Stop Press[?] Bush Fire Warnings
SYDNEY.—A warning concerning bush fires was issued today by the Forestry Commission. According to the Commission the situation…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
241 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 13
Fire Sweeps N.z. Block
WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Thursday. —Half a Christchurch city block was razed by fire yesterday. The timber yards of C. S. McCully Ltd., covering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Timber Yard Fire In N.Z. AUCKLAND, November 19
[?] are for years in Christ[?] today when the [?]ber yards of C. S. McCully Ltd. wer destroyed. The yards covered an area of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →P.W.D. Garage Destroyed Blaze Attracts Huge Crowd
PROMPT action by neighboring residents saved a lorry and two cars, when a fire broke out in the High Roads Department store at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Workers Fire On Strikers New York, November 21
WITH the "captive" coalmines strike in its sixth day U.S. steel production already has been cut by 15,000 tons a week…
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IN spite of the blistering heat and choking smoke, firemen stuck to their job well to confine Saturday's fire to the store at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Saturday's Fire P.W.D. Store And Workshop Destroyed
Shortly before 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoons fire broke out in the Public Works Department garage and store and workshops building at the rear of the…
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WERRIBEE, Tuesday.—Fire on Carter Bros.' poultry farm at Werribee caused damage estimated at £4000. The greatest losses were the…
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There was more smoke than fire in the outbreak which caused the Central Fire Brigade to go rushing to the Hospital this afternoon. The…
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When some methylated sprits which had fallen on the floor of the male medical steri[?]sing room at the Hospital [?]ted yesterday there was a fire scare…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Fokker Plant
LONDON, December 3.—Moscow radio reports that recently a great fire destroyed an entire Fokker Aviation Company's factory in Holland[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Details of the Tragic Ending of H.M.A.S. Sydney Raider Opens Fire Within 800 YARDS Sydney Ablaze From Midship To Stern No Survivors From Sydney, But 268 From Raider PERTH, December 3
The German raider Komoran or "Steiremark," flying the Norwegian flag, came within 800 yards of H.M.A.S. Sydney before opening a shattering fire with her six 5.9 guns…
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Members of the Hospital nursing staff assisted in extinguishing a fire which occurred near the maternity block at the Hospital last night. The…
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A shed at the rear of Gould's shop on the corner of Mica and Chloride Streets was severely damaged by fire this morning. A quantity of goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brewery Fire PERTH. December 7
Kalgoorlie, which claims the record consumption of beer per head of population in Australia got a terrific fright on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Sets Fire To Herself BRISBANE, December [?]
After pouring kerosene over her [?] and body and applying methylated spar[?] Mrs. Stamatis St[?] Marendy (26) struck a match and made a lu[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Play Havoc With American Bases Widespread Activity Gives Occupation of Important Strategic Points Heavy Damage, Large Fires, Considerable Loss Of Life SYDNEY, December 9
Highlights of the Pacific war today were the intensified bombing of the Philippine Islands, including large-scale damage in Manila, the reported landing on the Philippine Island of Lubang, 80 miles south-west of Manila, and a Japanese claim to have occupied Guam, an important American Mid-Pacific base and Midway Island—an American air base and a link in the American…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local A.R.P. Display On Sunday Fire Brigade to Stage Will Last Two Hours
BROKEN HILL will share in the State-wide A.R.P. demonstration on Sunday when the Fire Brigade will stage an exhibition of firefighting under conditions of modern warfare…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade On A.R.P.Calls
Although Broken Hill will share in the State-wide A.R.P. demonstrations tomorrow, the public are requested not to follow the fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brigades Deal With Eleven "Fires" N.E.S. Practical Test Carried Out
The local fire brigades had a busy [?] yesterday afternoon when as far as they were concerned for the benefit of their tests carried out under the…
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