Eight Dead in Bombay Fire
BOMBAY, Aug. 29 (A.A.P.).—Eight members of the staff of Paramount Pictures, India, Ltd., died in a file at the Ballard Estate, one of the busiest…
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Man, Wife Rescued From Fire
Two men last night rescued an elderly couple from their burning home at Dover Heights…
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A fire which did not assume serious proportions broke out in a shed at the near of Mr O. W. Fletcher's establishment on Saturday afternoon. Only…
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Referring to the likely bush fire hazard in the summer months, Mr. H. E. Messer, chairman of the Bushfires Advisory Committee, pointed out…
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ALERT farmers were busily taking advantage of their last opportunity to burn firebreaks without the need for obtaining a permit from…
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MILKMAN: The baker and the paperman have got their call-up notices! "Let's get married as soon as we can get a flat!"…
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NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.).--Welding sparks set fire today to the Kaiser shipbuilding yards at Portland, Oregon. Hundreds of workmen leaped into the…
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Between 700 and 800 tons of general cargo were damaged or destroyed by a fire discovered on the…
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A fire in a hold of the cargo steamer Astoria today destroyed several hundred pounds worth of sisalcraft, rolls of…
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A 14-year-old girl saved the life of her baby sister and was then incinerated when her home at Coolabah, 50 miles west of Nyngan, was destroyed by fire early today. She was Nolene Beatrice Muirhead, and was last seen, with flames…
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COOLABAH, Saturday.-- Noeleine Beatrice Muirhead (14), who was burned to death in her home last night, is believed to have lost her life…
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A fire in No. 1 hold on the Danish freighter Astoria yesterday morning damaged or destroyed betwen 700 and 800 tons of cargo…
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A FIRE in a timber yard at the corner of Soucart and Alfred Sts., Rozelle, destroyed a large quantity of timber and other materials last night…
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A 14-YEAR-OLD girl saved; her baby sister from a blazing cottage at, Coolabah, near Nyngan, yesterday, but was burned to death herself…
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Three showgirls were severely burned in a fire at the Tivoli Theatre while the show was on last night. The show continued without interruption, and the audience…
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THREE Tivoli showgirls were seriously injured in a dressing-room fire in the theatre last night. A 16-years-old showgirl, with her flimsy stage…
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Sydney firemen received their first calls of the season to bush and grass fires at the week-end. Fanned by the prevailing wintry…
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As a precaution against Are, floating kapok booms were thrown around the Panama tanker Royal Arrow…
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A FIRE which broke out on a ship loaded with ammunition, moored at Dalgety's wharf, Darling Harbor, was quickly put out by the crew…
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A 14-year-old girl was burnt to death in trying to save her three-year-old sister from a burning cottage at Coolabah, near Dubbo, on Saturday morning. Three girl dancers suffered burns in a dressing-room fire at…
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