Fire Call Puts Damper on Social
KATOOMBA, Thurs. -- Volunteer fire fighters hurried away from a fire brigade ceremony tonight to put out a fire in a flat…
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Huge Wager on Pure Fire Karendi Still Favourite
BRISBANE, Friday.—A bookmaker was called from his bed this morning to lay a bet of £12,000 against Pure Fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Puzzle of the burning mountain Aborigines feared it, white men thought it was a volcano; and the real origin of the underground fires hasn't been settled yet
THE bush surrounding the Kingdon Ponds Valley, north of Scone, in NSW's Hunter Valley, was almost unexplored in 1828, and the man who…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Lawn Tennis Association of Australia is burning out Ken Rosewall and Lewis Hoad…
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FIREMEN last night saved thousands of pounds worth of linoleums and furnishing…
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THE smoke curled up, the flame danced madly and, from the 26 firelit faces around me, 26 girlish voices burst into song. My thoughts were fully on the…
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CALCUTTA, Saturday. —Police hurled tear-gas bombs and fired over the heads of rioting…
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LONDON, Sat.--King Prempeh of the African Gold Coast kingdom of Ashahti, wants his…
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LONDON, Sat.--The time has come for the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia and Davis Cup squad manager Harry Hopman to call a halt and take stock…
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Fire yesterday morning destroyed part of the Colonial Wood Wool Company factory in The Crescent,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Chicago Blaze Lightning Hits Ammunition
NEW YORK, July 6 (A.A.P.).—Lightning exploded an ammunition magazine at an army…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Tues.-- Serval Macedonians will be among the 12. witnesses who are expected to be called today at an inquest into a fire which destroyed a house at…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Mon.--An inquiry into a fire which destroyed a Macedonian…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Tues.-- Several Macedonians will be among the 12 witnesses who are expected to be called today at an inquest into a fire which destroyed a house at…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Tuesday.—A Macedonian-born banana grower at a Coroner's inquiry today said he had been told that his 17-year-old daughter was to have been kidnapped at a party on April 23—the night his house was…
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MELBOURNE, Tues. --Three girl telephonists and a male employee scrambled along a…
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MELBOURNE, Tues. --Three girl telephonists and a male employee scrambled along a…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.-- Three girl telephonists and a male employee scrambled along a…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Tues.-- A detective fold the Coroner's Court today that police believed a deliberate attempt had been made to take the lives of four members of a local Macedonian family…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Tues.-- A detective told the Coroner's Court today that police believed a deliberate attempt had been mode to take the lives of four members. of a local Mocedonian family…
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