Immense Fires In Sweden STOCKHOLM, September 1
A great the swept the big Marina timber yard at Soderham last night. A quarter of a million sterling damage was done. Fifteen brigades fought the blaze…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
240 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 12
Fire Film at Ozone
"Underground." starring Jeffrey Lynn, Philip Doon, and Kaaren Verne, is at present showing at the Ozone, and is definitely one of the great films of the…
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STOCKHOLM, September 2.—A great fire swept the big Marma timber yards at Soderhamn, on the Gulf of Bothnia, last night. Damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Boys Perish in Fire Sydney, September 2
Four boys perished in a fire which occurred at Pidcock's Plaster Works at Casino today. Their charred bodies were discovered after the fire has been…
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SYDNEY.—Mr. C. D. A. Richardson, Chief Officer of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, who has reached the age of 60, has been granted three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port of Bremen Attacked for 99th TIME 4,000lb. Bombs Burst Among Concentrated Fires Smoke Rising 8,000ft. at End of Attack and Large Fires Still Burning at 10 A.M. LONDON, September 6
The great German port of Bremen was attacked for the 99th time on Friday night when a strong force of RAF., bombers dropped a heavyweight of bombs. Many fires were started and 11 of our planes are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Attacks Gain Ground in Egypt Allied Artillery Fire On Scale Unprecedented In Desert Warfare Captured Materials and Equipment Are Piling Up Within Allied Lines London, September 6
Fresh British attacks in Egypt throughout Saturday gained further ground, and it is now known that the enemy is withdrawing portion of the material which he had massed on the Southern Sector of the Alamein Front…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Home Man Burnt To Death MELBOURNE, September [?]
While his wife and daughter wore talking to friends in the street. James Joseph Gallagher, 58. retired Railways employees, of Mainsbury, was burned…
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NEW CASTLE—Noticing flames issuing from a house in Shelley Street, George Town, yesterday, neighbors broke into it by smashing windows…
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Damage to a ceiling, floor and furnishings in a room of a cottage were caused by fire late last night. Central and South Fire Brigades answered…
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Lust night, about 11 o'clock, a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Slee, 69 Hall Street, Railway Town. Neighbors endeavored to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russian Planes Heavily Raid Rumanian Towns; Fires In Oilfield Areas
LONDON, September 14.—Russian planes last night heavily raided Budapest, Ploesti and other Rumanian towns. Thirty-three fires. accompanied by large explosions, were sighted in Budapest, the capital. Six explosions were been in the area of the barracks and the arsenal. Six…
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The General Fire Brigade answered a call from the box at the corner of Lane and Sulphide Streets at 12.24 p.m. today. The call proved to be a…
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An electricity short circuit on a pole near the Globe Timber Mills in Blende Street at 5.25 p.m. yesterday brought the Central Fire Brigade out…
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When a faulty switch become overheated a fire started and totally destroyed the Coonabarabran power station at 7.30 a.m. today. The power station…
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The Central Fire Brigade answered a all from the box at the corner of Lane and Suiphale Sta[?] at 12.24 p.m. yesterday. The call proved to be a false…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vast Fires Rage in Stalingrad Torrents Of Blood Flow Through Streets Germans and Hungarians Offering Stiff Resistance on Voronej Front London, September 20
Vast fires are raging in Stalingrad and great clouds of smoke and flames are rendering the operations of the attacking troops still more difficult, says the Berlin military spokesman. "Torrents of blood have flowed through the streets in the last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guards Fire on Nazis; 8 Prisoners Wounded
CANBERRA.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) announced last night that eight Nazi prisoners were wounded at a Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£20,000 Fire In Sydney Bulk Store
SYDNEY.—Groceries valued at £20,000 were destroyed or damaged in a fire at the bulk store of S. R. Buttle Ltd., Alexandria, early this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire In Sydney Sugar and Tea Destroyed Sydney, September 2[?]
Groceries and other goods valued at more than £20,000 were destroyed or damaged by fire at the bulk stores of S. R. Buttle Limited, Alexandria, early…
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