£80,000 Fire in N.z
AUCKLAND, Monday: Damage estimated at £80,000 was caused when fire gutted the greater part of Bargain Stores, Whangarei, the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1947
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Fire Endangers Lives
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A fire at the Balmain factory of Stromac Chemical Company endangered the lives of factory girls and…
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On the initiative of the Mayor of Coolangatta (Aid. L. Peak), new quarters are being made available to Coolangatta Fire…
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NEW DELHI, Thursday: Multan, a town 150 miles west of Lahore, was reported to be on fire. Troops are being flown there. It is the first time that troops have been sent by air…
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JERUSALEM, Thursday: The sound of an explosion which was heard all over the city, followed by busting grenades and machine-gun fire heralded Jerusalem's second alert today…
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ADELAIDE, Friday. — A finding that a fire which caused considerable damage to the Methodist Ladies' College buildings in…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Thousands of newspapers and packets were destroyed and others damaged by fire in a mail bin of the G.P.O…
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LONDON, Friday: Reuter's representative at Amritsar (India) says: The authorities imposed a…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Thousands of pounds worth of machinery was destroyed in a fire which razed the Bara Manufacturing…
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Hell-cat, tiger-cat, hep-cat, pussy-cat—and now fire-cat "Tapper," pet of the firemen on Engine 37 and Ladder 26, Boston, U.S. fire brigade, is just this sort of cat. Here he is seen sliding down the pole, fireman style, as his comrades of Engine 37 and Ladder 26…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hotel Fires in U.s
NEW YORK, Monday: Two hundred guests fled from the Lake Hotel in Gary, Indiana, when a fire broke out in one…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Extensive damage to stock and electrical fittings was caused by three small fires which broke out in Anthony…
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TOKIO, Tuesday: One Australian was killed and 13 injured last night when fire destroyed a building at Kaitaichi, occupied by…
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MACKAY, Wednesday.—A- launch worth £5000, Seway, was destroyed by fire in the Harbour last night following an explosion…
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Murwillumbah Fire Brigade went to the home of Mr A. J. Douglas, in Florin Lane, Murwillumbah, last night on receipt of a report that…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Nearby residents said they were awakened by an explosion preceding a fire which caused £7000 damage to…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Nearby residents said they were awakened by an explosion preceding a fire which caused £10,000 damage in the…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: Police have been unable to ascertain the cause of a fire which broke out in The Valley branch of…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: An explosion at a chemical works at Rhodes set a man[?]on fire on Saturday. He ran 100 yards…
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LONDON, Monday: Two hundred firemen have been fighting a fire in the liner Monarch of Bermuda (22,000 tons) in a dry…
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