Fire In Munition Trains
GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, June 2. Seven persons were injured when two freight trains Laded with munition, caught fire in the railway yards an…
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Fires & bushfires, 1943
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Mitchells Sweep River Valleys Buildings Destroyed, and Fires and Explosions Caused Somewhere in Australia, June 28
Two formations of Mitchells swept the Markham and Ramu River Volleys in New Guinea yesterday morning, destroying buildings and causing explosions and fires. The targets were the villages of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oil Fire at Gibraltar Gibraltar, June 30
Thick black smoke surrounded the Gibraltar area on Wednesday when oil tanks caught fire. Flames shot to the sky giving an…
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MELBOURNE.—The fusing of electrical wires caused a fire which almost destroyed the port wing of a twin-engined monoplane at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Devastating Raid by 50 Bombers Over Mubo for Concentrated Fire on Tiny Objective Ranks with Any in the World Somewhere in New Guinea. July 8
So devastating was the raid by over 50 bombers on Mubo this morning that the crews of the aircraft, that took part saw forests of great trees in the valleys…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Firemen Fight Fire of Phosphorous Perth, July 12
When a fire broke out at the Government railway workshops at Midland Junction last night firemen were compelled to wear oxygen breathing…
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After 20 years' service in Broken Kill. Sub-Station Officer R. P. Carroll, of the Central Fire Station, has been transferred to the Waverley Fire Station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil Fire SYDNEY, July 22
A dense column of smoke rose some hundreds of feet into the air at Mascot today when seventy drums of oil stacked at Austral Bronze Pty. Ltd. caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →19 Women Pass Fire Brigade Tests
Nineteen women who passed the proficiency certificate examination in their training as members of the women's auxiliary fire service will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bombs Explode And Fires Break Out In Realistic Demonstration By NES
LAST night between 8.15 and 9.15 o'clock hundreds of local wardens and members of the N.E.S. units took part in a test blackout. The blackout was made as realistic as possible. Bombs exploded, fires and flares and incendiaries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery on Fire Aberdare Central Sealed Down NEWCASTLE, July 25
Aberdare Central Colliery, one of the largest in the Northern Districts, was scaled down today after a fire which broke out last night. It produces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gasmata Heavily Attacked Targets Plastered with Bombs and Cannon and Machine-gun Fire Somewhere in New Guinea, July 26
The greatest concentrated force the RAAF has yet used in the war against Japan was directed against Gasmata on Thursday. The fighter cover used was the strongest yet provided by a purely Australian force…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Colliery Fire Gas May Blow Seals Cessnock, July 26
Although the danger area in the Aberdare Central Colliery which caught fire on Saturday has now been completely waled off, it is feared that…
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FROM Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters. — Direct hits were scored on a Japanese destroyer and a transport or cargo vessel when…
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NEWCASTLE.—A destructive fire is still raging on the 1200 feet level at the Aberdare Central colliery on the Cessnock field. The fire broke…
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LONDON, August 1.—Thirty-five nude men and women helped firemen fight a fire at a bungalow in the Hertfordshire Nudist Colony today. When…
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Central Fire Brigade turned out about 5.30 o'clock this afternoon to a chimney fire at the home of Mr. O. A. Sonneman, secretary of the Trades…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mines Act Amendments Those Who Can Fire Explosives
The attention of mine workers is [?]own to the following Mines Act Re[?]tion (amended): No boy shall be allowed to handle…
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The attention of mine workers is drawn to the following Mines Act Regulation (amended): No boy shall be allowed to handle…
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