Fire at King's Cross. Five Women Injured
Five young women were injured early this morning when a fire swept through two floors of a three-storied residential in King's Cross Road, King's Cross…
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Will Fire On Ships Not Convoyed "The Daily News" Cable Service
LONDON, Friday -- From to-morrow any ship approaching within three miles of the British coast during darkness, except organised…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Frightfulness at Sea. Germans Fire on Women and Children. LONDON, June 6. (A.A.P.)
Details of German machine-gunning of men, women, and children struggling in the water were given by one of the few survivors of the transport Abukir…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Women Trapped by Fire Rescued From Rooms
[?] Four young: women had narrow escapes from death when they were trapped by fire in their roooms at a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Cork Loss In Brisbane Fire BRISBANE
Thousands of pounds worth of cork and valuable machinery were destroyed when fire swept through the cork section of the Queensland Can…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taking On The Handyman's Jobs Keep Home Fires Burning and Wash the Paint
With so many husbands and brothers in the A.I.F. or in militia camps, women must do more than keep the home fires burning. They must quite frequently stop the fire from smoking, and mend the electric fuses…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Fire Ruins Cork Plant
BRISBANE, Sunday.--Irreplaceable sheet insulation cork and machinery valued at £10,000 were destroyed when fire gutted the Queensland Can…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →King's Cross Fire. Woman Victim Dies
Mr. Esme Gillmer, 25 who was severely burrned in a fire in a residential in King's Cross Road, King's Cross, early on Saturday morning, died early yesterday in St. Vincent's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Doll Takes Fire, Girl Badly Burned
Patricia Hunt, 20 months, of McCauley Avenue, Bankstown, was severely burnt on the face and arms yesterday, when her celluloid doll…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£12,000 Damage in Fire. Brisbane
Police inquires into a fire which caused damage estimated at £12,000 at the premise[?] of the Queensland Can Company's cork board department at West End, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Defence Loss In Cork Fire BRISBANE
Damage estimated at £12,000 was done when the Queensland Can Company's cork board department in Montague Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cease-fire Order. Surrender in Norway. Allies Leaving. LONDON, June 10. (A.A.P.)
It is officially stated that the British troops have been withdrawn from northern Norway with the prior knowledge and understanding of King…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Automobile, Fire & General Insurance
Automobile, Fire and General Insurance Co. of Australia, Ltd., reports a profit of £11,615 for the year ended April 30 last, against £11,844 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Automobile, Fire and General Profit and Dividend Steady
Prom of £11,615 is shown by the Automobile Fire and General Insurance Co. of Austialla, Ltd., for the year ended April 30, compared with £11,844 for the previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →House Damaged by Fire
At 2.30 a.m. on Monday a five-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned by Mr E. G Pearce and occupied by Mr. James Lane, in Mary street. Guildford, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Motor Tyres
Fire yesterday destroyed new motor tyres stored in the basement of Maling's motor accessories factory in Church Street Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Masked Man Fires Two Shots in Shop Hold-up
A masked bandit fired two shots at close range at Edward Scrivener, proprietor of a mixed business in Salisbury Road. Stanmore, yesterday. One bullet broke two jars of[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Camp Fire Night. Fairfield Catholic Club
With a roaring fire blazing away, about 30 members of Fairfield Catholic Club thoroughly enjoyed the camp [?]e night on Wednesday. The happy scene…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Automobile Fire Maintains 20 p.c
Automobile Fire and General Insurance Co. of Australia, Ltd., earned a net profit of £15,004 for the year ended April 30, 1940, compared with £14,887…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Heavy Loss in Mascot Blaze
BALANCED ON GIRDERS, firemen fought a blaze in bagged copra at the factory of Desikoko Ltd., Gardener's Road, Mascot yesterday. Damage was estimated at £5000 and 450 tons of copra were destroyed…
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