Lightning Sets Fire To Fumes
Lightning yesterday set fire to fumes from a flue of a 6000-gallon oil storage tank at the Shell Co.'s An employee, William Longworth…
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50 Injured in Fire Tokio
Fire which swept through Shinminato Machi, in the Toyama prefecture, to-day, destroyed 500 homes Fifty persons were injured in a…
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Five persons narrowly escaped being trapped in a fire which destroyed a mixed grocery weatherboard shop conducted by Mr. Arthur Levy, 59. in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Withdrawal Under Fierce Fire. From Our War Correspondent with the A.I.F. in Greece. Northern Greece, April 13
In a long, fighting march, Australians, New Zealanders, and Britons who met the first wave of the German advance down the Monastir Valley, withdrew…
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Five people were almost trapped in a fire which destroyed a mixed grocery weatherboard shop conducted by Mr. Arthur Levy, in Bellevue Parade,…
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NEW YORK, Thursday (A.A.P.). Fire today destroyed 500 homes and killed 50 people at Shinminato, seaport town on Toyama Bay, Honshiu Island…
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Blazing fat caused three fires yesterday and by a coincidence each of the premises is in a George Street. One fire was at Parramatta, another in Redfern, and the third in the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Churches Under Fire Effect of Bombing
I EXPECT YOU have seen photos of some of our bombed churches—that one, for example, of St. Paul's with the light streaming down upon the remains of the high altar through the hole…
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An elderly woman jumped 20 feet from her bedroom when fire broke out in San Remo Flats, corner of…
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PANIC stricken when a fire broke out in the San Remo Flats, Watson-street, Bondi, early this morning, Mrs. Margaret…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Keep the Home Fires Burning Sydney Women Construct Air Raid Shelters Sydney Girl First V.A.D. With Army
Spending the winter in Darwin when one planned to spend it at Kosciusko is certainly going from one extreme of climate to the other…
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Michael Patrick Byrne, 43, was severely burned when a spirit stove upset and set fire to his room in Dowling Street. Darlinghurst, yesterdav morning…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Woman Trapped by Fire. Jumped 20 Feet to Safety
When fire broke out in San Remo, Watson Street, Bondi, early yesterday morning, Mrs. Margaret Maslin, 85, Jumped 20 feet to safety from the…
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NEW YORK, Monday.--A great forest fire at Lakewood (New Jersey) has destroyed 200 houses, and made 1000 people homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Attack On Athens Machine-gun Fire, But No Bombing London
Thirty German planes made three separate machine-gun attacks on a residential suburb of Athens at the weekend. The raiders flew low, machine-gunning people in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Election to Fill Fire Board Vacancy
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking, said yesterday that ballot papers would be forwarded to councils next week for the election to fill the vacancy on the Board…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Horses Bolt in City Fire. Collision With Tram
A "fire bug" is believed to have caused an outbreak in Anthony Hordern's George Street store which made two horses bolt into a crowded tram…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Flier Guides 80 Men Through Forest Fire New York, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
An unidentified plane pilot guided to safety 80 army trainees who were trapped in a burning forest near Fort Dix (New Jersey). The men, who were fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Old Royal
Penrith Fire Brigade received a call, at 4.15 a.m. on Tuesday, to a fire that had broken out in the upstair portion of the old Royal Hotel premises in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Church Re-built After Fire. Ceremony at Arncliffe
The Arncliffe Congregational Church, which was seriously damaged by fire several months ago, has been re-modelled. It was re-opened…
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