Serious Riots Negroes In Bahamas Fires and Widespread Looting
NEW YORK, Tues.—Unskilled laborers on a large American project in the Bahamas demonstrated yesterday, smashing show…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
273 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 14
Huge Fires Timor and Tulagi Devastating Raids By Allied Air Forces
MELBOURNE, Wed.—A General Headquarters communique issued to-day revealed that Allied air forces launched…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crippling Nazi War Effort War Plants Wrecked In R.A.F. Blitz On Cologne And Essen Great Fires Still Burn in Ruhr Coal Mines And Big Works Destroyed
LONDON, Tuas.—Last night's raid on the Ruhr, in which 1036 bombers were used, continued the settled British policy of wrecking; Germin industry and communications. The raiders attacked Essen, where the target is is a morrow strip…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Attack Bremen Raided Many Fires Started British Bombers Busy
LONDON, Thurs.—A strong force of British bombers delivered a fierce attack on Bremen last night, despite many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maori's Suicide Set Fire to Clothing
WELLINGTON, Fri.— Nora Teau, a young Maori woman, committed suicide at Tekato, near Whakatane, by setting fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allied Raids on Enemy Bases Koepang and Rabaul Many Fires Started
From our own correspondent at an undisclosed operational base somewhere in Australia.— Low level attacks were made by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Large Fires R.A.F. Over Emden Big German Port Has Its 74th Raid
LONDON, Sun.—The R.A.F. Bomber Command switched its target to Emden last night after a week's concentration on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rommel's Attack Halted By British Artillery Fire Pushed Westward in Cauldron Area But Three Separate Battles Raging
LONDON, Mon.—Our artillery in Libya has halted a big scale Axis attack in the Knights Bridge region. The enemy moved on Knights Bridge yesterday with more armored forces, but the attack was stopped by our artillery. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fireman Killed in Big Sydney Fire
SYDNEY, Thurs.—A fireman, Michael Laurence Griffin, 34, of Daceyville, was killed when 200 tons of steel collapsed while he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Looked Pretty Anti-aircraft Fire U.S. Airman's Comment
NEW YORK, Thurs.—The "New York Times" correspondent at Pearl Harbor says the participants in the Midway battle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fires Rumanian Oilfields Bombed By Liberators FIRST U.S. Raid in Europe
ANKARA, Thurs.—Four American Liberators made forced landings in Turkey last Saturday. They took off from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bomb Demonstration Method of Handling Members of N.S.W Fire Brigade to Visit Dorrigo
MESSRS. Watt and Eadie of Head quarters recently visited Dorrigo and have arranged for three representatives of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1000 Bombers Bremen Blasted Terrifying R.A.F. Raid Great Fires Roaring
LONDON, Fri.—The R.A.F has struck again at Germany with a 1000-bomber raid, this time over the great seaport of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North of Aust Jap Bases Blasted Week's Lull Ended Large Fires Started
MELBOURNE, Fri.—Three Japanese bases in the north of Australia were blasted yesterday, ending a lull of nearly a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Fire Two Deaths Dramatic Rescues Boy's Leap For Life
SYDNEY, Fri.—A fire which occurred in a six-storey building in Foveaux street, city, to-day, resulted in the death of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship on Fire At Australian Port Sea Cocks Opened
After 70 firemen had fought 7 hours to save a burning ship in an Australian port on Saturday her sea cocks were opened, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£30,000 DAMAGE Fire At Kyogle Valuable Stock Lost
KYOGLE, Sun.—Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Kyogle's largest business house—the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10,000 Fire Caused by Children
SYDNEY, Mon.—A fire causing £10,000 damage in a Botany wool store on May 24 was started by two children, a boy of 10 and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and Bombs French Attack Germans
LONDON, Mon.—According to the British United Press correspondent on the French frontier French resistance against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bremen Again Raided By R.A.F. Many Fires Started
LONDON, Thurs.--Powerful forces of bombers last night attacked Bremen. The weather was good and many fires were started…
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