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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1946
Page
1
Town notes praise rail carriers keeping Bridgetown supplied during the strike and report a disastrous Friday fire pushing for a volunteer fire brigade. Roy de Pedro organized a local aid station near the fire as Reg Harrison plans to move away next week. Volunteers for hospital grounds cleanup and December 13 burning off are urged.
Flames erupted from the bulk storeroom on Friday afternoon as employee Dave Hardy alerted others. The Bedford delivery van inside the storeroom was destroyed despite efforts, with the building collapsing and extensive losses. Elderly caretaker Mr. D Gregory narrowly escaped. Miss Kirby's daughter lamented the loss of irreplaceable goods while Mr. J A Kirby blamed insurance limits for the van’s value.
Student from Claremont Teachers' Training College Kemp riding from Perth to a wedding at Pemberton with David Evans. Their motorbike hit a post opposite Mullalyup school fracturing Kemp’s skull and giving concussion while Evans suffered a fractured arm and shock. Bridgetown ambulance transported them to hospital. Kemp moved off danger list after treatment. Evans continued to Pemberton for the wedding tomorrow.
Firefighters arrived to halt a fire at a bulk store on Friday afternoon. Children were rescuing roasted potatoes and, once the unit arrived, began spraying the blaze with blackberry poison before road officials intervened.
Showmen Harold Walter Boyd and Thomas William Blundell face unlawful assault charges over an alleged grievous bodily harm incident in Bridgetown on November 7. Victim John Ewart Karhunun was treated at Bridgetown Hospital then moved to Royal Perth Hospital with severe injuries. Boyd and Blundell were remanded on November 9 and again last week. bail details and court proceedings are noted. Detective sergeants Woodley and Jackson led the investigation.
Wilfred Regan did not appear in Bridgetown Police Court on Monday morning to answer a charge of being drunk in Hampton Street on Saturday night. Bail of £1 and costs of 2 shillings were estreated. Police Sergeant Nicholls prosecuted before Mr. H. E. Armstrong, J. P.
Mr. J. B. Clarkson and Mr. Athol Thaine fought flames pouring water onto a burning bakehouse and store that had just collapsed. A lean-to at the back caught fire burning the ceiling inside the bakery.
Claude Shute about 40 pleads guilty at Bridgetown Police Court to being drunk in Hampton Street on Tuesday evening. Before J P H E Armstrong he is fined 5 shillings with 2 shillings costs. Police Sergeant Nicholls prosecutes.
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