Local and General Bush Fire Menace
The N.R.M.A. asks the co-operation of the travelling public in the prevention ol' hush fires. A cigarette butt thrown from a car and a camp fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
236 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 12
Combatting Bush Fires Emphasis on Prevention
The most impressive lesson to be learned from last year's bush fire experiences throughout the State is that ninety per cent, of them need never…
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At about 1 a.m. on Thursday Mr. Frank Moran's home at Second Forest, Ulmarra, caught fire and was burnt to the ground. It is thought that a piece of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire Fokker Works Gong Dutch Patriots Fight Nazis 1500 Dead in Blast in Hungary London
Recently a great fire destroyed the entire Fokker Aviation Company's factory in Holland, declared the Moscow radio to -day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charred Log on Fire Heap
Charred log lying on heap of ashes where pieces of human bone and other articles, including false teeth, were found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck by Plane Two Men Killed on Way to Fight Fire Accident Near Benalla. Melbourne
While walking across a paddock four miles from Benalla to fight a fire on a neighbor's property two men were killed and two others…
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"We were promised two years ago by the Board of Fire Commissioners that we would be granted a fire station, but it does not look as though…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →House Burnt Down On Ramornie Dairy Farm Fire Last Night
A house on No. 6 dairy farm, belonging to Messrs. Tindal and Hughes on Ramornie Station, and occupied by Messrs. A. and C. McClymont, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heaviest Attack Raid On Brest Naval Base A.A. Fire Was Terrific. London
The R.A.F. daylight raid on Brest naval base in which the cruiser Prinz Eugen also is believed to have been hit, was the heaviest attack of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sand to Fight Fires
The Lismore Municipal Council has provided more than 50 cubic yards of sand in all parts of the town for the use of householders in fighting incendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Fire Brigade
The New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners submitted to the last meeting of the Kempsey Municipal Council its estimate of expenditure by…
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The motor cruiser,"Nauwai," owned by Mrs. May Palmer, was totally destroyed by fire at Newport early today. Only the charred hulk…
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Bush fires have been raging constantly and gangs of men have been employed fighting them daily. So far there has been no damage done by the fires and at present they are all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Petrol Supplies Fighting Bush Fires Difficulties Overcome
The problem of petrol supplies for 700 bush fire brigades throughout New South Wales has been solved. Announcing this, the Chief Secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barbaric Raids on Philippines City Japanese Savagery Manila Bombed and Burning Heavy Loss of Life Feared Great Fires Raging in Capital Manila
The Japanese have answered the American proclamation of Manila as an open city by dumping two salvoes of bombs at least a mile and a half from the capital's port area, starting fires. At least a dozen bombs fell in Manila's famed old walled city put up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gas Mask Needed in Fire
Owing to the ever present danger of an explosion of the chemicals the officer in charge of the Lismore Fire Brigade (Mr. C. Welsh) had to use a…
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