Big Death-roll in Hotel Fire
NEW YORK Sept. 7 (A.A.F.).—At 3 a.m. to-day a fire gutted a hotel at Houston, Texas, and police fear that the death-roll may be as high as 150,…
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Set Fire to Laboratories
MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- When William Maher, night watchman at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- When William Maher, night watchman at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- When William Maher, night watchman at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories,…
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PERTH, Wednesday.--Two Australian soldiers were wounded when an officer used a fommy-gun to quell a disturbance in a detention camp in W.A., it was disclosed at a…
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Most of the 50 guests, mainly women and children, had no time to gather their belongings when fire destroyed the Rio…
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Most of the 56 guests lost belongings in a fire which gutted Rio Grande Guest House, Nattai, Burragorang…
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Most of the 56 guests lost belongings in a fire which gutted Rio Grande Guest House, Nattai, Burragorang…
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Mrs. Lyall Trindall said yesterday that she stoked the fires of her home so that models being painted by her…
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BERTRAM QUOYLE (49), of King Edward Street, Rockdale, and his brother James (51), of Frederick Street, Rockdale, were badly burned…
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Danger from bush fires would be diminished if bush country were not allowed to become overgrown. The aborigines burned small patches each…
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Allied heavy bombers started big fires at Macassar, Jap -occupied base on the south -west coast of the Dutch Celebes, on Sunday night. The planes flew more than 2000…
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13 (A.A.P.). —A fire at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadstreet station which lasted four hours left 16 tracks and six…
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Foam extinguishers were used by firemen to extinguish a fire that broke out in the engine -room of a hospital ship in an…
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When three Liverpool men were summoned at Liverpool Police Court recently for absenting themselves from duty as paid…
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A fire which broke out in the operator's box at the Canterbury Theatre last night was extinguished within a few minutes, but 1[?]000 feet…
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We are about 100 miles south-east of Macassar, in beautiful moonlight, racing back to Australia. We and several of the heavy…
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Fire completely destroyed a weatherboard cottage occupied by Henry William Travers, in Woodville-road, Merrylands, on Saturday, afternoon…
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On Saturday. Sept. 11. a weatherboard cottage of ten rooms owner by Mr. Henry Mortimer Travers at 136 Woodville Road. Merrylands was totally destroyed by fire…
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