Paint Survives Ordeal by Fire
Paints which will resist temperatures of more than 1000 degrees Fahreheit have been developed as a result of research…
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352 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 18
Wagga Boy Burned in Gunpowder Fire
A small boy put some gunpowder in a bottle at Wagga yesterday and leaned over the bottle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires May Burn for Months
LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Fires started by Republicans in the Sumatran town of Jambi would probably burn for months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy's Tragic Death in Mildil Fire
A young boy was pushed to death in a fire which destroyed his parents' two-roomed farm home near West Wyalong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Burned to Death In Fire at West Wyalong
A young boy was burned to death in a fire which destroyed his parents' two-roomed farm home near West Wyalong yesterday morning. He was Herbert William Lange, 7, of Mildil, near West Wyalong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Fires Shotgun at Cowra Boy Who Was Catching Pigeons on Roof
An 11-year-old Cowra lad was badly injured last week, when a man allegedly fired at him with a 410 gauge shot gun. The boy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy Burned to Death in Fire in Parents’ Home at West Wyalong
A young boy was burned to death in a fire which destroyed his parents’ two roomed farm home near West Wyalong on Tuesday morning. He was Herbert Williar Lange, aged 7, of Mildil, near West Wyalong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Remarkable Happening at Bush Fire
During the reent big bushfire in the Young district a large number of fire fighters put up a great battle to save a haystack of about 30 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crow Caused Fire Homemade Bait Danger
Dropped by a crow, a homemade phosphorous bait caused a recent fire on a Goolagong property…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Egypt and Israel Agree to Cease Fire
LONDON. Friday — The British Foreign Office has accused Czechoslovakian armament factories of supplying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agreement on Cease-fire in M. EAST "Victory For Israel"
LAKE SUCCESS, Friday (A.A.P.): Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting United Nations mediator on Palestine, announced yesterday that Israel and Egypt had agreed to a cease-fire effective from 10 p.m. today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Law Clerk's Death in Melbourne Fire
MELBOURNE, Sunday: Horace Stanley Mulcahy, 63, law clerk, of South Melbourne, was suffocated by smoke and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tumut Printer Badly Burned Overalls Catch Fire Whilst Cleaning Linotype Mr Errol Watson Taken to Hospital
Rushed outside the office of the Tumut “Times” with his overalls blazing fiercely, Mr Errol Watson, linotype operator for the Tumut newspaper, was badly burned before his clothes were ripped from his body…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tumut Printer Badly Burned Overalls Catch Fire
At Tumut "Times" Mr. Enrol Watson, linotype operator, was badly burned; and suffered great agony. It will be eight weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truck Damaged by Fire in Leeton Street
LEETON, Monday: A mysterious fire caused damage estimated at £100 to a three-ton truck parked in Jarrah Street, Leeton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Lorry Ablaze Petrol Cap Explodes Good Save by Fire Brigade
A motor lorry belonging to Mr. R. H. Hulands, carrier, loaded with Seed wheat, which was parked in Jarrah Street, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Running Junee Fire Brigade is a Costly Business
It is estimated that it will cost £557 to run the Junee Volunteer Fire Brigade during 1946. This compares with £586 last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£250,000 Fire Destroys Cowra Store Town's Main Block Menaced by Blaze
COWRA, Wednesday: Damage estimated at a quarter of a million pounds was caused when fire gutted one of the biggest country stores in N.S.W. at Cowra this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →12 Children Die in Blaze
GENEVA, Wednesday: Twelve children were burned to death when a mountain home for children at Chateau D'Pheoex was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£2000 Fire at West Wyalong
WEST WYALONG, Wednesday: Splendid work by firemen at six o'clock this morning prevented whit could have been a…
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