Fat Fire at David Jones
billowing smoke and fumes from David Jones' George St. store shortly after 2 o'clock today caused excitement among…
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5000 fight forest fire in Riviera
TOULON, Saturday.-- More than 5000 troops, civilians and firemen battled desperately last night to…
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As in the 1,500 metres race last night, Marshall seemed over-anxious. This again apparently led…
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THOUSANDS of people watched smoke pour from David Jones' George Street store, yesterday. Working with powerful lamps, firemen confined the blaze to the kitchen and there was no serious damage…
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Members of the staff social club, who were holding a meeting at David Jones Ltd.'s George Street store yesterday,…
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MORE than 5000 troops, villagers and firemen are battling to stop forest fires reaching Riviera…
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TOULON, August 5 (A.A.P.).—More than 5,000 troops, firemen and civilians last night battled…
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Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which completely gutted the Neptune Engineering end Boat Building Works at Lavender…
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Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused by a spectacular fire which completely gutted the Neptune Engineering and Boat Building Works at Lavender…
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A lion tamer left the lions in a circus near Kingsgrove railway station today to fight a fire in a nearby fish and chip shop…
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HONGKONG, Monday. -- Chinese Communists fired live shells at the 10,000 tons American freighter Steel Rover just…
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HONGKONG, Monday. -- Chinese Communists fired five shells at the 10,000 tons American freighter Steel Rover just…
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HONGKONG, Monday. -- Chinese Communists fired five shells at the 10,000 tons American-freighter Steel Rover just…
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Fire almost totally destroyed the inside of a fish shop in Kingsgrove Road, Kingsgrove, yesterday when a kerosene…
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TOKYO, Aug. 7 (A.A.P.).— A fire last night virtually destroyed the Mukojima warehouses at the Nagasaki dockyard…
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Police believe that a cigarette butt caused a are which did £30,000 damage at Lavender Bay…
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Fire destroyed a two-storey engineering and joinery works at Lavender Bay in 40 minutes…
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FIREMEN bringing a hose Into action against a fierce lire which gutted the Neptune Engineering and Slipway Co. at Lavender Bay yesterday. Estimated damage was £30,000. FIREFLOAT Boray turning heavy hoses on to the blaze. The float almost ran aground trying to get closer to the fire…
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Flames leaping high from this fire at the Neptune Slipway, Engineering and Joinery Works, Lavender Bay, yesterday afternoon, could be seen from some city buildings. The fire razed the building in 40 minutes, causing damage estimated at £20,000. Forty firemen used engines and fire floats. (Story, page 5)…
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DJAKARTA. Wednesday.--A cease fire between the rebel Knil forces in Macassar pad Indonesian Army units was announced lost night fey the Indonesian Defence Ministery…
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