£1900 For Bush Fire Equipment
Busch Fire fighting equipment to the value of £1897/17/6 will be obtained by the Council during the coming year to eqdip the…
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653 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 33
Elderly Woman Trapped in House Fire
MELBOURNE, Thursday — An elderly woman was trapped in a kitchen and burned to death while trying to put out a…
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Five nuns had amazing escapes from death when a fire, fanned by a strong northwesterly wind, destroyed the Deniliquin convent and school…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Deniliquin Convent
TWO hundred Deniliquin people on Tuesday helped runs save equipment when a fire gutted St. Michael’s Convent and school. The fire caused about £80,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Fire at Power House
SYDNEY, Friday: An explosion, followed by fire, which severely damaged a 25,000 kilowatt frequency changer at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New "Cease Fire" Agreement
TEL AVIV, Sunday (A.A.P.): Reports from the Syrian border said that Syria and Israel had reached a new cease-fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Fire in Cafe
The Wagga Fire Brigade took only a few minutes to extinguish a small chimney fire at the Bridge Cafe yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£1500 Fire at Brocklesby
A stack of pressed straw, owned by Mr. J. Lewington, Brocklesby Mill, Brocklesby, was totally destroyed by fire late on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Death Roll in Cinema Fire Hundreds Seriously Injured
LAGOS (Nigeria), Tuesday — Over a hundred people died, and several hundreds were seriously injured, when fire destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Kills 100
LAGOS (Nigeria), Tuesday: Over 100 people died and several hundreds were injured when a fire destroyed a cinema at Kano…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reflections From the Fire
Though one realises how serious the fire menace was in Ganmain on Anzac Day, and what a wonderful save was made, might I cast a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Migrant Fire Fighters Are Good
High tributes have been paid to New Australian fire fighters in the Ballarat, Victoria, district by a forestry expert who saw…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Scare Forces Down Skymaster
TAMWORTH, Friday: In response to an emergency call from a Skymaster on its way from Brisbane to Melbourne,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Truck Fire
Mr. George Saunderson, Ardlethan, was returning to Ardlethan' with a load of cement, which he had loaded at Kandos on Friday, 27th April…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →27 Die in Fire
TOKIO, Sunday: Twenty-four school children and three adults died yesterday in a blazing cinema in Chanal, a town on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motors and Motoring Notes Prompt Action Needed When Car Catches Fire
Cars do not often catch fire; in fact, most motorists have never seen a car fire at all. It cannot be wondered at, then, if there is a minor panic one day when flames are seen issuing from the bonnet. THERE are two basic causes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Fire at Stolen Car
MELBOURNE, Wednesday — In a high-speed chase after a stolen car through Melbourne and suburbs last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Vessels Hit Shore Fire at Korea
The U.S. Navy announced that the battleship New Jersey and the destroyer Brinkley Bass had been hit by Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Stack Fire at Griffith Yards
GRIFFITH, Friday: A wheat stack containing over 20,000 bags of wheat caught fire at Griffith this afternoon in the railway…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: A man led three terrified trotters from a blazing float at Pendle Hill last night…
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