Oil Fire Aboard Trawler in Dock
SIX men had narrow escapes from death today when a spark from an oxy-welding torch set fire to bilge oil in the…
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Six trapped by engine- room fire
Trapped by fire in the engine- room of the steam trawler Alfie Cam today, six men- were half suffocated by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Klan To Fire 42 Ft. Cross On Mountain
ATLANTA (Georgia), Friday.--The Ku Klux Klan tonight will hold a mammoth cross-burning and initiation ceremony on top of Stone Mountain. THE Grand Dragon (Samuel…
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ATLANTA (Georgia), Friday.--The Ku Klux Klan tonight will hold a mammoth cross-burning and initiation ceremony on top of Stone Mountain. THE Grand Dragon (Samuel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Potential Fire Danger High Next Summer Early Warning
DURING the next summer there is likely to be a potential fire danger in New South Wales as serious as…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Palestine Arabs Advocate Cease Fire Egyptian Reverses in Negev
Early this week Arab groupings inside Palestine were openly advocating cessation of hostilities between the warring nations. They no longer listen to official Arab propaganda from Amman or Cairo. The recent successes of the Jewish army in the Lydda and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Oil Worth £43,000 Lost in Fire at Big U.s. Tank
WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK an oil tank at Augusta (Kansas) on July 13, 49,000 barrels of crude oil, worth £43,750, went up in smoke as seen in this picture. A few hundred gallons were saved by pumping the oil from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Worth £43,000 Lost in Fire at Big U.s. Tank
WHEN LIGHTNING STRUCK an oil tank at Augusta (Kansas) on July 13, 49,000 barrels of crude oil, worth £43,750, went up in smoke as seen in this picture. A few hundred gallons were saved by pumping the oil from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Cease Fire Order Supported to Save Arabs from Defeat” British Press Outspoken
LONDON, Wednesday. The British press comment on the Palestine situation almost frankly admits that the British Government suported the UNO Security Council's “Cease Fire” Order to save the Arabs from total military defeat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Danger Of Bushfires In Coming Summer
A WARNING had been Issued by the Rush Firm Advisory Committee that there would be a hushfire danger in the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Blaze in lift well
Flames leapt five floors when a wooden lift well caught fire in Ocean House, Martin- place, today…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Committee On Problems Of Fire Brigade
The Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. F. J. Finnan, yesterday arranged the establishment of a "friendly relations"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£3000 blaze sweeps cleaning plant
A spectacular fire at Harbord today gutted a dry- cleaning works, causing damage estimated at £3000. Highlights of the fire, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Causes £3000 Damage
Damage estimated at about £3000 was caused by fire at the Alpine Dry Cleaners, Wyndora Ave.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Causes £3000 Damage
Damage estimated at about £3000 was caused by fire at the Alpine Dry Cleaners, Wyndora Ave.,…
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Damage estimated at about £3000 was caused by fire at the Alpine Dry Cleaners, Wyndora Ave.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scene of Big Fire
MR. BURT SMITH in the premises of the Alpine Dry Cleaners, Wyndora Ave., Harbord, where a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Guest Mouse
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The huge seafront guest house "Bayview," at the tourist town of Cowes, Phillip Island, was completely destroyed by fire in a 20-minute blaze at 5 a.m. yesterday. HOPELESSLY ill-equipped,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Causes £3000 Damage
Damage estimated at about £3000 was caused by fire at the Alpine Dry Cleaners, Wyndora Ave.,…
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