Drama Of Desert Pilot Rescued Under Fire Somewhere in Irak, May 13
FORT RUTBA. important point on the pipeline, which British Forces captured at the week end, was the scene of a dramatic…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
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Hamburg and Bremen Hammered Again Attacked Three Times In Four Nights Nine Miles Of Yards And Docks Threaded And Crossed By Fires LONDON, May 12
For the third time in four nights Hamburg and Bremen were the main targets of the R.A.F.'s offensive last night. The Air Ministry stores that a heavy weight of explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped on the ship-building yards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazi Supply Ships Bombed Four Set On Fire, One Torpedoed (Special to "The Mi[?] LONDON, May 15
FOUR German supply ships have been set on fire, and one has been tropedoed in British air attacks in the past two days…
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Damage estimated at £5 was caused by fire to a four-roomed wood and iron dwelling owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bent, of 542 Wolfram Street,…
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About 2.50 p.m. yesterday a fire occurred tn n four-roomed wood and Iron hession lined house with an enclosed back verandah. situated at 542 wolfram…
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One of the many highlights at the Orphanage gymkhana which will be held near the Flying Doctor Base next Sunday will be Miss Una Harvy's…
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SYDNEY. Wednesday.—Police and firemen believe that some person deliberately placed blazing cotton wool which had been saturated with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in Sydney City Four Firemen Overcome By Smoke SYDNEY, May 20
Sydney's largest fire for 12 months to-night completely gutted a four-storeyed building in the city, and caused damage estimated at nearly £30,000…
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LONDON, May 25.—Persistent attacks have been made by German aircraft on President Roosevelt's son, who is visiting Irak, says the Cairo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Inquiries Into Sydney Fire
SYDNEY, Monday.—Police are investigating the cause of a fire which damaged a residential in Boyce Street, Globe, owned by Miss Catherine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transport Driving and Bush Fires to Concert Halls
Helena Bromley, who appears before the microphone with Helen Speeding tonight at 8 o'clock, from 3LO unit 3WV. renewed a wider association with her…
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Mr. W. R. James, formerly in business in Broken Hill, called at the Central Fire Station before his departure for Adelaide yesterday to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazis Have Hell Fire Pass CAIRO, May 28
Apart from the German occupation of Hell Fire Pass there is little change in the Western Desert. The majority of enemy forces control the top of the pass,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →100,000 Fire-fighters Trained
SYDNEY, Saturday.—It has been revealed that nearly 100,000 firefighters have been trained to deal with bombs in Sydney. The president of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frightful Fire in U.S.A. Sabotage Theory Suspected
A.A.P., NEW YORK, May 30. A fire, possibly the work of an incendiary, swept Jersey City Erie Rail Road Terminal, enguffing 35 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Of Former Fire Chief
It is reported from Sydney that Mr. Thomas P. H. Nance, formerly Chief Officer of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, has died. Mr. Nance,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shop Gutted by Fire Brigade Saves Other Buildings
THREATENING a row of six shops and a residence, a fire which broke out early this morning in a ham…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Fire Left Four Blocks In Ruin A.A.P., New York, June 1
The chief of the Jersey City fire department estimated that the damage caused by the disastrous river front fire at 25 million dollars. It left four city…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Goods Shop Destroyed By Fire
The interior of the smallgoods shop occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cocks at 219 Oxide Street was almost entirely burnt out in a fire which occurred shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enemy Convoy Attacked 8,000-Ton Ship Blown Up Other Vessels Damaged—One A blaze LONDON, June 4
A highly successful attack on an enemy convoy off the North African coast was made by R.A.F. bombers on Tuesday. One ship of about 8,000 tons blew up with such tremendous force that flying debris hit and damaged other ships in the…
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