Fire Losses Blow To Cotton Stock
The fire which destroyed £650,000 worth of raw cotton in Sydney on Thursday night would aggravate the…
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The fire in the gully I Visit Bexley Pearl Eisenberg
ONE day in October, 1945, a fire started in the scrub in Bexley Gully, an area of bushland still…
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MELBOURNE Saturday.—More than 20 firemen were in danger of electrocution as they fought a fire which burned out a large section of the Wiltshire File Company's factory in Sunshine Rd., Tottenham, late today…
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LONDON, [?] state out [?] in the Vatican Palace near the [?] but was [?] before [?]…
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JERUSALEM, Monday.--Arabs, Jews and British troops used machine-guns and artillery in day-long fighting here yesterday. One Jew, three Arabs, and…
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ORANGE, Monday.--Two employees of Western Stores, Ltd., Orange, which was threatened by fire today, ran into a…
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CAIRO, Tuesday.--Five thousand troops with fixed bayonets, after a day of wild looting and demonstrations, enforced the first curfew which has been imposed in Alexandria for 25 years. The city was at a…
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CANBERRA, Monday.--The Federal Government, not an insurance company, carried the risk of fire destroying the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Two Kittens Die In Fire
CANBERRA, Monday. --Firemen tried to save two kittens which were burned to death when…
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ORANGE, Monday.—Fire in portion of Western Stores and Edgleys Ltd. premises early this afternoon caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News In Brief Child Dies in Fire Vain Rescue Bid
Bromwym Jenkins, 10 months, was burned to death when fire destroyed a weatherboard house at Tintinhull, near…
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CAIRO, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--Egyptian troops this morning went into action against striking Egyptian police in Alexandria. Later in the day, 3000 of the strikers returned to…
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Three fires in the district last week caused damage in a factory, a store and a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Night trotting bill hangs fire
Fate of the State Government's Gaming and Betting Bill, which provides for night trotting and betting, is still…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Loss In Sydney Cotton Fire
The 16,000 bales of cot ton destroyed in last Thursday night's fire at Waterloo, if turned into yarn, would…
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The customary pilgrimage from Bethpage to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday was cancelled, although weather…
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A fire brigade inspector said at an inquiry today that a block of flats being constructed at North Sydney by the…
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SHANGHAI, Thursday. -- Twenty Buddhist monks allowed themselves to be burned to death in flames which destroyed the 4000- years-old King Shan Monastery, at Chinkiang…
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SHANGHAI, Thursday. -- Twenty Buddhist monks allowed themselves to be burned to death in flames which destroyed the 4000- years-old King Shan Monastery, at Chinkiang…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Drama in Victoria Wind Drives Blaze Towards Farms Tough Fight for Village
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A firefighter is thought to have been incinerated in a huge bushfire, which, fanned by a strong north wind, is rushing out of…
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