Girls in Fire Department
NEW YORK, April 26.--It probably had to happen sometime, but what McKeesport (Pa.) citizens want to know is: why did it have to happen to them?…
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Fire Alarm
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wentworthville Fire Brigade
Agitation by Holroyd Council has resulted in the Fire Board agreeing to the installation of fire bells in the residences of Wentworthvillc volunteer firemen, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Beat Fire Danger
IN the summer there is always a risk of bushfires, but at all times of the year there is a danger that a fire amy break out in the home, or in some other…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Youth Admits Blame For Factory Fire
PERTH, Wednesday.--A 17-year-old youth admitted in the Children's Court today that he had broken Jail twice, was a thief, arid was responsible for a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Four-alarm Fire." Defence Conferences. Washington, May 15. (A.A.P.)
It is indicated here that the reaction of the United States to the German "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war) in the Low Countries will be to vote huge…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Switchboard on Fire. Excitement at Assembly Hall. Crowd Left in Dark
There was considerable excitement among 400 people who had assembled to see a Home Missions demonstration at the Assembly Hall, Margaret Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Great Bomb Raid Into Germany Trail Of Fire And Explosion In Wide Area Vital Centres Blasted Fighters Continue Deadly Work LONDON
The Royal Air Force took the war into the heart of Germany with deadly effect on Wednesday night. Details of the great raid, now released…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal on Fire at Marrickville
Four hundred tons of coal caught are last night at the Australian Woollen Mills, Sydenham Road, Marrickville. Detachments fought the outbreak for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Noted Beauty Spot Katoomba
Early this morning the post office at Mt. Irvine, 10 miles from Mt. Wilson, was destroyed by fire. All telegraphic communication has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attack by Fire Ancient Greeks Threw Flames
The Nazis' very much up-to-the-minute army pushes forward behind tanks, which spout terrifying streams of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bombs Hit Mark in Germany Great Fires Rage At Oil Depots LONDON
Using the new American Lockheed Hudson bombers, British formations again penetrated deeply into Germany yesterday, raiding oil depots at Hamburg, Bremen and Hanover. Numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Elderly Fireman Killed at Blaze Melbourne
Fireman Angela Negri,59, of Hoddle-street fire station, collapsed and died soon alter a brick wall at the factory of Griffiths Sweets Pty., Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Attacked at Glebe. Watchman Fires Shot
Two watchmen, Frederick Peal, of Brereton Avenue, Marrickville, and Martin Duffy, of Henry Street, Leichhardt were near Kettle Lane, Glebe, last night when they heard a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Old Man Killed in Fire. Cootamundra
Edward Joseph McDevitt, 75, a resident of Cootamundra for 33 years was burnt to death when a hut at Manwaring and Troy's woodyard was destroyed early this morning. His…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Canberra Hospital. Nurses' Quarters Damaged. CANBERRA
Nurses at the Canberra Community Hospital had to fice from their quarters in their night attire at 4 a.m. to-day, when a fire, believed to have started in the recreation room, spread…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fireman Dies Fighting Blaze
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- While fighting a fire at Griffiths' sweet factory, Richmond, today, Fireman Angelo Negri, 59, of Abbotsford. collapsed from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires at Two Houses
A four room weatherboard house in Princes Road, Auburn, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The building which was unoccupied, was owned by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fireman Collapses While Fighting Blaze. Melbourne
Collapsing while fighting a fire it Richmond early to-day, Angelo Negri, 60 of Hoddle Street, Richmond, a fireman, died in an ambulance on his way to hospital. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Planes Fire German Oil Store in Holland Hammer Enemy At Front SQUADRON'S 37 Fights London
British bombers set fire to the German-held oil tanks at Rotterdam (Holland) last night…
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