£50,000 Damage in Sydney Fire
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3
A large quantity of new motor spare parts, including some new motor lorry engines, were destroyed by fire which razed two large storage sheds at the works of the International Harvester Co. of Australia, Pty. Ltd., in Pyrmont Bridge Road, Camperdown, early on Sunday morning. One motor lorry which was in the building was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Tumut Co-operative Store £300 Damage
The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 2
Approximately £300 worth of damage was caused when a fire occurred in the top storey of the bulk store at the rear of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Volunteers For Bush-Fire Brigades
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 2
KATOOMBA, Tuesday: To prevent a recurrence of the disastrous bush fires which occurred last summer in the Blue Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Raging On Sydney's Outskirts
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 3
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Army personnel will be used to fight the bush fires which are still raging in Kuringai Chase and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Call Out to Rubbish Fire
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 2
The Wagga Fire Brigade received a call at 5.20 yesterday afternoon to a rubbish heap to the lane at the rear of M'Kinnon-street. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Tumut £300 Damage at Co-operative Store
The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 5
Approximately £300 worth of damage was caused when a fire occurred in the top storey of the bulk store at the rear of the Tumut…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charred Heart Found in Fire Evidence at Wife Murder Trial
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 3
BRISBANE. Wednesday: A charred heart, allegedly taken from a fire, was tendered as an exhibit today in the police court when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hay Stack Fire
Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 2
Fifty long of hay, stacked on Mr. George Furnerâs property. Dullah, after rain a few weeks ago, was noticed to be very hot. Fearing spontaneous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumut Co-op. Store Fire
Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 5
Approximately £300 worth of damage was caused when a fire occurred in the top storey of the bulk store at the rear of the Tumut Co-operative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Demonstration in Egypt Police Open Fire
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1
CAIRO, Monday (A.A.P.): Police fired over workers and students demonstrating in Alexandria yesterday. About 50 were wounded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forest Fires in N.Z. Much Valuable Timber Destroyed]
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1
AUCKLAND (N.Z.). Tuesday: More than 50,000 acres of planted forest, and many thousands of acres of native bush. Including much…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Fire on Egyptian Crowd
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1
CAIRO, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Two students were killed when the police fired a volley into a crowd of demonstrators at Alexandria last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Fire in Bangkok Thousands of Homes Destroyed
Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1
BANGKOK (Siam), Thursday (A.A.P.): All available British troops Gurkhas and Sikhs have been called out to fight a great fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homestead Destroyed by Fire
Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 4
SYDNEY, Sunday: A homestead, outbuildings and furniture, valued at £25,000, were destroyed by fire near Gunning yesterday while all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gunning Homestead Destroyed by Fire
The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 4
A homestead, outbuildings and furniture valued at £25,000 were destroyed by fire near Gunning on Saturday while all the family were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leaving Fire Alight
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 4
Forbes and Collins pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving a fire near Sandigo on 23rd January, before it was thoroughly extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mental Institution Believed to be Started By Patients
Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 1
KINGSTON (Jamaica), Tuesday: Fifteen male inmates of Kingston Mental Institution were burned to death when a fire swept through a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homestead Fire "Suspicious"
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 4
GOULBURN, Tuesday: police consider that suspicious circumstances marked the complete destruction by fire on Saturday of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in German Mine Wane
Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 2
HERFORD (Germany), Sunday: Fires in the Unna coal mine, where more than 400 persons are trapped, diminished yesterday and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire-Bomb Near Beach
Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 2
SYDNEY, Sunday: A 14-year-old youth yesterday discovered a 70lb, firebomb floating near the beach at Maroubra. It was dragged from…
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