Boys Damage Trawler by Rifle Fire
LONDON, February.6 —Two 16-year-old boys in the early hours of the morning broke into Fleetwood Dock, where they remained for two…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
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Normandie on Fire 300 Men Hurt (Special to "The Miner.") New York, February 9
A DISASTROUS fire has broken out in the French luxury liner. Normandie (83,423 tons), which was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enemy Dislikes MacARTHUR'S Fire Jap Reinforcements Arrive in Philippines (Special to "The Miner") WASHINGTON, February 10
THE Japanese in the Phlippines campaign have shown no stomach for frontal attack, and their tactics against General MacArthur have been based solely on flanking action, where either ten men or a division have…
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Central Fire Brigade answered a call at 7 o'clock this morning to Railway Town, where a small fire had been started by an electrical short circuit…
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WASHINGTON, Februury 15.— Demands for a Congressional investigation of the Normandie fire were made today. Members of the House…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Normandie Fire Inquiry Opens WASHINGTON, February 16
THE Secretary of the Navy (Colonel Knox) has convened a Naval Court of Inquiry to investigate the cause of the fire on the former…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thirteen men and two girls escaped from a blazing furniture factory at Leichhardt today as the flames singed their faces…
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Cement being carried on the Tibooburra mail lorry was used for extinguishing a fire which occurred among the loading when the lorry was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Flame Throwers And Fire Bombs Lack of News From Central Java Capture of Sourapaya Now Claimed by Japanese (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, March 3
THE United Press reports that the Japanese have been pushed back at least seven miles in one sector, but concern is felt at the lack of reports from central Java. The Japanese are using fire bombs and flame throwers…
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Mrs. Vigar, of Ianten Vale, and Mr. J. Sandford Glasson's Motors were nearing Linton Vale Statton with the Wlute Cliffs mail on Friday last, a fire broke…
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PENOLA, Friday.—More than 200 firefighters helped put out the most menacing fire in the district for many years. Since it began last…
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THE most serious fires of the summer in Victorin occurred this week, when bush fires swept over wide areas in South Gippsland, the…
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THE gaudy flame colored paint work of our fire engines, so appropriate to the fire[?]battlers and the gleaming brass fittings that crust the machines, may be replaced by a dull war-time color scheme of buff and black. The familiar, glamorous firemen's brass…
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A spark from a co[?]er started a fire in a washhouse at Railway Town this morning which severely damaged the laundry and its contents. The…
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BOSTON, March 8.—Flames swept the six-story warehouse of the National Wool Marketing[?] Corporation today. The building contained 3,000,000lb…
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Salvage material collected by the Red Cross Society was severely damaged by [?]re last night. The material was stored in a small building [?]…
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MORWELL (Vic.), Friday.-Police are inquiring into the possibility of sabotage in the fire which damaged the 200-vard railway bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Homestead Historic K Tank Gutted Last Night Bath Heater Spark Thought Responsible
KTANK HOMESTEAD, one of the oldest in the district, was destroyed by fire last night. The station is about 17 miles from Broken Hill and off the Wilcannia Road. Few details have been received, but it is believed…
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A fire that occurred at Tank Station homestead at about 10 o'clock on Tuesday night of last week completely gutted the five rooms of the dwelling, leaving only the kithchen standing. The building was the private residence of Mr. and Mrs…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.—Chief Fire Officer J. J. Whyte lost no time in dealing with a request from the Broken Hill Proprietary Company for an…
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