Destroyer Opens Fire
ATHENS, Tuesday: A Greek destroyer blew up a 300-ton motor ship which attempted to unload war material to the…
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418 stories in Riverina's papers · page 12 of 21
Gundagai Had a "Fire Bug" Many Big Fires In Last Fifty Years
In the past fifty years the fire menace has caused widespread destruction in the township of Gundagai…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gundagai Court House Destroyed by Fire in 1943
The old Court House, destroyed by fires in 1943 is substantially the same today as it was when "The Independent" was established. The tower depicted in this photo has gone, as also has the old lamp post which is shown on the street corner…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wild Berlin Scenes When Russians Fire on Hostile Crowd Red Flag Torn Down; Troops Stoned; Boy Fatally Shot
LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): A 15-year-old German boy was fatally wounded and at least five other Germans are in hospital with bullet wounds as a result of wild scenes on the border of the British and Russian sectors of Berlin yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Food Loss in Amsterdam Quayside Blaze
AMSTERDAM, Sunday (A.A.P.): One of the biggest fires in the history of Amsterdam gutted cold-storage buildings on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rail Motor on Fire Passengers Scramble to Safety
When a crowded rail motor caught fire nearing Rockview Siding' (a few miles from Marrar) yesterday afternoon, more…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Frederick Wilkes, 74, fell into blazing grass in the backyard of his home in Maroubra today and…
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WELLINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.-Reuter): The story of how members of a R.N.Z.A.F. fire crew at Rongotai Station,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indian Tanks Halted in Hyderabad Ill-Armed Defenders Fire Over Open Sights
NEW DELHI, Thursday (A.A.P.): Hyderabad State forces, who have no proper anti-tank weapons and only a few 25-pounder guns, have dramatically halted the first momentum of the Indian tank advance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Fire People Escape Along Parapet
SYDNEY, Monday.—Two men and three women escaped from a blazing building in Pitt street, City, early this morning by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£30,000 Pitt St. Blaze
SYDNEY, Monday: Damage to a dancing studio, a footwear store and a restaurant amounting to £30,000 was done by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Hongkong Fire
HONGKONG, (A.A.P., Reuter) Thursday.—Goods valued at £3 million have been destroyed in a fire which razed the wing of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bomb Explosion in Cairo Jews Fire on Crowd
CAIRO, Thursday.—Nine people were killed and ten injured when an explosion, believed to have been caused by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rannock Bush Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the Rannock Bush Fire Brigade held on 7th September was well attended, members being present from all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bullet From Kitchen Fire Strikes Woman
LITHGOW Friday: A woman was shot in the leg today after she had thrown some rubbish into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Palestine's Acting Mediator Demands Cease-Fire Immediately
HAIFA, Monday.—Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting UNO mediator in Palestine, yesterday, demanded an effective cease-fire immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires Along 800 Miles of Qld. Coast
BRISBANE, Sunday. An 800-mile chain of bush fires fed by dry grass stretched tonight along coastal Queensland from Cairns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Shoestring Defences Chifley Government Under Fire
"We are skirting so near the edge of another and far more terrible war than that from which we have just emerged, as to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Shoestring Defences Chifley Government Under Fire
In the shadow of an uneasy peace, of a foreboding world situation engendered by fear, distrust, and a certain amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Fires on Berlin Mob; Apology to U.S. "Just Trying to Scare Them"
BERLIN, Friday: A Russian lieutenant fired on a German mob in the American sector of Berlin yesterday, wounding at least one German, and then apologised to American military police who were rushed to…
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