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While the naval guns thundered from the Japanese warships in the Whangpoo, and to the accompaniment of renewed aerial bombardments, Chinese troops to-day intensified their drive against the Japanese lines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Portland Fire Brigade answered its first call since it was formed a month ago when a herce blaze broke out on a petrol tank trailer…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A vast area of the International Settlement in Shanahai is in flames. A pall of dense smoke hangs over the battlefield. The opposing forces are separated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When Neville Hayes, of Sunnyside Street, Gladesville, was driving a motor car along Weston Road, Rozelle, shortly after 4 a.m. yesterday, he swerved to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Six men were killed, one is missing and 40 suffered burns as the result of a party having been trapped on a ledge of rock, while fighting a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Portion of the cargo of the Norwegian motor vessel Tamerlane, which arrived from Gothenburg yesterday, was damaged by a fire which broke out in No. 5 hold about 10 days out of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A good save was effected by the [?]re brigade last night, when a fire broke out in shop premises in the centre of the town's business section. Considerable damage to s[?]ore and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →EXTINCTION faces the species of "counter lunch lizards" in Sydney, City publicans, at a meeting of the city branch of the U.L.V.A. to-day, made their first move in the campaign to abolish counter lunches in all hotels in the metropolitan area. Some leading city hotelkeepers will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →While 18 members of the fire brigades' Rugby Union team from Sydney and some of the local firemen were attending a picture show in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A new guest house which was in the course of erection at Angourle, a few miles from Yamba, was detroyed by fire last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Awakened by a fire at his home in Sussex, Sir William Jowitt, Attorney-General from 1029 to 1932, lowered his wife by a blanket a distance of 20 feet from a window, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire broke out in the ballroom of the Casino after midnight. It was attributed to a short circuit. Men dancers used fire extinguishers in vain,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THE whole of the eastern district, covering almost two square miles, is now being swept by a chain of fires caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fearful householders in Ballarat are keeping night-long watches in the hope of trapping a fire-bug who, since he appeared, has started 14 blazes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ACTIVITY on the various sectors quietened down at sunset, after a day of fierce fighting amid burning areas, the military position becoming almost static later. Destructive fires continued to rage in various parts…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fires which have been burning in Northern and Eastern Shanghai since Wednesday are hourly increasing in intensity, and now are raging over an area of approximately eight square miles…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mysterious fires, believed to be the work of a fire-bug, are alarming Ballarat residents. Outbreaks last eight at the Paton Memorial Church and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire broke out In tho engine-room of the Albur Gas Works this morning, and before it could be extinguished damage estimated at more…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ELEVEN men have met their death and more than 45 others have been injured in a terrific forest fire in the Shoshone national reserve in Wyoming. The 56 men were members of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taking advantage of a lull in the fighting last night I visited the battle area in the eastern and northern districts, where fires are still raging…
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