Theatre Fire in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Many thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused when a fire completely burned out the Regent…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
116 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 6
Wireless Will Be Aid in Controlling Forest Fires
COFF'S HARBOR Mon.—Recent tests in the Coff's Harbour district with a special type of wireless receiver and transmitter, which has lately been acquired by the N.S.W. Forestry Department, show that the sets will be of inestimable value in the control…
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LONDON, Sun.--The first British victory salute of the war was fired outside Field-Marshal Montgomery's headquarters on Saturday afternoon. The salute was…
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LONDON, Tues.—German troops in Prague and the whole of Bohemia have surrendered unconditionally. News of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →End of Battle in Europe Cease Fire Order Already Sounded Says Churchill
LONDON, Tues.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, announced that hostilities officially cease at one minute after midnight to-night, but in order to save lives the cease fire has already sounded…
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LONDON, Thurs.--The last remnants of the German fleet, including the powerful cruisers. Prinz Eugen and Nurenberg,…
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Signs and portents indicate that winter is near. Temperatures for the past week show a gradual decline, with the lowest minimum…
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WASHINGTON, Thurs.--Fires from Sunday's Violent attack, on Nagoya were still shouldering at night (Japanese time) when another force of more than 500…
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KATOOMBA, Sun.-- The country home of James Kirby was partly destroyed by fire last night while the inmates were…
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Late on Tuesday night a fire broke out in a house owned by Mr. E. Amos near Park Beach, Coff's Harbour Jetty, and in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tokio Attacked By Superforts With Fire Bombs
WASHINGTON, Thurs.--In a record-smashing raid on Tokio to-day more than 550 Super-Fortresses dropped 4500 tons of fire bombs on the Japanese capital in 105 minutes. It was the greatest attack on Tokio so far, and equals any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tokio Almost Wiped Out Fire-Bomb Flames Were Fanned By A 70-m.p.h. Gale
NEW YORK, Sun.--So badly has Tokio been damaged by the American "fire bomb, including Friday's great assault, to which a 70 m.p.h. gale put the finishing touches by sweeping the raiders' fires over great areas of the capital, that the entire city will have to be rebuilt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.A.A.F. Commended For Preventing Bush Fires
The chairman of the Forests Commission of Victoria (Mr. A. V. Galbraith) has sent a letter to the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Who Ordered French To Cease Fire?
LONDON, Fri.--A spokesman for General De Gaulle's Personal Advisory Cabinet confirmed that French troops in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Stop French Action In Syria Gen. De Gaulle Furious Over Cease Fire Order Faces Public Opinion
LONDON, Fri.--An order to the French troops in Syria and Lebanon to cease fire was issued last night by the General Officer Commanding the French Forces in the Levant. The order followed closely on British representations which were made in…
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LONDON, Sun.--The Germans, during the last months of the war, invented and put into production a rifle which fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Super-Forts Raid Jap Seaport Damage Caused By Fire Bombs
GUAM, Tues.--Between 400 and 500 Super-Fortressee to-day dropped 3000 tons of incendiary bombs on Kobe, Japan's principal seaport. Situated on southern Honshu, the main Japanese home…
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FREMANTLE, Sun.--Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused by a fire at the Fremantle bus depot this morning. Nine buses…
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BALIKPAPAN, Wed.-- After driving thousands of natives northwards towards Samarinda oilfields for slave labour…
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BOUGAINVILLE, Tues.--Australians along the western bank of the Mivo River in Southern Bougainville are now coming under…
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