Fire at Rear of Public School
The Grafton Fire Brigade, in charge of Captain McKinnon, was called out to extinguish a grass fire at the rear of the Grafton Public School…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
298 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 15
Blaze at Wauchope
Magnificent team work by a band of volunteer workers saved a portion of Cameron-street, Wauchope, from a disastrous conflagration last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coramba Fire Hampden Hotel Destroyed
The Hampden Hotel and a mercery and sports store occupied by Mr. A. N. Pryor, at Coramba, together with their contents, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Coramba Hampden Hotel Destroyed Also Store and Residence Good Work of Bucket Brigade
The Hampden Hotel at Coramba, and Mr. A. N. Pryor's residence and drapery store adjoining the hotel, were completely destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Snow in Tas. Bush Fires And Duststorms in New South Wales. Sydney
While dust storms raged over the inland areas to-day and bush fires wrought havoc in parts of New South Wales, Hobart had some heavy falls…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melb. Fire Twp Firemen Killed Crushed When Floor Collapsed Melbourne
Two firemen were killed when the first floor of a Clifton Hill factory collapsed last night in a fire which destroyed the factory. They were Third…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From the Baltic to the French Coast Enemy Bombed Vicious R.A.F. Attacks Continue Kiel-hamburg Again Plastered Big Oil Plants Blown Up Explosions and Fires London
Further details of last night's attacks by the R.A.F. mention variable weather, which assisted both the raiders and defenders, but despite all the handicaps the operations extended from the Baltic to the Channel coast of France and inland to the Ruhr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Rear of Public School
The Grafton Fire Brigade, in charge of Captain McKinnon, was called out at 12.35 p.m. yesterday to extinguish a small blaze at the rear of the Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cottage Destroyed At South Grafton Early Morning Blaze
An unoccupied four-room weatherboard cottage in Norrie street, South Grafton, owned by Mr. Frederick Walter Woods, of Blaxland Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Washington Fire in Munitions Building. Washington
A fire started at 4 o'clock in the munitions building housing the office of the Secretary for War, a most. important department, and which also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Irreplaceable Records Destroyed in N.Z. Fire. Wellington (N.z.)
A fire destroyed one of the most modern plant research bureaus in the world early to-day at 'Palmerston North. The building contained…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →27 German Planes Brought Down Air Battles Italian Planes Over Britain Pilots Afraid of Barrage Raf. Again Over Germany Great Fires Started in Shipyards London
Last night R.A.F. bombers caused extensive damage to warships under construction at Hamburg and Bremen. Fires, visible for 40 miles, were started in the Hamburg and Kiel shipyards. Heavy bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven naval base for an hour. High…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany Has Lost Over 6000 Airmen Nearly 5000 Planes Berlin's Worst Air Raid Terrifying Fires in Capital Power Stations and Rail Centres Battered by R.A.F. Bombers London
Since August 8, when the first big air battle was fought around our coasts, 2433 German bombers and fighters have been brought down, states the Air Ministry news service. Allowing the usual number of members of crews, over 6000 airmen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Ballina
Ballina Fire Brigade was called to an outbreak of fire in a shed owned by the Richmond River Shipping Company on Saturday night. A strong flow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires on Tweed and Richmond
The period of extreme dry weather experienced by the Tweed and Richmond districts for the past six months culminated on Monday in a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Grafton
The Grafton Fire Brigade, in charge of Capt. McKinnon, was called out at approximately 6.45 o'clock last night, to extinguish a fire in a tree at the rear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cane Damaged Fire At Woodford Leigh 500 Tons of Crop Burnt
Damage estimated between £30 and £100 was suffered by Mr. A. Bancroft, of Woodford Leigh, when a fire broke out on his cane farm between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires in Q'sland Drought Areas. Brisbane
Farmers and graziers in the drought areas have suffered a further blow as the result of an outbreak of bush and grass fires in districts where fodder is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alleged Careless Use of Fire
At Murwillumbah, Oswald Clarence Williams was arrested and charged at the Court of Petty Sessions with the careless use of fire by striking matches…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Menace Burning Of A Culvert the Policeman's Lot
Reminiscent of the Gilbert and Sullivan skit that the policeman's lot is not a happy one was the report of the engineer at yesterday's meeting of the…
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