Munitions Plant Fire
Residents of a town near Sydney were alarmed today when a huge column of white smoke shot up from a…
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Coal Fire Fumes Caused Deaths
Tests by the Government Analyst, completed yesterday, confirmed the opinion of the Government Medical Officer, Dr. Percy, that carbon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →R.A.A.F. Raids on Java Big Fires Caused at Semarang
MANILA, July 26.—For the second consecutive day R.A.A.F. heavy bombers have attacked the port of Semarang, in Java…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jap Cities Warned Of Fire Death
GUAM, Saturday.--The Japanese people were told last night that four of 11 specified cities will be burned out by Superfortress fire bomb raids in the next few days. A special force of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£2000 fire damage to radio shop
Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by lire and water to a radio shop at Earlwood terminus yesterday afternoon…
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After a two-and-a-half hours fight firemen extinguished a blaze on an 8000-ton British tanker at New Farm repair base…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire outbreaks in row of 5 shops
Firemen from five fire stations yesterday afternoon fought a fire in a row of five shops at Earlwood tram terminus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hot Denials By Fire Chief Leave Registrar Cold Must Pay Wife £7 WEEKLY
AFTER the Registrar in Divorce had dubbed him an unconvincing witness, whose evidence was far from satisfactory, and counsel had referred scathingly…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →"Hold That Fire !"
Narrow Escape: A Marine rifleman signals his comrades to spare the life of a Jap soldier who with bandaged head is driven by a smoke grenade from his cave hideout during the closing stages of the Okinawa campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Liner Cancels Voyage
LONDON, Monday.--A fire in the fan-room affecting the ventilation caused the liner Rimutaka (16,576 tons) to return to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late News Phone: M2406 Greek Guards Fire on Prisoners
LONDON, Sunday,--Greek guards fired into the windows of a the in Athens today to prevent the escape of political prisoners…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Kurnell Blaze
A generai store conducted by Miss L. I, Stilwell in Cook Avenue, Kurnell, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sea-Water Stops Petrol Blaze
LONDON, Monday. -- A British naval lieutenant turned himself into a "human torch" to demonstrate the value of an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Charred Body In Burnt-Out Home
"MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Homicide detectives are investigating a fire believed responsible for the death of a married woman in her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Set Fire to Rubber
Some unauthorised person recently tipped three lorry loads of waste rubber on the Onslow Street garbage tip, the health inspector reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Editor of "Honi Soit" Again Under Fire
After a five-hour debate at the University last night, a motion before the Students' Representative Council to dismiss the editor of "Honi Soit," Miss Jean Wilson, lapsed when its seconder, Mr. J. Redrup,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfire Brigade
Baulkham Hills Council has approved of ten more recruits for the North Rocks-West Pennant Hills bushfire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fanatical Faith-healers Play with Deadly Snakes and Fire
NEW YORK, Thursday.--"They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."--St. Mark xvi: 18. For the first time in the history of the world, as far as one can ascertain, this observation of St. Mark is being…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Kurnell Fire
At 1 a.m. on Sunday morning last the store of Mr. H. Stilwell, of Kurnell, was completely gutted by fire…
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