False Alarm of Fire
When an automatic fire alarm came into operation at G. Wood Son and Co's establishment in Blende Street thir afternoon it caused a false alarm…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
209 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 11
Driver Dies in Fire After Waggon Smash Melbourne
STRUCK by a single-carriage electric train at the Kororoit Creek Road crossing. Altona, a Pacific Oil Co. waggon Containing 1350 salions of petrol, was wrecked and destroyed by fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Cease Fire" Did Not Stir Germans LONDON, June 25
Hitler has appointed General Heinrich von Stuelpnugel chairman of the Armistice Commission with headquarters at Wiesbaden, says a Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Brigade Affairs
Three local firemen have gone to Sydney to sit for examinations for the rank of Station Officer. They are Senior Firemen H. Hove, T…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Shop at Menindee
A fire which broke out in a shop near the Menindee Railway Station early Monday morning completely destroyed the building and contents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Menindee Fire Was Accidental
Following inquiries by Det. Sch. Truman. Det. Hanson and Constable Buck it is believed that the fire which destroyed the grocery store conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parachutists Fight Bush Fires
MISSOULA (Montana), July 23. Americans have discovered a valuable peace-time use for parachutists. The United States Forest Service hus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spectacular Blaze At Hospital Nightquarters Of Nurses Damaged Three Hours Fight for Firemen
IN a spectacular blaze which was visible from all sections of Broken Hill the portion of the nurses' quarters known as the night quarters at the Hospital, was extensively damaged by fire, smoke and water in the early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquiry Into Adelaide Fire "Perjury" Says Coroner ADELAIDE
A THREAT by her husband after a dance-hall row was alleged by a young married woman. Mavis Goodyear, of Waymouth Street, citv. wheh…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Losses by Nurses in Hospital Fire Clothing, Valuable Text Books
THE spirit of co-operation between members of the nursing staff and their calmness which was so marked during the fire at the night quarters of the nurses at the Hospital in the early hours of yesterday morning has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Devastating Fire of British Pilots 9 Enemy Raiders Shot Down; Nazi Targets (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, July 28
CONTINUING their devastating action against the German Air Force and its supply sources, the R.A.F. today shot down nine enemy raiders and bombed oil depots, wharves, aerodromes and a big canal in northern…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Factory Destroyed By Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The cork factory at Australian Glass Manufacturers. Co. Pty. Ltd at Waterloo was destroyed by fire early this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Suffers Burns at House Fire
Joyce Whitbread (17) suffered burns to the left leg when a fire broke out in the kitchen of a house at 476 Argent Street yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3-Year-old Boy Calls Out Fire Brigade
A three-year-old boy and his companion were responsible for a false alarm which sent the Central Fire Brigade hurrying to the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.A.F. Bomb German Territory Play Havoc With Oil Plants; Marty Fires Started (Special to "The Miner")
OIL depots and plants were again the objectives of R.A.F. bombers in their raids into German and German-occupied territory last night. A synthetic oil plant at Dortmund blew up with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Set Fire to Wireless Set Man Causes Stir In Crystal Street
A MAN who set fire to a wireless set and a rug in Crystal Street last night and who allegedly terrorised his wife and neighbors was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Raiders Leave Big Fire in Chungking
SHANGHAI. August 20—Seventyseven Japanese planes in three flights yesterday raided the business area of Chungking, seat of the Chinese…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Diggers Save Woman From Air Raid Fire LONDON, August 28
BRAVERY and presence of mind of three Melbourne Diggers saved the life of an elderly woman when her cottage was setion fire by an incendiary bomb yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kerosene-soaked Bags Found After Fire
WAGGA, Wednesday.—Following an outbreak of fire in the schoolmaster's residence at Girral, firefighters found the lining boards packed with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aged Couple's Death in Fire Man Tries To Save Bedridden Wife BRISBANE
Heinrich Wallatt (91), a Lutheran pastor, and his wife, Charlotte (83), were burnt to death in their home in Main Street, Laidley, yesterday…
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