Fight to Control Fire on Vessel
AFTER, nearly an hour's fight in an Australian port early this morning, firemen got under control a fire which" broke out in a hold above the…
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Fire Danger in City Buildings Weakness Of Law
The demand by the works committee of the City Council for a strengthening of the law to compel the provision of…
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Fire threatened the ammunition magazine of a large vessel berthed at an Australian port yesterday…
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An elderly man was found dead at Harbord this afternoon, alongside a bushfire he had been apparently fighting…
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Many thousands of medicated jubes, hundreds of jars of vaseline, and large stocks of cardboard boxes were burned in…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Severe duststorms. gales, bushfires, sudden changes in temperature, and light rain were experienced over the greater part…
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Albert Alexander Massey, 59, of High Street. Manly, collapsed and died while beating out a scrub fire on land which he and his son were clearing at…
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Amendments to the Theatres and Public Halls Act designed to remove the fire risk in certain city buildings had been drawn…
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Albert Alexander Massey, 59, of High Street, Manly, collapsed and died yesterday while fighting a small scrub fire at Harbord…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on Vessel. Hard Fight To Save Cargo
Fire threatened the ammunition magazine of a large vessel berthed at an Australian port on Wednesday. The blaze was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Monty' Ready to Leap Rhine Silence and thick smoke shroud plans for what may be war's last battle. Palatinate abandoned says Berlin; Farben poison gas factory captured. Hitler trying to stop rot in west, sacks Rundstedt, makes Kesselring CIC. Greatest air assault of all time cuts off Ruhr from Germany; towns on fire. Berlin Gives Alarm
LONDON, Friday.--As marshal Montgomery stands ready to launch the greatest offensive in the west, Berlin has begun to broadcast alarm signals. Preceded by the word "Urgent!" this message was broadcast…
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LONDON, Saturday.--The anti-air-craft, methods used by all British and American armies since 1942 have been based on the experience of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Guards Stand Down in Britain
LONDON, March 23 (A.A.P.).— Fire guards throughout. Britain will stand down from to-morrow, the Home Secretary. Mr. Morrison, announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Awarded Medal For Cheerful Grin Under Fire
LONDON, Friday.--The cheerful grin of Corporal, Cyril Bingham, Suffolk Regiment, has won him the Military Medal. Corporal Bingham was in charge of a party laying telephone cables from battalion headquarters to all companies on the Maas…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Fire broke out at Reading, Berkshire. Total property damaged was—one fire engine…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →5 Vehicles Collide in Fire Smoke Auckland
FIVE motor vehicles Were involved in collisions, and two people injured, when smoke from a scrub fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inside Germany Bird's-eye view of fire ruin New York
THIS is American war correspondent Morley Cassidy's word-picture of what is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Men to Be Charged for Grovely Blaze
BRISBANE, Monday.--Although Army authorities are silent, it is understood that a! number of soldiers will be dealt with following the fire at Grovely Detention Camp early yesterday morning…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--Although Army authorities are silent, it is understood that a number of soldiers will be dealt with following the fire at Grovely Detention Camp early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Men to Be Charged for Grovely Blaze
BRISBANE, Monday.--Although Army authorities are silent, it is understood that a number of soldiers will be dealt with following the fire at Grovely Detention Camp early yesterday morning…
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