Wool and War Cease-fire Should Not Alter Market
SYDNEY, Thursday—The Australian wool market will not be affected adversely by a Korean…
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High School P. AND C. CONCERNED Water lack is a fire danger
Because of an insufficient water supply, the Wagga High School Parents' and Citizens' Association is gravely concerned at the acute fire danger to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dancers Panic in Hall Fire Exit Jammed; 63 Dead
SAO PAULO (Brazil), Monday — At least 63 persons were killed, most of them trampled to death or suffocated, in a negro…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nuns Save House From Destruction Formed Bucket Brigade to Put Out fire
Forming a bucket brigade the Sisters of Mercy at Gundagai prevented a house situated opposite their Convent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →M.I.A. Extension Notes Danger of Burnt-out Farms
Danger of M.I.A. farms becoming burnt-out is a very real one, an extension officer with M.I.A. Agricultural Service, declared yesterday when he stressed that horticultural soils should be spelled and regenerated whenever possible…
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On Sunday last the President of the Board of Fire Commissioners the Hon. T. J. Smith, accompanied by three…
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SYDNEY, Friday — An elderly woman had a fortunate escape from death early this morning. Seventy-four-year-old Mrs…
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At about 3 p.m. yesterday a large weatherboard house, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Les Gould and family, caught fire. The building has been known to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Osborne Home Destroyed by Fire
A big, 40-year-old homestead on the "Woodlands" property of Mr. G. O'Connell, at Osborne (near Lockhart)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires claim Judgment reserved
Mr. Justice Herron reserved judgment in the Supreme Court in Sydney yesterday in the bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Woodlands" Homestead Completely Destroyed by Fire
On Thursday evening Osborne and Lockhart district people were shocked to hear that Mr. and Mrs. Garnet O'Connell's homestead…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →500 Chickens Lost in Serious Fire To-day. Out Building and Content Gutted
Five hundred month-old chickens wire incinerated in j a serious fire which broke I out in a shed at the rear of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Damage £460,000
Bush fire damage in New South Wales during the 1952 1953 season totalled £460,000. This is revealed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Summer's Fire Loss
Bush fire damage in NSW in the 1952-53 season amounted to only £460,000. This is a relatively small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Harbor Fire Heavy Death Toll
BEIRA (Portugese East Africa), Monday — 20 African stevedores died in the holds at the blazing Belgium steamer…
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CANBERRA, Friday: Commonwealth Security officers are probing the cause of last night's fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Humula Home Destroyed by Fire
A house and most of its contents were destroyed by fire at Humula on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Crabbes Creek Feud Fire Inquiry Opens
MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday — A coroner's inquiry will com-mence today into a fire which destroyed a banana grower's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Housing Commission Under Fire Has Been Ineffective
SYDNEY, Wednesday — Private members are expected to sharply criticise the Housing Commission at a special meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rhee under fresh fire
LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): South Korean President Syngman Rhee was under fresh fire in…
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