Fire in Flat Traps Four Women Rescue by Firemen. Sydney
Four young women had narrow escapes from death when they were trapped by fire in their rooms at a residental in King's Cross road, King's…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
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Brisbane Fire Damage Estimated At £12,000 Possibility of Sabotage. Brisbane
Police inquiries into the £12,000 are which destroyed the building and contents of the Queensland Can Company's cork board department at Montague…
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A fire which broke out in the rear of the premises occupied by the "Champion-Post," one of the oldest newspapers in the central west, last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Towers of Flame Shoot 500Ft. Into the Air More German Oil Tanks Bombed Great Fires Visible 50 Miles Away Tanks, Railways and Troops Bombed London
During daylight raids over the Bresle- Somme region the R.A.F scattered transport columns, bombed lines of tanks, armored vehicles and motor lorries, machine- gunned troops, silenced anti- aircraft batteries and blew up a petrol dump. They also caused chaos at many points behind the enemy lines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Keep the Home Fires Burning" Responsibility Of Primary Producers Continuous Supplies Essential Civic Reception To Mr. L. O. Martin
Referring to the war, the Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. L. O. Martin, at a civic reception held at the Grafton Town Hall yesterday morning, stated that the developments during the past fortnight had only increased the responsibility of those who had to keep the home fires…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian Ship Romolo Intercepted Shadowed From Brisbane Crew Sets Her on Fire Melbourne
The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Cameron, to-day announced that the Italian cargo and passenger liner, Romolo, had been intercepted by an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Park Life Is Dead Darkness and Silence in Once Gay Capital Ringed by Devastating Circle of Fire French .Defending City with Superb Valor London
Total darkness throughout the night grips Paris, whose centre is deathly silent, but from the north- western fringes the gunfire 'is growing louder and gun flashes burn across the sky as the German legions thrust desperately forward to the very gates of this "former city of light."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mediterranean Bombers on Both Sides Active R. A. F. Set Fire to Warship and Submarines Italians Claim Si King of Warship and Tanker Egypt's Entry Into War Expected Soon London
The Egyptian Premier, in the Chamber of Deputies, said that if Italy bombed Egyptian ports and towns Egypt would declare war. Well-informed circles consider that Egypt's entry into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce Attacks Royal Air Force Bombers Terrific Explosions More Fires Started London
Fierce attacks on enemy positions behind the French front and on military objectives in Germany are being continued relentlessly by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lorry Destroyed by Fire
A motor truck, the property of Mr. Owon Oscar Hayes, of Courts Crossing, was badly damaged by fire on a hill on the Blaxland's Flat, about 16…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →French Army May Cease Fire To-day "Navy Ordered to Nearest Port" Govt. Rejects British Union Offer Envoys Returning with Germany's Terms Ministry Moves From Bordeaux to Biarritz Colonies Demand That Army Should Fight On LONDON
The "Daily Telegraph's" Bordeaux correspondent learns that French Ministers voted by 13 votes to 10 against Britain's offer of union with France. The British offer, however, is reported…
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Mr. Merv. Patrick's cottage and its contents were completely destroyed by fire last Saturday night. The cottage was situated in Barry-street,…
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The Grafton Fire Brigade's annual social, to be held as usual on Monday of Race Week, will this year devote the whole of the proceeds to the Patriotic…
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George Kendall, a 74 years old- age pensioner, was burned to death early to- day, when the three- roomed hut in which he was living in Eastern street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early Morning Blaze Cottage Partly Destroyed Fire at South Grafton
An unoccupied weatherboard cottage in Spring street, South Grafton, owned by Mr. M. A. Sweeten, of Skinner street, South Grafton, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.A.F. Blasts Keil Dock and Battleship Bombed Scharnhorst Again Severely Damaged Great Fire Visible 35 Miles Away London
The German 36,000 ton battleship, Scharnhorst, was heavily bombed when aircraft of the bombay command penetrated the powerful defences of the keil Canal and attacked the ship as she lay in the floating dock of the naval base…
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The Grafton Fire Brigade's annual social, to be held to-night in the Criterion Hall, has come to be recognised by the people of Grafton and visitors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Workman's Hut Destroyed by Fire. Woolgoolga
A portable hut, the property of the Dorrigo Shire Council, was destroyed by fire on Mr. G. Skinner's property, about five miles from Woolgoolga, late…
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An inquiry into the cause of an outbreak of fire in a cottage, belonging to Mr. M. A. Sweeten, in Spring street, South Grafton, on the night of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A.I.F. MEMBERS Under Fire At Haifa Italian Air Raid Contemptuous of Results. Gaza
It Is now revealed that a party, of members of the A.I.F. attending a school at Haifa were the first members of the force under fire in last…
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