Melbourne Fire At Biscuit Factory Will Delay Defence Contracts
MELBOURNE, Mon.--A fire at the Phoenix Biscuit Company factory at Abbotsford last night will delay defence contracts for…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
273 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 14
Rappville Fire Open Verdict
In returning an open verdict, the Casino Coroner (Mr. E. Jones), in inquiring into a fire at Rappville on March 20, found that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Factory Fire Brigade Use Special Nozzles
SYDNEY, Tues.--Special nozzles of a type developed by the chief of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, Mr. Richardson, were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Factory Fire Veneer and Machinery Destroyed
ADELAIDE, Wed.—Tons of plywood veneer and valuable machinery were destroyed when a fire occurred at Furness Ltd.'s factory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ulmarra Blaze Residence Destroyed Early Morning Outbreak
The well-known home of Mr. Stewart McLachlan, situated about two or three miles on the Grafton side of Ulmarra on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Verdict Ulmarra Business Premises Inquiry Into Fire
Mr. R. M. Stewart, P.M., conducted an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances of a fire which occurred in Ulmarra township on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Fires Firebugs Responsible
SYDNEY, Wed.--Detectives are investigating a series of fires which broke out in living rooms in three city hotels within three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coastal Forces Attack Convoy Tanker Set on Fire
LONDON, Wed.--An Admiralty communique states that light British coastal forces early this morning intercepted off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Berrima Gaol Damaged by Fire
MOSS VALE, Thurs.--Berrima Gaol, erected in 1830, was severely damaged by fire this morning, and the whole of the upper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beauty Rampant Attractive Bougainvilia Blaze of Color
A well-known quotation runs: "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." This is exemplified in many parts of Grafton, with its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire on Upper Macleay Narrow Escapes
KEMPSEY, Fri.--The well-known Sydney barrister, Mr. S V. Toose, and his wife, figured in a sensation at Comara, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Bug Again Sydney Hotel Fires
SYDNEY, Mon.--The fire bug who set fire to four Sydney hotels last Wednesday was again at work to-day…
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What looked like developing into a lively brush in the Grafton City Council meeting last night arose when Ald. G. C…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sabotage? Fires in Berlin
LONDON, Tues.--It is reported by a Swedish correspondent in Berlin that there were five large fires in the same area in Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DUISBURG Raided By R.A.F. Big Fires Burning in Docks and Factories
LONDON, Sun.--The Air Ministry states that a strong force of bombers proceeded to the Ruhr last night. Duisburg was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£1000 FIRE Big City Hotel Sydney Firebug Again? Eleven Brigades on Scene
SYDNEY, Sun.--Police are investigating the possibility that a firebug who has caused more than a score of fires in city and…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--It is now estimated that the damage to the Hotel Carlton as the result of yesterday's fire exceeds £4000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hamburg Great R.A.F. RAID Hail of Fire Bombs U-boat Yards Given Terrific Hammering
LONDON, Mon.--"One of the most outstanding successful attacks of the whole war" is how the British air chiefs describe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bombs and Fires Methods of Control Grafton Display Visiting Firemen
"Bombs, and how to deal with them," could well have been the title of a demonstration given in Grafton last night by experts of the N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Factory Fire Started in Kapok Three Lives Lost
SYDNEY, Wed.--Evidence that he had lit a cigarette while in a kapok room and then noticed a fire in…
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