Fire Engine in Butcher's Shop
ADELAIDE, Monday.--While speeding to a fire at Glenelg today, a fire-engine came into collision with a Glenelg tram on…
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No "Cease Fire" at Canberra Mr. Chifley's Journey
Any suggestion that the Liberal Party was to cease fire politically for a time could be dismissed, the leader of the party, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firemen Ply Axes at Wharf Blaze
FIREMEN had to use axes, chisels and braces and bits to get to the heart of a fire which broke out in the understructure of No. 1 Wharf,…
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FIREMEN had to use axes, chisels and braces and bits to get to the heart of a fire which broke out in the understructure of No. 1 Wharf…
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FIREMEN from Parramatta, Lidcombe, Auburn, Stanmore, Burwood and Concord, under Third Officer Griffiths,…
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A large quantity of bacon and hams was lost when Are destroyed a building at the State Abattoirs, Homebush, early today…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.--When two fire-engines failed to turn up at a fire at Glenelg today a garden hose was used to put out the fire. The first fire engine was…
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Damage estimated at several thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which broke out on the second floor of the smoke-room…
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He called my fire a ‘friendly fire.’ His country had the closed in sort. He searched for phrases to explain. Yes, “friendly” was the word he thought. Its warmth was glowing to be seen to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Abattoirs
Damage to a quantity of bacon and ham, and slight structural damage was caused by a fire at the State abattoirs on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Menace Hose Box Posts Installed
The Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. advised Hurstville Council at its last meeting that hose box posts had been established and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eight Die In Blaze
NEW YORK, Thursday.--When a firebug set alight to a row of Boston apartment houses early yesterday, morning, eight people…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.--When a firebug set alight to a row of Boston apartment houses early yesterday morning, eight people…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.--When a firebug set alight to a row of Boston apartment houses early yesterday morning, eight people…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.--When a firebug set alight to a row of Boston apartment houses early yesterday morning, eight people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Die In Blaze
NEW YORK, Thursday.--When a firebug set alight to a row of Boston apartment houses early yesterday morning, eight people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Victim At Zoo
TIVOLI SHOW GIRL, DIANA HARTT, who spent more than six in months in hospital as a result of burns she received in a dressing room fire at the Tivoli on September 1 last year, yesterday visited the Zoo for the first time since her discharge from hospital. She is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Victim Visits Zoo
TIVOLI SHOW GIRL, DIANA HARTT, who spent more than six months in hospital as a result of burns she received in a dressing room fire at the Tivoli on September 1 last year, yesterday visited the Zoo for the first time since her discharge from hospital. She is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mates Save Explosion Victim Petrol Sets Man's Clothes Ablaze Two Cars and Mobile Crane Lost in Fire
AFTER a four-gallon drum of petrol exploded in his hands at Rozelle this morning, a man became a human torch until workmates rolled him oh the ground and beat out the fire with overcoats…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mates Save Explosion Victim Petrol Sets Man's Clothes Ablaze Two Cars and Mobile Crane Lost in Fire
AFTER a four-gallon drum of petrol exploded in his hands at Rozelle this morning, a man became a human torch Until workmates rolled him on the ground and beat out the fire with overcoats…
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