89 Dead in Paris Cinema Fire
PARIS, Aug. 31. A.A.P.— Eighty-nine persons lost their lives and at least 60 others were injured in a fire which…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
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French Cinema Was Fire-Trap: Manager Arrested
PARIS, Monday: The manager of the Rueil Cinema, in which a fire killed 92 and injured 57, has been charged with involuntary homicide. He is Antone Mouillade, 52. An investigating magistrate found…
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Enough furniture fully to equip about 150 homes was lost in the fire that gutted W. E. Bramble & Sons Pty. Ltd.'s warehouse, at the corner of National Park and Parry Streets, Newcastle West, early on Saturday…
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LONDON, Aug. 31—The Chief Constable of Berkshire (Commander Humphry Legge) is satisfied there were no suspicious, circumstances…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Police and firemen believe attempts were made to-night to set fire to premises in Piccadilly Arcade, off Pitt-street, in…
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Tobacco salvaged from the fire on Saturday in the storeroom of D. Mitchell and Co. Ltd., Newcastle West, is expected to be offered by…
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Walls left standing after the disastrous fire which gutted the warehouse occupied by D. Mitchell and Co. and W. E. Bramble Pty. Ltd., at…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—State Cabinet to-day authorised the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) to prepare a bill dealing with bash fires…
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Brigades attended two fires in electric light standards last night One was at the corner of Telford and Scott Streets. City and the other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Ship Fire Counsel Says Drums Of Chemical Collided
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two drums of sodium chlorate had collided and caused the fire on the ship Mahia, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dripping Starts Cafe Fire
Cook's Hill brigade attended a small fire in the sub-basement of the Niagara Cafe yesterday afternoon Dripping had overflowed on to a…
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Burning fat in the kitchen of Jerry's Cafe, Scott-street, city, was extinguished by Cook's Hill Fire Brigade yesterday afternoon…
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Early last Saturday morning I gratified a lifetime ambition to see a fire. The blaze cost £100,000 and caused misfortune to many, but it providde myself and hundreds of other with an unforgettable spectacle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Copra Caught Fire On Island Liner
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Firemen pumped thousands of gallons of seawater into No. 2 hold of the Burns, Philp liner Merkur, to quell a fire…
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TO humane people who see in racial and religious tolerance the one sure way to something in the nature of a…
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Merewether A.L.P. is to ask that a public inquiry and a vigorous inspection be made of buildings where furniture is stored with the object…
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PITTSBURGH, Wednesday.—Death roll in explosions and fires which yesterday destroyed the big excursion steamer Island Queen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Inquiry Demanded By A.L.P. Branch
A public inquiry into the cause of the fire at D Mitchell and Co. Ltd., on August 30, will be sought by Merewether A.LP. branch…
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SYDNEY: Restriction on the lighting of fires in the open air in N.S.W. were reimposed by the Chief…
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Buckets of water from a nearby fish shop and a fire extinguisher from a bus were used to put out a fire in a canvas folding door of a tram…
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