Brisbane Tram Fire Stampede Follows
BRISBANE. Thursday.— Three girls were injured in a stampede by 70 passengers when a tram caught fire in Brisbane…
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Junee Council Comes Under Fire. Town's Biggest Attraction Wants More Support
"It is hard to realise that we give the Council weeks and weeks' notice and have been unable to secure adequate sanitary…
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LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.): A doctor and a nurse were burned to death when trapped by a fire at a London hospital…
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A Ganmain woman, attracted by screams by her 86 year old father attempted to tear his blazing trousers from his body after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Indebted to Local Fire Brigade Thanks for Manner In Which Fire Handled. (To the Editor)
Sir: Through your columns I would like publicly to acknowledge my indebtedness, and extend my thanks, to the Captain and…
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HALIFAX, Friday: Heavy fog and lack of wind late yesterday stood off the fiercest of the huge bushfires raging in Nova Scotia…
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MELBOURNE. Sunday: Fifteen New Australians were injured—four seriously—and about 250 others rendered homeless…
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ST. JOHNS' (Newfoundland). Monday.—The Government yesterday ordered immediate preparations for a mass sea…
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A SYDNEY RESIDENT who answers to the name of Alexander Ian Macdonald Fraser, ran into trouble and expense through his…
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LA PLATA (Argentina), Wed.: Three persons were burned to death and 10 others seriously injured yesterday when fire…
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LONDON, Friday — Two women, two children and a man were burned to death last night when flames swept two coaches…
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(A.A.P.) NEW YORK: Three children were burned to death and three others seriously injured when a fire swept through a wood…
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ARDLETHAN, Saturday: The prompt action of businessmen nearby prevented a serious fire in the main business part of…
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The Leeton racecourse was the scene of a happy and convivial gathering on Tuesday night last when members of the Leeton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ratepayer Fires His Last Verbal Shot. Controversy About Roads Near Wantabadgery. (To the Editor)
Sir: would you kindly publish the following, my last letter in answer to the Illabo Shim's remarks, following my previous…
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NEW YORK, Monday — A cloudburst caused heavy floods and a devastating fire at West Union (West Virginia) on…
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Here’s a hint to farmers from the Nangus Bush Fire Brigade:— Top dress around fences in paddocks not treated with super, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Koreans Pour Across Kum River; Taejon Under Fire Strafing and Groundfire Fail to Smash Bridgehead, Admits MacArthur
TOKYO, Sunday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Thousands of Communist troops poured across the Kum River yesterday into a 15-mile-long beachhead which flanked the American forces in the Taejon area, says United Press…
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LONDON, Mon: The military show at historic garrison town of Aldershot, which the King and Queen were to have…
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GRIFFITH, Monday: About 7.30 p.m. last night a fire broke oat in the male living-quarters of the Griffith District Hospital,…
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