Gundagai in a 12-Hour Black-out Electricity Supply Fails When Fire Damages Pole
Gundagai experienced its longest black-out last night. The town was without electricity for 12 hours. All lights went out at…
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Fined £20 for Causing Bush Fire
Charged with igniting inflammable material within ten yards of grasslands, John Henry Walton was fined £20 and 8/ costs, or 41 days' hard…
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At the inquiry [?] before [?] Meagher, PM, at Cowra into the cause of the bush fire that caused so much damage near Wood stock. It was stated…
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The Junee Fire Brigade was called out to a fire on Sunday night at the home of Mrs. E. C. Jacobs, of George-street, Junee. The fire was caused…
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The Wagga Fire Brigade received a call at 5.30 o'clock yesterday morning to a fire in the rear of Messrs. M'Ilrath Ltd's grocery shop in…
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The fire which occurred at the back of M'Ilrath's grocery premises, Fitzmaurice street, early on Tuesday morning damaged both the building and…
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The Jindalee Shire Council decided, at the monthly meet-on Tuesday on a bush fire rote of a penny on all rural lands, not including the urban areas of Stockinbingal and Wallendbeen…
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SYDNEY, Friday: When a fire almost gutted the premises of the Federal Chemical Company in Elizabeth street, Sydney, today, two men, were…
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NOTICE IS HEREBY given that at a duly convened meeting of the Council, held on 9th May 1944, the question of making provision for a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Police Fire Shots Watersiders Refused to Be Searched
BRISBANE, Tuesday: Shots were fired by U.S. Naval police at New[?]d wherf to-night when waterside workers refused to submit to search at…
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The Jindalee Shire Council has decided by a vote of five to three favor of imposing a rate of one [?]xteenth of a penny for bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Town Hall Fire
ADELAIDE, Wed.: Early this morning a fire destroyed the town hall building at Port Augusta one of the largest structures of its…
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NEW GUINEA, Wed.: The third successive 200-ton raid on Japanese positions in the Wakde-Sarmi area, about 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Gin" Caught Fire, "Whisky" Was Tea
Two extraordinary cases of liquor deception were revealed this week. A bottle of liquid, sold in Townsville as gin for £1, blazed when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local & General Fire Alarm!
The Cootamundra fire bell rang on Tuesday night, one the brigade was called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harrower, on the corner of Mackay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dance Hall Fire Four Killed and Thirty-seven Injured
HAMILTON (Ontario), Wed.: A fire swept through a crowded dance hall last night killing four and injuring 37…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forest Fires Raging in Canada
OTTAWA, Wednesday. (A.A.P.) —Forest fires are raging in parts of five provinces—New Brunswick, 1 Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clothes Catch on Fire Nangus Child’s Lucky Escape
Whilst standing in front of the fire at her parent’s home one day this week, Shirley Elphick, the 12 years old daughter of Mrs Ern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigades Annual Conference New Finance System
The president of the Burrangong Shire council, Cr. v. P. Bragg, preyed at the annual conference of Bush Fire Brigade officials, held in…
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Two men who were accused of having caused the disastrous fire which swept through country between Wallendbeen and Wombat about two…
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