Fire-fighter Injured on Yanco Roof
When the chimney of Mr. Paddy Grace's residence of Yanco, caught alight, his son Pat clambered up on to the roof and attacked the flames…
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Radio Units to Help Fight Bushfires
The uses of radio in fighting bushfires were demonstrated at Young last Saturday, before captains of volunteer brigades and representatives of the…
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The uses of radio in fighting bushfires were demonstrated at Young last week before captains of volunteer brigades arid representative of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Falls Into Fire After Striking Wife
SYDNEY. Tuesday: A man who attacked his wife fell into a fire into a received burns from which to died, it was stated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gundagai Shire Council and Saleyards Bush Fire Brigade Conference Called
Councillors Lindler (president), McHugh, Luff, Carberry, Glasscock and Chandler attended the recent meeting of the Gundagai Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →59 Dead in Chicago Hotel Fire Rotten Hoses and Inadequate Escapes
CHICAGO, Thursday: At least 59 persons were killed and 230 injured in the early morning fire that swept…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Varnish Blamed in U.S. Fire Inquiry
CHICAGO, Friday (A.A.P.): A belief that the varnish of wood panelling was responsible for the excessive smoke that suffocated…
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CHICAGO, Sunday (A.A.P.): Thee death of a young married woman in hospital has increased the death-roll in the La Salle Hotel fire to 60…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →25 Feared Dead in U.S. FIRE Hotel Guests Trapped
NEW YORK, Sunday: Fifteen are known to be dead, and it is feared that at least 25 have perished, in an early morning fire…
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DUBUQUE (Ohio), Monday: Like the fire in the Chicago La Salle Hotel tragedy, panic contributed to the death roll in Dubuque's greatest tragedy in which at least 15 persons lost their lives in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murrami Dwelling Destroyed by Fire
Mr. Phil Jennings. for Farm No. 1101, Murrami, had his dwelling completely destroyed by fire recently. He was asleep at the time and has no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narandera Cottage Destroyed by Fire
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mr. J. White, poultry farmer, In Audley-street. Narandera, and its contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Bride Loses Trousseau in Fire
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): When a family of six escaped in their night cloths from a burning house in the early hours of the morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Items Fire Danger From Tractors—
The chief officer of the Rural Fire Brigades (Mr C. A; Daw) announced last week that the 'Country Fire Auth ority was experimenting to obtain an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nazis Set Fire to Camp in Holland
THE HAGUE, Monday: Four hundred Nazis set fire to an internment camp near Scheveningen (Holland) and rushed the gates, says…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Set on Fire “I Didn't Like Him”
The story of how a nine-year-old boy set fife to the bandages of a younger lad's knee because "he did not like him” was told in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Gundagai House Destroyed by Fire War Widow's Big Loss
The residence of Mrs Dorothy Smith, at South Gundagai was completely destroyed by fire early this morning. Contents of the building,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guards Fire on Truck
MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Shots fired by guards at a truck driver near a Maribyrnong munitions dump at midnight shattered both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bethungra Bush Fire Cases Railway Dept. Meets Claims and Costs
The remaining seventeen Bethungra bush fire cases against the Commissioner for Railways in connection with the bush fire at Bethungra on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bethungra Bush Fires Railway Commissioner Pays £18,454 Damages
COOTAMUNDRA, Tuesday: The remaining 17 Bethungra bush fire cases against the Commissioner for railways, in connection with the bush fire at Bethungra on January 15, 1944, have been now…
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