Tokio Raid U.S. Embassy Staff Had Ringside Seat Saw Bombing--Fires
WASHINGTON, Mon.--The U.S. Ambassador at Tokio, Mr. Grew and members of his staff had a ringside seat of the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
273 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 14
Allied Non-stop Air Blitz Japs Hammered Furious Bomber Onslaught Continues Fires at Lae Visible 30 Miles Away Enemy Cut To Pieces At Milne Bay Australians Now Mopping Up Stragglers
(From George Johnston, Our War Correspondent.) Somewhere in Australia.--With the violent and spectacular battle of Milne Bay virtually over except for mopping up operations, Australians and Americans gave the enemy no respite…
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AUCKLAND, Wed.--When the driver of a heavily laden motor truck at Christchurch discovered that the vehicle was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Incinerated Four School Boys Fire at Casino Hemp Ignited in Plaster Factory. Lismore, Wed.--Four school
boys were incinerated in a fire which almost gutted Pidcock Brothers' plaster works at Casino this afternoon…
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WOOLGOOLGA. Fri.--Allen Taylor and Company's sawmill at Bark Hut, about [?] miles from Woolgoolga, was destroyed by fire…
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LONDON, Sun.--Russian planes on Friday night started 33 fires in Budapest, says the Moscow radio, giving the first details of…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--It is proposed to issue shortly special national security regulations for the control and prevention of bush fires…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.--James Joseph Gallagher, 58, retired Board of Works employee, was burned to death in a small back…
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SYDNEY, Fri.--The southward bound Melbourne express was delayed for six minutes when a fire broke out in a passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Non-stop Allied Air Raids New Guinea Area Buna Battered In Four Smashing Attacks Fires Were Visible Forty Miles Away Jap Destroyer Sunk-20 Planes Destroyed Quiet Yesterday on Stanley Range
Somewhere in Australia, Sun.--While the position on the southern side of the Owen Stanley Range has quietened down with the Australians holding the enemy south of Efogi and both sides apparently reorganising for renewed action the Allied Air Forces…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--Emphasising the importance of the bush lire danger, the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddelcy. to-day disclosed that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Faulty Switch Caused £11,000 Fire Damage
SYDNEY, Tues.--When a faulty switch became overheated a fire started that totally destroyed Coonabarabran power station at…
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Because of the abnormal dry spell and the consequent condition of the tush in many areas, the N.R.M.A. warns motorists and the public…
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The coachworks and black-smithing business of Messrs. Wicks and Reilly, and the upholstery business of Mr. C…
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WOOLGOOLGA, Fri.--About eight acres of Mr. C. O. R. Newman's banana plantation on Woolgoolga Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vast Fires Munich Burning Visible 100 Miles Big R.A.F. Raid
LONDON, Sun. --R.A.F. crews were a hundred miles or more on their homeward journey before they lost sight of…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, stated to-day that the grave bush fire risk during the coming months…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--Groceries and other goods valued at more than £40,000 were destroyed or damaged by fire at the bulk stores of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aust. Nurses Awards For Bravery Attended Wounded Under Fire
CANBERRA, Tues.--Advice has been received that awards have been made to eight members of the A.I.F. and two nurses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Die Children Trapped in Fire
SALISBURY (Southern Rhodesia), Tues.--Eight German and Italian child internees from Tanganyika were burned to…
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