Pier Destroyed in Big New York Fire
NEW YORK, Thursday:--A fire set ablaze the entire pier on the Hudson River at the corner of 43rd Street, the centre of New York…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
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Huge Damage in U.s. Blaze
NEW YORK, Saturday (AAP).— Fire destroyed an elevator and one and a half million bushels of grain at Superior (Wisconsin). The…
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BALLINA, Sunday.—There were no fresh outbrea[?]s of [?] in the Lennox Head or Cumbalum districts yesterday or to-day. Reports…
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BRISBANE, Sunday:-- Damage estimated at more than £8000 was done to the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Rosalie, Brisbane,…
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BALLTNA, Monday. — The light rain which fell last week assistsd in a small measure the efforts of those…
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Agreeing to a recommendation by Kyogle Urban Committee, Kyogle Shire Council yesterday decided to request the Board of Fire…
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For 1942, £1848 has been [?]ted to the Lismore Fire District by the Board of Fire Commissioners. Lismore Council's contribution to…
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A fault in an electrical transformer in Union-street, near Foley Bros, road, South Lismore, was responsible for a small gross fire…
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QUEBEC, Sunday (AAP).—Seventeen persons were burned to death and many are missing after a fire at an aluminium company's…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. — Apparently over come by smoke as they were making their way to the first floor of a three-storey grocery warehouse during a disastrous fire in Turbot-street,…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: -- Three firemen lost their lives when a fire which completely gutted the warehouse of R. M. Gow and Co. Pty…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Large bushfires broke out on McEwen's Creek near Jenolan Caves yesterday afternoon and Kiaora Guest House, five miles from the Caves House, was razed last night…
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CHICOUTIMI (Quebec), Monday:-- The fire which broke out at an aluminium company's construction camp, causing the death of 17 persons, is…
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WASHINGTON. Monday (AAP). —The War Department announced that the transport Cliveden, of 7314 tons, was totally destroyed by…
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WASHINGTON, Monday:-- A war communique issued at 5 p.m. says that the 7314-ton Army transport Clivedon was totally destroyed by…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Fanned by a strong wind, bush fires in the Jenoian Caves area were still burning fiercely and…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: -- Five hundred fire-fighters have saved Caves House, the Jenolan Caves guest house, from destruction in a…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday:--As a sequel to yesterday's fire at the premises of R. M. Gow and Co. Pty., Ltd., in which three firemen lost…
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BRISBANE, Thursday:--Allegations that the efficiency of Brisbane Fire Brigade could only be described as "rotten" were made at a mass…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. — Allegations that the efficiency of the Brisbane Fire Brigade could only be described as…
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