Girl Dies in Postal Fire
A 19-year-old girl was trapped and burned to death in a post office last night while she was trying to telephone the fire brigade…
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Heroism in Fire Girl dies at switch
BOMBALA, Wednesday.--Last words of a courageous 19-year-old switch girl who was burned to death at Bibbenluke last night were, "Send…
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A girl was burnt to death when fire destroyed the post-office at Bibbenluke, eight miles north of…
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Despite intense American efforts to spread the war, the Geneva talks have now entered on discussions for an immediate ceasefire in Indo-China. SPECIALISTS from both sides are…
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SAIGON, Wed.--One of the key ammunition supply centres for French forces in Indo-China caught fire in Saigon early this morning…
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Latest figures for the five doubtful seats in the Federal elections indicate there will be some "photo finishes". In N.S.W., Labor…
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A pensioner was burned to death at Blakehurst yesterday morning. He was Claude…
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LONDON, Friday.--40 firemen fought a blaze at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, for nearly an…
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A former Queensland boxer early last night carried a crippled man and helped two other men from…
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A former boxing champion last night saved three pensioners from a…
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THE people of Hull, flourishing English V port on the Humber, gave more than a passing glance at the sky on August 6, 1921. High above the city…
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Flames leapt from an eighth-storey window of the Commercial Travellers' Association building,…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.--Fire tonight destroyed 500,000 bottles in Australian Glass Manufacturers Ltd. Spotswood factory…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Who died in the burnt-out car? That was the question police had to solve in... the Case of the Wrong Body a scheming bigamist, hopelessly tangled in numerous love affairs, tried to wipe out his own identity by destroying a harmless man
THE Guy Fawkes Night dance had lasted till long after midnight. When it was over two young men had a long walk home, but the night…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.— Rudolf Ziegler, about 50, was burnt to death in bed to-night when fire destroyed…
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NEW YORK, Sun.--A timber fire today burned just outside Los Alamos, New Mexico's atomic city. The fire burned…
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Police have been unable to trace the owner of a house which was severely damaged by…
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Liquid Fire will attempt the hat-trick at Randwick on Saturday in the June Stakes…
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NEW YORK, June 6 (A.A.P.).—Hundreds of firefighters battled frantically early to-day to…
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Two women were burned when they tried to extinguish a tire in former Davis Cup star John Bromwich's newsagency in Edgecliff today…
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