Cotton Destroyed in Big Rail Fire
KARACHI, Friday.-- Fire in eight railway sheds and five waggons destroyed cotton valued at more than £500,000…
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Cotton Destroyed in Big Rail Fire
KARACHI, Friday.-- Fire in AV eight railway sheds and five waggons destroyed cotton valued at more than £500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Search Succeeds Lost Party Had Lit Fire
Search parties last night found three elderly women and a boy who were lost in dangerous bush country near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News £750[?]000 Damage in Cotton Fire
KARACHI, Jan., 13 (A.A.P.).—Storehouses containing cotton bales and cotton seeds were ablaze for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Essayists Stress Bushfire Dangers
WINNERS of the police essay competition on bushfire prevention, sponsored by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee in association with the…
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First prize of £33- in the Police bushfire prevention essay competition was won by Loraine Bond, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Burned in Car Blaze
Trying to put out a fire in the motor of a truck in a garage at Waterloo today, Albert Winter, 22, of Merton Street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meatworks Blaze Explosions At Riverstone
A fire which started at 7.40 p.m. last night at Riverstone Meatworks was still smouldering in the…
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Fire last night destroyed the workmen's change-room, the dining-room, and a freezing-room at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Embassy Fire Russian Girl Dies
LONDON, Jan. 14 (A.A.P.). —A three-year-old Russian girl was burnt to death last night because Soviet officials at first…
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SPRINGWOOD is a sleepy little town sitting on the knees of the Blue Mountains. It is very peaceful in Springwood and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire destroys 200 paintings
AUCKLAND, Sat. -- A fire destroyed 200 oil paintings, watercolors, and sketches, worth £2000 in a building in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£100,000 Damage in Mill Fire
MELBOURNE, Sat. -- Fire last night caused £100,000 damage at Charlton, 173 miles…
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Fire gutted one of the biggest flourmills in the Southern Hemisphere--Noske Bros., at Charlton--last night…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Police fire on mob in fresh African race riot
CAPETOWN, Sat. -- Police today opened fire on frenzied mobs of Negro rioters who renewed their attacks on the Indian quarter of Durban…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whole Township Threatened by Fire Big Damage To Flour Mills Grave Danger to Oil Dumps
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A huge fire, which severely damaged flour mills, and spread to a wheat storage depot, threatened the entire township of Charlton for three…
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Riverstone meatworks will resume normal production to-day. Friday night's fire will not affect output…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Damages Ship
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Superstructure of the 80-ton steamship Reliance, at South Wharf, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£5000 Blaze At Type Factory
CHARRED DEBRIS in part of Mclnnes Productions Pty. Ltd. bicycle tyre factory in Liverpool Rd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Top-floor blaze damages flats
Fire swept through the roof and top floor of a twostorey block of flats in Bill- yard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay,…
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