They Run Their Own Fire Brigade
RESIDENTS in St. Annes Drive, Burley, Leeds, England, do not mean to be caught out by fires in an air raid—they have formed their own…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
209 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 11
Bushfire Menace R.A.C.A. Appeal
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The secretary of the R.A.C.A. (Mr. Clyde Hodgins) said today that last year it was proved that a large number…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Destroyed by Fire
Only the framework and one tyre remained of a small touring car which caught on fire on the Menindee Road shortly after 12.30 p.m. today. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District Fire Officer R. Smith Retires
District Fire Officer E. Smith has retired from the service and taken up a position with Beard Watsons in Sydney. Mr. Smith was for many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Y.M.C.A. Under Fire Great Work Of The Red Triangle
ENGLAND at present is an armed camp, and the Y.M.C.A. has na less than 500 centres operating in Great Britain alone. The Y.M.C.A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Much Destruction At Channel Ports Fierce Attacks by British Pilots Line of Fires Along French Coast (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, September 22
WITH the weather ideal for an attempted invasion the R.A.F. yesterday and last night for hour after hour methodically continued its work of destruction at Channel ports. It was one of the most fierce attacks yet launched,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Set Fire to Dog Man Fined For Cruelty MELBOURNE
HOW an agonised kelpie dog with its coat ablaze after having turpentine poured on it careered around the streets on the evening of August…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Save by Brigade Laboratory Fire At College
PROMPT action by the Central Fire Brigade last night prevented the spread of a fire which broke out in the chemical laboratory at the Technical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunt rup To John Orby Half A-Head Victory Over Fire Prince In Desperate Finish ADELAIDE
WHAT the Hunt Club Cup lacked in quality was made up fully by the thrilling finish between John Orby and Fire Prince at Morphettville today. They staged a great tussle over several furlongs, taking the jumps almost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MORE R.A.F. Raids Over Germany "Red And Orange Fire" Started In Kiel (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, September 27
A LARGE vessel at anchor in the Kiel harbor basin is believed to have sustained a direct hit during the R.A.F. raids on Germany last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Escapes in Factories
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The Chief Secretary (Mr. Tonkins) announced today that the question ot the compulsory provision of lire escapes in factories…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hammering For Germans production Centres Get Attention Fires Visible for 60 MILES (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, September 30
FLYING over 750 miles of country from Bittersfeld in Saxony, to Lorient. on the west coast of Brittany, R.A.F. bombers last night harried and hammered German production centres, communication lines and invasion bases…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire Damage In Queensland
BRISBANE, Tuesday.— The scrub fire menace was less dangerous In the metropolitan area yesterdny, but fires still raged along the North and South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press £10,000 Melbourne Fire
MELBOURNE.— A fire causing £10,000 worth of damage broke out at the Rex Wire Weaving Works, Brunswick, today. During the height…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →False Alarms of Fire Serious View Taken By Officials
POLICE inquiries are being made into the false alarms which resulted in the CentralFire Brigade being called out yesterday morning and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bombers Over Germany Flames Dye Night Sky As Oil Tanks Blaze R.A.F. Victorious in Duels (Special to "The Miner")
THE naval dockyard at Wilhelmshaven, harbor works on the Baltic coast near Steppin, the Krupp armament factory at Essen, oil storage plants and 13 aerodromes were the main targets in last night's widespread E.A.F. raids into Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Officer Here On Examination
To examine the motor engines, equipment and appliances and to give driving tests to local firemen, Mr. G. Eadie, motor officer of the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Roar at Boulogne Bombers Attack Railways, Quays, and Store Houses German Bases Get Full R.A.F. ATTENTION (Special to "Tho Miner") LONDON, October 10
BLENHEIM bombers started lires at the rate of one a minute when they dropped bombs on Boulogne last night, and flames roared thrpugh railway buildings, store houses, quays and barges. This attack was part…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threw Petrol On Fire
GOULBURN. Monday.—Picking up a tin filled with petrol which he had mistaken for water, Jack Broadhurst (19) dashed the contents into a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires Rage In Victoria
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Severe bush fires raged yesterday in East Gippsland; also in the Omeo. Orbost, Bruthen, and Bairnsdale districts. Re…
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