City Blaze Fireman Electrocuted
SYDNEY, Friday: Fireman Wander Mancy, was electrocuted to-day and several other firemen had a narrow escape. They…
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Berlin Again Bombed Raids in Ruhr Fires Started In Dessau
LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): It has been officially announced that Mosquitoes bombed Berlin last night for the 17th…
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A fire occurred at Messrs. Robinson Bros.' woodyard at 338 Edward-street shortly after 3.30 yesterday afternoon. The Wagga fire brigade was notified…
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NEW YORK, Monday. (A.A.P.): The Tokyo radio says: "Super F[?]tresses bombed Nagoya (on the western coast of the main island…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fireman Alex Mancy Killed While Fighting Fire in Sydney
On Friday last much regret was felt when it became known that Fireman Alexander Verdun Mancy, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Mancy, of Narandera,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: While extinguishing a fire at 40 Basket-street, to-day a fireman, Frank Knight, became entangled in the…
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A four-roomed empty cottage at Bethungra was burnt down the other morning. It belonged to an emplyoee of the railway construction staff…
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Near Stratton's flour mins. at Cootamundra, a railway truck containing empty cases caught, fire. Most of the cases were…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Reduction in firemen's working hours from 78 to 63 weekly is among the concessions in the new Fire Brigades' award…
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LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): Red Army troops fighting to annihilate the trapped German forces in East Prussia…
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Shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday the Wagga Fire Brigade received a call to Johnston-street, wagga, which turned out to be a false…
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LONDON, Thursday: Following the Red Army's capture of Altdamm, the great Oder River port of Stettin is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"The Greatest Air Assault of All Time" Ruhr Cut Off! Enemy Traffic at a Standstill a Haze of Fires and Smoke
LONDON, Friday: To all intents and purposes the Ruhr has been cut off from Western Germany, following the latest massive Allied air…
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The Junee Fire Brigade, under Captain W. Edwards, was called out to a fire on Thursday night in a small disused oil storage shed adjacent to…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: An attempt was made to burn down part of the Grovelly detention camp on Saturday night. There…
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Mr. Earl Wales lit a small hurricane lamp in the chicken brooder which was in front of an outbuilding at his home "Green Gables," Kingsvale. For…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Some early door punters discussing the prospects for the Cup meeting over a cup of tea had their conversation…
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Young Barbara Ryan, the six-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Ryan, of Railway Line, Gundagai, is a patient in the Gundagai District Hospital, suffering from effects of severe burns which she received when her clothing caught on fire whilst sitting in front of the…
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At the conclusion of the last race at the Junee trotting meeting on Wednesday, a motor car belonging to Mr. C. J. M'Carthy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Fire Brigade Complimentary Social To Women's Fire Auxiliary
There was a very large gathering at the Wagga Fire Brigade station on Wednesday night when a complimentary social was tendered to…
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