Factory Fire Proprietor Seriously Injured
SYDNEY, Tuesday: When an explosion occurred at the L. and G. engineering works, East Sydney, to-day the proprietor, Mr…
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Bravery in Oil Fire
A U.S. serviceman on Monday drove a petrol tender carrying 4,000 gallons of blazing high octane spirit more than 100 yards from a large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air War Fires at Stuttgart Raids in Austria, Albania and Yugoslavia
LONDON, Thursday. (A.A.P.)—The pilot of a reconnaissance aircraft reported large volumes of smoke from fires still burning at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Italy New British Attack in Adriatic Sector Pisa Under Fire
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.):—"The British have started a new major attack in the Adriatic Sea coastal sector, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Strike At Portland Butcher's Challenge to Government Right to "Hire and Fire"
PORTLAND Sunday: Unless a speedy solution is reached in the strike of three to four thousand workers in this district over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill Mine Fire
BROKEN HILL, Wednesday: After a three-day fight a fire in old open cut workings has been brought under control, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allies' Hold Tightening Around Florence City Under Fire
LONDON, Friday: "Despite five major German counter-attacks, in the last six days, and stiffened enemy resistance from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local & General Illabo Bush Fire Brigade
At the meeting of Illabo Bush Fire Brigade the balance-sheet showed a credit of £14. The captain, Mr. R. G. Hamilton, gave a very…
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While sitting in front of a fire at "Springfield," North Wagga, about 3.30 p.m. yesterday, Miss Mary Ann Harley. aged 22 years. collapsed and…
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PERTH (W.A.). Tuesday: The air mail which arrived from the Eastern bales to-night caught fire to a van shortly before reaching the Perth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wattle Hill Brigade Extinguishes Blaze
A fire broke out at the residence of Mr. Pennington at Wattle Hill on Wednesday night, but the prompt attendance of the Fire Brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Tumut Photographer's Damage Estimated At £70
On Tuesday afternoon a fire occurred in that portion of Mr. F. W. Tweedie's building, corner Wynyard and…
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NEW YORK, Saturday: A spectacular fire which broke out suddenly while 750,000 New Yorkers thronged Coney Island destroyed…
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NEW YORK, Sat. (A.A.P.).—A fire which caused millions of dollars' worth of damage in the Hoboken waterfront area was got…
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NEW YORK, Sunday: While the embers of the spectacular Coney Island blaze were still smouldering, a fire swept through…
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A fire broke out in a garage at the back of the Methodist Parsonage on Saturday morning, and although the brigade attended, the fire had such a…
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At 10 o'clock this morning the post office and residence at Shepardstown were totally destroyed by fire…
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SYDNEY, Thursday': Bush fire brigades could now be organised by arrangement with local shire or municipal councils, said the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Latest Allies Enter Cannes Fires Blazing in Harbor of Nice
LONDON, Thursday: The German Newsageney states that Allied airborne troops landed northwest of Cannes and entered the town after sanguinary fighting. Reuter's representative at headquarters says that fires were seen blazing in Nice harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fires in Bremen Widespread Raids by R.A.F. Yugoslav Spitfires in Action
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.)—Examination of photographs taken during the latest R.A.F, attack on Bremen shows that fires, started…
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