caused by bushfires in some north-east districts of the wheatbelt in Western…
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ALLAHABAD, Sunday: A twenty-four-hour curfew was imposed yesterday after a Sikh-Moslem clash during a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Heads Praise Prompt Aid Given by Citizens
Prompt cooperation of citizens contributed greatly to the fact that there were no major fires in the Newcastle district during 1946, the District Fire Officer (Mr. H. Rogers) and the Officer in Charge at Cook's Hill (Mr. A. L Boyes)…
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Pearl Harbour, scene of the Japanese attack during the war, had another great fire recently Navy firemen aided by units of Honolulu Fire Brigades, battle flames on the Baker Docks…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. H. Kopp, a young ex-serviceman, lost nearly everything he possessed when the cottage in which he and his wife were…
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