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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
216 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 11
Guam, May 30.—In two months six Superfort raids on Tokio have burnt out 51 square miles of the Japanese capital, including 18.6 square miles of the industrial area, which was knocked out in the last two assaults, bringing the total destruction to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Washington, May 30.—Japanese balloons which recently were directed against areas in Western America were made from five layers of silk paper and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRISBANE. —Firemen, speciallv trained for fighting ship fires, were rushed to Moreton Bay yesterday in American torpedo boats to meet a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →DAMAGE estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a spectacular early morning blaze at the rear portion of P. K. Conroy's butchery, 94 Argent Street, today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London, June 1.—A spokesman for Gen. de Gaulle's personal Advisory Cabinet has confirmed that French troops in the [?] were ordered to cease fire and report…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One of the most disastrous of Broken Hill fires occurred in the early morning of yesterday when the rear portion of the premises of P.K. Cour[?]y's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guam, June 3 — Bombed-out residents of Tokio are building thousands of dugout homes for the duration, said Tokio radio. The cumulative damage from American raids on Tokio are being shockingly greater than the 1923 earthquake and fire, added the radio…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, June.4— Super-For tresses dropped more than 2,000 tons of fire bombs on Kobe, Japan's industrial city, today. More than 450…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE.—A motor truck, two buckboards, and a £2,000 service station at Nairne were completely destroyed by a fire which occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At 6.37 last night the Fire Brigade was called to the City Council's tar depot in Galena Street, where a quantity of the had [?]olied over and caught alight. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Central Fire Brigade was called out at 6.57 last night to the City Council's tar depot in Galena Street. A hydrant was used to extinguish…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Mess[?]s Davidson and Horsington, M's[?] have received the following from the Minister for Mines: "Further to your letter of April 18, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 2.40 yesterday afternoon Hit Fire Brigae was called to the Proprietary Lease at the rear of the Grand Hotel where was seen to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Central Fire Brigade was called to the Proprietary lease at the rear of the Grand Hotel at 2.36-o'clock yesterday afternoon. where a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WITH General MacArthur in the Philippines.— General MacArthur came under hot sniper fire when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ADELAIDE-Circumstances "of a £2000 garage fire at Nairne last Sunday week strongly suggested that the fire was started by some party or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Japs. apparently [?] another invasion of North [?]. [?] the [?] oil fields. set [?] to at least 20 wells, [?] the United Press representative at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Central Fire Brigade answered a call at 9.40 yesterday morning which proved to be a fire in a transformer in Williams Street near the Silverton Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney, June 21.—The well-known racehorse owner Daniel Ussher Seaton, of Point Riper, was fined £20 at the Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gra[?]e Fields held "a bit of a do" at Menzies Hotel on Monday. That [?] putting it mildly. Nearly 40 Press interviewers and photographers crowded…
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