Fire Destroys Race Stands
MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Fire completely destroyed the public stand and extensively damaged the members' stand…
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Grandstands Destroyed Williamstown Fire
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Large sections of the members' and public grandstands at the Williamstown racecourse were…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Fire completely destroyed the public stand and extensively damaged the members' stand…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Fanned by a stiff southerly wind, fire today destroyed two-thirds of the grandstand at Williamstown Racecourse…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Fire completely destroyed the public stand and extensively damaged the members' stand…
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Liverpool Fire Brigade was called to a grass fire at Warwick Farm last Thursday, and the flames were extinguished without any damage being caused…
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The barking of a black and white cocker spaniel saved the lives of a family of four, when their home…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cat Burglar's Amazing Leap From Roof Beats Pursuers: Police Fire
A cat burglar escaped capture last night by jumping 40 feet from a roof into a tree. Police later fired at him, and he may…
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Three shops in Stoney Creek-rood, Bexley, were threatened with destruction today when a caravan resting against a back…
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ISSUING a special bush fire warning this week N.S.W. Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said that this period was usually…
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The N.S.W. Trades and Labour Council last night unanimously carried a resolution that if the Prime Minister,…
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LONDON, Jan. 30 (A.A.P.). —The ship Samwater (7,219 tons), bound for Antwerp and Liverpool from Fremantle, was…
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LONDON, Friday.--Two passengers and 16 members of the crew of the s.s. Samwater (7219 tons) were drowned when a lifeboat taking them from their abandoned ship…
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LONDON, Friday.--Two passengers and 16 members of the crew of the s.s. Samwater (7219 tons) were prawned When a lifeboat taking them from their abandoned ship…
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LONDON, Friday.--Two passengers and 16 members of the crew of the s.s. Samwater (7219 tons) were drowned when a lifeboat taking them from their abandoned ship…
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LONDON, Friday.--Two passengers and 16 members of the crew of the s.s. Samwater (7219 tons) were drowned when a lifeboat taking them from their abandoned ship…
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LONDON, Friday.--Two passengers and 16 members of the crew of the s.s. Samwater (7219 tons) were drowned when a lifeboat taking them from their abandoned ship…
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LONDON, Friday.--Two passengers and 16 members of the crew of the s.s. Samwater (7219 tons) were drowned when a lifeboat taking them from their abandoned ship…
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LONDON, Jan. 31 (A. A.P.).— Twenty-six survivors from the British steamer Samwater, which was abandoned on fire off the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--A youth who told police that a cat had stolen his canaries will appear in Prahran Police Court on February 7…
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