Big Fire in British Area in Japan
"TOKYO, Monday: Two British officers were killed, in a big fire which razed the officers' mess of the British Commonwealth Air…
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Early Morning Blaze Destroys Cottage
At 3 o'clock this morning a fourroom weatherboard cottage on Farm 422, near the swimming baths, was totally destroyed by fire…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Telephone and telegraph services were dislocated and Sydney for a time was isolated from northern towns and Queensland as the result of a big fire in George Street tonight…
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SYDNEY, Monday: All the telephone and trunkline services destroyed by the fire in the P.M.G. building in George Street last night…
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HOBART, Tuesday: A fireman was charged in Hobart Court today with having set fire to business premises…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Advisory Committee Demonstration of Equipment To Be Held in Tumut
The above, committee advised Tumut Shire Council at this week's meeting that a radio transceiver set used in fighting bush fires was recently on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Damage Less Than Thought
All the telephone and trunk line services destroyed by the fire in the P.M.G. building in George Street, Sydney. on Sunday night were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lahore's Sky Blackened; New Wave of Fires
LAHORE, Sunday: More than 150 houses were gutted in Lahore in a wave of arson which swept the city after three bombs had exploded simultaneously in a vegetable market, killing at least nine and injuring 50 others…
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BRUSSELS, Wednesday; Thirteen persons' so far as known to have been killed and 40 injured when a disastrous fire in the Belgian Ministry of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Belgian Fire 13 Dead and 40 Injured
Thirteen are so far known to have been killed and 40 injjured when a disastrous fire in the Ministry of Educatiton building in Brussels trapped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Clothing at South Gundagai Prompt Action Saves Serious Damage
Prompt action by Messrs Paddy Reardon and Kevin Woodbridge and the early arrival of the Gundagai Fire Brigade, prevented what could…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ariah Park Hotel Nearly Destroyed by Fire
A fire which smouldered all Sunday night in the lounge of the Ariah Park Hotel was prevented from spreading to the dining room below and the rest of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at South Gundagai Prompt Action Saves Serious damage
Prompt action by Messrs. Paddy Reardon and Kevin Woodbridge and the early arrival of the Fire Brigade prevented what could have been a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Destroyed by Fire Sequel to Football Match at Temora
When returning from the football match at Temora last Sunday three Gundagai residents had a remarkable escape. The car suddenly burst into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Novel Machine For Fire-Fighting
A novel fire-fighting machine, which utilises an aircraft propeller has been developed by Reuben Augustus, editor of a weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clergyman Who Set Fire to His Church
MILWAUKEE, Sunday: The Rev. Dr. John Lewis has been sentenced to five years' labor for having set fire to his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clergyman Gets Five Years Set Fire to his Church
MILWAUKEE, Monday: The Rev. Dr. John Lewis has been sentenced, to five years labor for having set fire to his church…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clothes Destroyed in Fire
Miss I. Godfrey, of the staff of the Albion Hotel, lost all but the clothes she stood up in when a fire broke out in a wardrobe in her room at the…
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Although there is little danger of bush fires at this time of the year the Bush Fires Advisory Committee is urging all landhold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Texas City Fire Hits Lloyds
Reliable estimates show that the Texas City. U.S.A., fire and explosion on April 16 will cost the London insurance market at least £5,000,000…
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