The Cotton Fire Big Percentage Will be Salvaged
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A big percentage of the cotton stored in the Customs bond store which was recently destroyed by fire is…
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Caragabal Fire Case
A charge under Careless Use of Fire Act against Frank Rice, sharefarmer, of Caragabal, was yesterday dismissed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Golf Club Fire Residents Escape In Night Attire
SYDNEY, Friday: Dressed only in night attire, twenty guests and ten members of the staff fled for their lives from…
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On Friday afternoon a fire broke one in the garage, at the rear of Mr. Tom Hulford's residence in Parker street…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Wards were plunged into darkness, and hospital power was off for an hour when a fire destroyed the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Trapped by a fire in the office of the Australian National Airways, two men were severely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blue and Gold C.w.a. Ball a Blaze of Color
Pastel blues and pale golds shone among shining models at the Blue and Gold C.W.A. Ball at the Kyeamba Smith Hall last night, and blended with a carefully planned floral color scheme…
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SYDNEY, Friday: A fire which destroyed paper and wood pulp valued at the thousands, of pounds at the Australian Paper…
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MELBOURNE, Friday Fire extensively damaged the cargo in the hold of s.s, Tember, 7500 tons, at Station Pier, port…
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A fire occurred in the Montreal Theatre, Tumut, at noon on Friday last when a film burst into flames when it was being rewound in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lighting of Fires By-law
The prohibition against the lighting of fires in certain areas as notified in the Government Gazette of 23rd January, 1948, and published…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arabs and Jews Observe Cease Fire Order But Will it Last ?
LONDON, Friday: Arabs, and Jews, fighting in the Palestinian city of Jaffa, have accepted the British (Military Commander's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Mystery Fire on Freighter
MELBOURNE, Sunday: For the fourth time since the freighter Pemba reached Australia two months ago, a fire…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: Wireless Patrol police had to fire a shot at the man last night before they could arrest him for…
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SYDNEY, Friday: New South Wales fire brigades may be immobilised by a stoppage of all hands on June 1…
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THE HAGUE, Wednesday: Dutch soldiers helped to carry many art treasures and other valuables to safety as firemen…
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THIS morning, between 2 [?]O and 3 o'clock, a fire broke out in a small unoccupied cottage, on the corner of Almond Road and…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The cause of a fire which destroyed a Commonwealth store containing £740,000 of cotton was a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wagga Aldermen and Fire Commissioners Discuss Local Brigade
A proposal seeking a variation of the industrial award to permit only one permanent fire officer [?] Wagga instead of three, will be put to the Wagga City Council at its next meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mean Trick Bon Fire Prematurely Lighted
A mean trick was perpetrated on the children living in the neighbourhood of Mallee Street and Wade Avenue, on Sunday night when the pile…
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