Bushfire Menace Towns Narrowly Escape SYDNEY
A sudden change to the strong westerly wind saved the townships of Mul[?] and [?] from a bushfire which was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
548 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 28
Bush Fires Houses Destroyed
Working in fierce heat, hundreds of volunteers fought bushfires that menaced homes in Sydney suburbs, in the Mulgoa and Wallacia district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Amid Munitions Mystery Blaze In Berlin (“Mercury” Service)LONDON March18
Firs broke in a munitions factory in northern Berlin at 10 o’clock last night and was still burning at midnight…
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[?] Soviet [?] England and France, [?] the Soviet…
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The life savings of Mr and Mrs David Goodman were destroyed by fire in their shop at Rose Bay Heights on Saturday…
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A child, who had just escaped from her blazing home, becoming hysterical, rushed back into the house, and covered herself with bedclothes. She…
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A furnished cottage, owned by Mr. H. E. Brown, of Laguna, was totally destroyed by fire in the early hours of Saturday morning. The cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Troops Fire on Native Strikers 14 Killed In Rhodesia (“Mercury” Service)salisbury (Rhodesia), April 3
Fourteen natives were killed and 20 wounded when troops on-copper name strikers in the Nkana Concession, in the Luangwa district of North Rhodesia, After suffering fourteen casualties from stone throwing,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Open Was Left Burning SINGLETON
William Joseph Hoarer left a fire burning in the open at Melbourne on March 1 His failure to put it out cost him a fine of £1 plan 8/ costs…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boys Blamed Fire and Robbery SYDNEY
A garage in Surry Hills was broken into last night and £5 in noted was stolen from a cash box. The perpetrators are believed to be two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cottage Blaze Man Badly Burned KATOOMBA
When three men, who had been stepping in a two-roomed cottage in [?]-street, Leura, awoke they found the building in flames. They…
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Regarding the proposed fire brigade, Mr. Eichler asked that this matter be left in abeyance until next meeting…
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As a result of the visit of the Board of Fire Commissioners to Scone last week, the Municipal Council last night resolved to…
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In a letter to the Dungog Municipal Council, the Board of Fire Commissioners advised that the change of the fire engine at Danger won…
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The Mayor reported that representatives of the Council had met the Board of Fire' Commissioners during the preceding week, and he…
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In a letter read to Dungog Municipal Council at Tuesday's meeting, Mr. H. M. Webb, secretary to the New South Wales Board of Fire…
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Last night Cessnock Fire Brigade received a call to the residence of Mr. George Adams, of Northcote-street, Aberdare…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Set Fire to Grass Man Sentenced to 12 Months' Imprisonment
Pleading guilty to a charge of having maliciously set fire to grass at Yea on March 8, Robert Samuel Norman, 45, station hand, of Yea (Vic),…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cottage Narrowly Escapes Destruction by Fire
A cottage in Broughton Street occupied by Constable and Mrs G. C. Laycock narrowly escaped destruction by fire shortly before 4 o'clock…
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