Auto Fire Insurance Profits 16 p.c. Higher
NET premium income of the Automobile Fire and General Insurance Co. of Australia, Ltd., declined by £6643 to £123,741 in the year ended April 30, but…
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Officer Sat on 1000 Tons of Gelignite Under Fire Heroic Demolition Squads At Tobruk; Last Shots At Tank. LONDON
Sitting calmly on top of four depth charges and 1000 tons of gelignite, a British naval officer waited until the last minute to blow up the jetty at Tobruk after enemy occupation of the town…
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Fifteen girls working last night on the second floor of a three-storey building at the corner of Pitt and Campbell…
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COLUMN OF smoke-and flames over Darwin cottages after a recent Japanese air-raid…
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Firemen playing a hose on a slock of ribbons and clothing materials during the fire which severely damaged a large building at the corner of Pitt and Campbell Streets last night. Stock and materials of several tenants were destoryed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Liverpool N.e.s. Wardens Attend Fire Brigade Lectures
A series of lectures on fire-fighting conducted by Station-officer Lawrence, at Liverpool Fire Brigade Station, concluded last Suhday, with a final…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Fires Cell Roof in Daring Escape Climbs Through Flaming Hole to Liberty Police Watch on All Hospitals
Defying flames which roared around him, Alfred Henry Singleton (24), of Alexandria, made a sensational escape from a cell beneath the Newtown Courthouse shortly after 3 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Fires Cell Roof in Daring Escape Climbs Through Flaming Hole to Liberty Police Watch on All Hospitals
Defying flames which roared around him, Alfred Henry Singleton (24), of Alexandria, made a sensational escape from a cell beneath the Newtown Courthouse shortly after 3 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Fires Cell Roof in Daring Escape Climbs Through Flaming Hole to Liberty Police Watch on All Hospitals
Defying flames which roared around him, Alfred Henry Singleton (24), of Alexandria, made a sensational escape from a cell beneath the Newtown Courthouse shortly after 3 a.m…
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Defying flames which roared around him, Alfred Henry Singleton (24), of Alexandria, made a sensational escape from a cell beneath the Newtown Courthouse shortly after 3 a.m…
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TRAPPED ON A NARROW LEDGE five storeys above the street, during the great Ere at C. C. Rawson's factory, Foveaux Street, City, this afternoon, 14-years-old John Williams, of Merrylands, faced a dreadful fate--a prospect shared by a woman trapped at one of the windows. Williams saved his life by a leap to a fire-ladder 10 feet away. Firemen dragged the woman to safety. Eyewitnesses declared…
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TRAPPED ON A NARROW LEDGE five storeys above the street, during the great fire at C. C. Rawson's factory, Foveaux Street, City, this afternoon, 14-years-old John Williams, of Merrylands, faced a dreadful fate--a prospect shared by a woman trapped at one of the windows. Williams saved his life by a leap to a fire-ladder 10 feet away. Firemen dragged the woman to safety. Eyewitnesses declared…
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TRAPPED ON A NARROW LEDGE five storeys above the street, during the great fire at C. C. Rawson's factory, Foveaux Street, City, this afternoon, 14-years-old John Williams, of Merrylands, faced a dreadful fate--a prospect shared by a woman trapped at one of the windows. Williams saved his life by a leap to a fire-ladder 10 feet away. Firemen dragged the woman to safety. Eyewitnesses declared…
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John Williams, who saved himself by a desperate leap from the coping of the burning building to the firemen's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plucky Boy Trapped In Today's Fire
Boy poised on ledge of burning building in this afternoon's blaze at C. C. Rawson's six-story factory in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Raid on Darwin Causes Spectacular Fire
Damage caused, by the 27 Japanese bombers which raided Darwin last week was more spectacular than serious. Anti-aircraft defences worked with great speed and accuracy and fighter planes look off to intercept the enemy. The above picture shows a burning dump giving off dense smoke. (Department of Information picture from Cinesound Newsreel.)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man, Girl Dead in Factory Blaze Boy's Sensational Jump To Ladder Firemen Seeking Other Victims
A man and a girl were burned fo death when fire gutted the six-storey factory of C. C. Rawson Pty. Ltd., in Foveaux Street, City, this afternoon. Terribly burned, their bodies were found on the fourth floor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man, Girl Dead in Factory Blaze Boy's Sensational Jump To Ladder Firemen Seeking Other Victims
A man and a girl were burned to death when fire gutted the six-storey factory of C. C. Rawson Pty. Ltd., in Foveaux Street, City, this afternoon. Terribly burned, their bodies were found on the fourth floor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man, Girl Dead in Factory Blaze Boy's Sensational Jump To Ladder Firemen Seeking Other Victims
A man and a girl were burned to death when fire gutted the six-storey factory of C. C. Rawson Pty. Ltd., in Foveaux Street, City, this afternoon. Terribly burned, their bodies were found on the fourth floor…
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At least one woman is believed to have been burned to death, many persons, including firemen, were seriously injured, and extensive damage caused this afternoon when fire…
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