Rats Start a Fire
Rats are believed to have caused a short circuit in an electric refrigerator and set fire to the kitchen of Mrs Helen Walker's residence…
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359 stories in Riverina's papers · page 9 of 18
Star's Bed Catches Fire
One of the must dramatic scenes in Green for Danger the individual picture coming to the Plaza Theatre to-night (Friday) is when Sa[?]y Gray in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Third Fire in Week at B.c.o.f. Headquarters
TOKYO, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter): A partly-built three-storied building at headquarters of the B.C.O.F., intended as accommodation for troops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Man's Death Forest Hill Camp Fire
A 25-year-old man was burnt to death in a fire in the old administrative block at the Forest Hill aerodrome early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Danger in Part of State
SYDNEY, Thursday: In the present cold dry weather there is a danger of bush fires, and today the Chief Secretary ordered a ban…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Hours Will Mean Extra Fire Officer at Wagga
The Wagga City Council has been informed by its representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. H. K. McKenzie) that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prepare for the Bush Fire Risks
Indications are that there will be a great growth cf grass and crops in this district. The bush fire period may be attended with unusual anxiety…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Destroyed by Fire
SYDNEY, Monday: Menaced by falling pieces of blazing timber, 20 firemen from three brigades battled for more than an hour to control the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boarding House Fire Lucky Escapes
BRISBANE, Monday: Forty-five occupants, including 16 children, fled in their night attire when a wooden boarding house at Wynum caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Both Sides Receive "Cease Fire" Order
WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.): The "cease fire" order has been conveyed to both parties in Indonesia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'Cease Fire' Order Dissatisfies Javanese Want Withdrawal
BATAVIA, Sunday (A.A.P.-Reuter): "In order to guarantee that there shall be no more threat or breach of the peace or act of aggression, it is necessary for the Security Council to order the Netherlands to withdraw its troops from the territory of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Burned to Death Fire Near Lismore
Four people were burned to death on Saturday night at Coraki, 13 miles from Lismore. John Olive, 39; his wife, Jean, 37; his daughter, Patricia, 7, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Cease Fire" Order Received by Both Sides
WASHINGTON, Monday. The "cease fire" order has been conveyed to both parties in Indonesia. Faris el Khouri, of Syria; President…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indonesia Cease Fire Tonight Ordered for Midnight
BATAVIA, Monday: The order has been given to terminate Dutch action in Indonesia at midnight to-night. This was announced last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Two Shops in Junee Main Street
A fire destroyed two shops in the main shopping centre at Junee early yesterday morning. THE shops destroyed were Mr. Stan Ringwood's bootmaking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Junee Destroys Two Shops in Main Street
A fire destroyed two shops in the main shopping centre at Junee early yesterday morning—Mr. Stan Ringwood's bootmaking establishment and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Factory Fire Believed to be Deliberate
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Detectives are investigating a theory that in fire which destroyed a furniture factory in Maine avenue, East Hills, at 4 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cease Fire Hailed As U.N. VICTORY Jubilation Among Delegates at Lake Success
NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.): Reports from Indonesia that both Dutch and Indonesian armies had agreed to halt hostilities is looked on here as the first major victory for the United Nations. Through the victory, it is claimed, the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Fire on Ship Four Bodies Still Lying in After-Hold of Charred Ship
MELBOURNE, Friday: Fears of another explosion on the freighter Mahia resulted in immediate efforts to remove all traces of the sodium chlorate cargo which caused ten deaths yesterday…
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