Workers Flee to Escape Fire Alexandria Distillery Destroyed
Flames raced through a glycerine distillery in O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, this morning, and workmen had narrow escapes as they dashed from the…
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Fire Causes Explosion
Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused at the works of Glycerine Distillery Co. Pty. Ltd. in O'Riordan…
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Passengers screamed in terror as they fled from fierce flames in a carriage of aim electric train at Central Station today. The train, from Ashfield, was…
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A fire severely damaged the factory of Glycerine Distillery Co., Pty., Ltd., O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, yesterday morning…
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AUCKLAND, Tues.--A fire in the liner Wairangi early this morning…
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LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.)--Rapid exchanges between the prosecutor and the prisoner highlighted today's hearing of the murder charge against Donald Hume, 31…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--Republicans strongly attacked US policy towards China and Russia in the Senate today and one said that countries (including Britain) which supplied goods to Chinese Communists "are actually in a sense our enemies."…
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AUCKLAND, N.Z., Tues. (A.A.P.-Reutcr). — Fire early this morning damaged almost one-third of the Shaw Savill…
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After the Tarakan explosion a sailor's bloodstained face appeared at a porthole and the man called oaf, "Help, help, we're all on fire in here," an eye-witness of the tragedy said today…
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After the Tarakan explosion a sailor's bloodstained face appeared at a porthole and the man called out, "Help, helpwe're all on fire in here," an eye-witness of the tragedy said today…
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After the Tarakan explosion a sailor's bloodstained face appeared at a porthole and the man called out, "Help, help, we're all on fire in here," an eye-witness of the tragedy said today…
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After the Tarakan explosion a sailor's bloodstained face appeared at a porthole and the man called out, "Help, help, we're all on fire in here," an eye-witness of the tragedy said today…
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After the Tarakan explosion a sailor's bloodstained face appeared at a porthole and the man called out, "Help, help, we're all on fire in here," an eye-witness of the tragedy said today…
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HATBORO (Pennsylvania), Wednesday.--Horace Morrow, his wife and three children were burned to death when…
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The end carriage of an electric train caught on fire twice between Central Station and Wynyard…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday —A 2½-year-old boy was burned to death at Kirkstall, in south-western Victoria to-day…
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CHIEF FIRE OFFICER C. J. Griffiths, who was overcome by smoke and fumes while directing fire-fighting operations in the hold of Tarakan after the explosion yesterday. With him is an R.A.N. commander…
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Two cars were damaged by fire at King's Cross within a few hours of each other last night and early this morning…
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BRISBANE, Friday.--A loud explosion preceded a fire which practically destroyed a furniture factory at Yeeronybilly…
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Two cars were damaged by fire at King's Cross within a few hours' of each other last night and early this morning…
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