£20,000 Fire Damage at Bonalbo Three Business Premises Destroyed Bucket Bricade's Good Work Lismore
Twenty thousand pounds damage was caused by a fire which destroyed three business premises at Bonalho this afternoon…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
298 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 15
R. A. F. Bombers' Deadly Blow at Nazis Chain of Fires Great Oil Plants Blasted Huge Plane Factories Bombed 492 German Warplanes Shot Down Over Britain Last Week London
Confining their zetivities strictly to military targets, widespread attacks on new objectives in Germany were carried out successfully last night by the R. A. F. squadrons. These included the huge hydrogenation plant at Leuna, a benzine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sawtell Fire Butcher's Shop Burnt
About 4.30 yesterday morning the butcher's shop at Sawtell known as Shepherd's and owned by Mr L. C. Maokay was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazi Blockade "Not to Apply to Fire." Berlin
The Foreign Office spokesman to-day emphasised that the total blockade in England did not apply to Fire, for which special [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shop Gutted Fire At Sawtell Backfire Ignites Petrol. Coff's Harbor
A fire occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning at Sawtell, when a butcher shop and terry owned by Mr. L, McKay were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheers in Commons for Royal Deadly Bombing Terrible Fires and Explosions R.a.f.'s Merciless Attacks on Germany Docks, Oil Plants and Railways London
Many tons of bombs were dropped on many military objectives in Germany and German-occupied territory by Royal Air Force bombers last night. Havoe was caused at Kiel naval base, a great bower station near Leipzig, oil storage depots near Satzbergen, Ostermour and [?]ver, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires And Burning Off a Timely Warning
In the present time of dry condition the danger to electric power transmission lines from bush fires or the burning off of dead grass, etc., is very…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Under Fire! Taxpayer's Blitzkrieg Accompanied Cheque Jest a Moment
One phase of British character which our enemies never seem to understand is the ability to test even under a blitzkrieg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Miners Burned Fire in Colliery. Wellington (N.z.)
Three miners were severaly burned and bruised when portion of a brick wall fell on them as the result of an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Troops Fight Forest Fire. Toulon
French troops were called out to fight a fire which has already swept through 11,000 acres of Riviera forest land, and threatens to spread to Toulon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany Has Lost 3253 Planes in War 48 More Shot Down 800 Raiders Over England Great Fire Started in London Long-range Gun Duel Across Channel R.A.F. Bombers Blast Nazi Objectives London
The Air Ministry told the Associated Press that since the war the Germans had lost 3253 planes to midnight on August 23-24. The Italians have lost 122 and the British 889, twenty being in the Middle East. 48 GERMAN PLANES SHOT DOWN…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Egypt Italy's Ambitions Nazi Planes Bomb Fire Is It a Beginning ? MELBOURNE
The broadcast by Sir Miles Lamnson, [?]sh Ambassador to Egypt, has emphasised [?]ains determination to stand locally by Egypt and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Exciting Time For Australian Nurse Hospital Ships on Fire
The following letter has been received from friends of Miss A. Breakell, daughter of Mrs. R. C. Breakell, of Willoughby. Miss Breakell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Sisters Burned To Death Factory Fire at Waterloo Sydney
Two sisters were burned to death this afternoon when the Challenge Manufacturing Company's factory at Waterloo was gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Assassinate Carol Iron Guard Fires Shots At Train Dobruja Transfer Agreement Signed Occupation By Bulgaria This Month BELGRADE
Members of the Iron Guard are reported to have attempted to assassinate King Carol as his train crossed the Rumanian-Yugo-Slav frontier. The carriage was dotted with bullet holes, while the windows were broken. Carol was unhurt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Damages Claimed £44.000 From Vic. Railways. Melbourne
Property owners in Torquay and the western districts are claiming damages amounting to £44,09256 from the Victorian Railways Commissioners in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Fire Govt. Offices Damaged Electoral Records Saved. Sydney
Fire severely damaged the caretaker's quarters of Fraser House, in Spring street, city, to-night, where the offices of the Commonwealth Electoral…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hitler Starts Total Warfare on London 99 Raiders Down on Saturday Germans Furiously Bomb London Area Many Civilians Killed, Fires Started Reprisals For R.A.F.'s Raids On Berlin Targets LONDON
A terrific concentration of bombers, including some of the heaviest Germany has yet used, was directed on the London area throughout last night though the mass formation was not used. The raids in a succession of waves lasted nine and a half hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Women Fire Fighters Save Residence at Woolgoolga. Woolgoolga
The hot sultry conditions which prevailed over the week-end resulted in many grass and bush fires throughout the district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Iluka Midnight Blaze House and Contents Destroyed
A fire broke out at Mrs. W. Wallace's house between 12 o'clock on Monday night and 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The house was gutted and most of…
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