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War-racked, shell-shaken Shanghai last night experienced its first few hours of quiet for five days, when the opposing forces took a breather after Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →About 30 volunteer firemen, forming a "bucket brigade," fought a fire in the heart of the town's business centre this morning until they were exhausted…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The portions of the Crystal Palace which were not burnt in the fire on November 30, 1936, are on fire. The blaze is visible for miles…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Suffering burns to the hands and arms after a fire broke cut in a vat of crude oil at a galvanised ironworks in Australia Street. Newtown…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MOONLIGHT raids were carried out by Japanese aircraft in the early Spurs of this morning, causing panic in the Chinese quarter of Shanghai. Great fires were started by incendiary bombs, and among the places hit was the great Central Telephone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →INSTRUCTIONS concerning Britain's peace plan for Shanghai were sent from the Foreign Office last night to the British ambassadors at Washington, Paris, Nanking, and Tokio…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shanghai is going through days and nights of terror. Bombardments, bombings, explosions, fires, and street fighting have created utter panic among the Chinese population, and the situation in the International Settlement is tense…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fires severely damaged two produce stores in Eastwood late last night. Eastwood Brigade attended them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, Friday.--Awakened by a fire at his Sussex home, Sir William Jowitt, K.C., a former Attorney-General. lowered his wife with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The interior damage at the Eastwood Co-operative Stores, which was one of two produce stores damaged by fire at Eastwood last night. Miss W. Jeffreys (15), winning the final of the 100 metres from Miss B. Burke (12) at the women's A.A.A. championships at the White City, London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TWO produce stores in different A parts of Eastwood were damaged by fire last night. The first blaze occurred at the Co-operative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thieves are endangering lives and property by interfering with fire alarm telephones in many districts. Two complete fire alarm outfits have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Newbold Silica Fire-Brick Co., Ltd., yesterday, Mr. D. A. W. Robertson, chairman of directors, said that the full production of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Believed to have been caused by a "fire-bug" fires last night razed two produce stores in Eastwood, and caused damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fire which broke out yesterday in the portion of the Crystal Palace not burnt in the fire on November 30, 1936, was subdued after a five-hour fight, in which firemen were…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Chinese are driving a wedge into the Japanese area at Shanghai. They claim to have reached the waterfront, thus cutting the Japanese forces in two. Newly-landed Japanese reinforcements are attacking the Chinese lines between Shanghai…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Artillery and machine-gun fire behind the rebel lines at Saragossa indicates that dissension in the rebel ranks is growing, says a message from…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →BATHURST, Saturday.--At Union football to-day, Metropolitan Fire Brigades beat Bathurst representatives by 25 points to 8. M. Theobald,…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Five hundred and forty gallons of petrol in a tank trailer, caught alight and formed a barrier of fire across the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While B.H. Proprietary continues to grow, so also should Newbold Silica Fire-Brick Co. The company manufactures a…
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