Man's Futile Attempt to Set Fire to House
SYDNEY.—An intensive hunt of the district is being made by the police today for a man who made an attempt to burn down a weatherboard…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
240 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 12
Fire Dangers
LONDON, July 31.—Fires were the greatest single element of danger in enemy attacks, and there was evidence that in future the Nazis would make…
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SYDNEY—Thieves who broke into Nesca House, the administrative offices and showrooms of the Newcastle Electric Supply…
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NEW YORK, August 4.—A new fire-resisting chemical which may be an important help to the United Nations' war effort is announced by Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Fire Montreal, August 4
An eight-year-old girl and woman of 63 were trampled to death and 30 injured in a panic after a small fire in an open-air stadium. About 20,000…
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CLEVELAND (Ohio), August 4.—It is estimated that 50 to 100 animals were burned to death or shot in a mysterious…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire At German Commander's Home In Sicily LONDON, August 4
According to the Moscow radio, a f[?] attributed to arson occurred in General Kesseiring's house in Siclly. The German Commander has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Lakes of Fire Result Of 4,000lb. Bombs On Dusseldorf Australian Squadron Drops 50 Tons Of H.E. LONDON, August 3
Great lakes of fire were seen by pilots offer the raid of British bombers on Dusseldorf on Friday, when more than 150 high explosive bombs, each weghing more than 4000lbs, 1267 tons, 17 cwt., 0 qrs., 16 lbs! were dropped Hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£120[?]000 Fire at Mittagong
MITTAGONG.—Damage estimated at £120,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the maltings owned by Tooth & Company, brewers, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brewery Fire £70,000 Damage To Tooth's SYDNEY, August 8
Production of beer at Tooth's brewery. Sydney, will be held up as a result of a fire which last night [?] £70,000 damage to the company's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Set Fire to Circus As Act of Revenge
PITTSBURG (U.S.A.), August 7. —The District Attorney, Mr. Adams, said today that Lemandria Ford. 16, a negro, had admitted that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Fire at Marseilles
LONDON.—Vichy radio says that a huge fire is raging at the Mediterranean port of Marseilles. No details have been released as to the cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nuns And Wardens Save Men From Fire At Home
SYDNEY.—Nuns and N.E.S. wardens saved more than 100 old men from being trapped when a fire broke out in a home for aged and infirm at Clovelly last night. The fire started in the scullery of the home and caused extensive damage to the building…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Fire On Indian Crowd Disorderly Scenes, With Military And Police Action In Other Centres LONDON, August 15
Several incidents were reported from India today. At Benares one was killed and twelve injured, and also two Magistrates and four constables were injured when police seized a Congress flag and ordered the crowd sat down and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wilcannia And District Voluntary Bush Fire Brigade
The annual meeting of the above Brigade was held at the Court House on the 16th instant. The meeting was poorly attended but that was to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →False Alarm of Fire
When an early morning passer-by saw a fiery glare, which appeared to be at the rear of the Electricity Department in Blende Street, an alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Walked Into Curtain of Fire Commando Raid At Dieppe Co-ordination Of Fighting Services A.A.P., LONDON, August 20
When British Commando troops raided the French coast at Dieppe they simply walked into a curtain of fire from every small arm the enemy could Cluster, says Reuter's correspondent, who was with the raiders for eipht hours. "Against this rain of death…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£50[?]000 Damage in Melbourne Fire
MELBOURNE.—For two and a half hours early today firemen fought a blaze which destroyed part of the Yozza hosiery and knitting mills at…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.).—Damage estimated at several, thousands of pounds was caused by a spectacular fire in a four-storey building at Dunedin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pensioner Perishes In Bedroom Fire
ADELAIDE.—Miss Anne Eliza Winkley (70), pensioner, died in a fire early this morning when unnoticed by other occupants of the…
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