Fire in Hotel Brisbane
The top floor of the Metropole Hotel, Ipswich, was destroyed by fire, Twelve people had to leave all their belongings behind. The fire brigade…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
548 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 28
Italian Forces Advance Under Heavy Fire Tank Columns Shelled and Bombed Egypt Will Fight (“Mercury Service) LONDON, September 17
It is officially announced in Cairo that Italian motorised columns have occupied Sidi Barrani, after pushing out the covering forces to the south and the west…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Church Sydney
The Congregational church at Arncliffe was badly damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. The organ and plano were destroyed by the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →VANDALISM Fire At Arncliffe Church SYDNEY
Police are now convinced that a Fire which partly destroyed the [?] congregational church last night, was an act of vandellarn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Danger Need for Precautions
Owing to the exceptionally dry weather conditions prevailing, the Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued an urgent appeal to Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£2000 DAMAGE Blaze at Wheeler House SYDNEY
Damage estimated at about £2000 was caused by a fire which broke out last night on the first and second floors of Wheeler House, in Little…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£2000 Damage in Sydney Fire
Damage estimated at about £2000 was caused by a fire which broke out last night on the first and second floors of Wheeler House, in Little…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Bravery Rescued Boy From Blaze SYDNEY
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →Camp Fires Special Plea For Care
A special plea to motor campere and [?] to display [?] when using fire at camp sites or picnic pieces is made by the General…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boarding-house Fire Katoomba
A fire, which caused damage estimated at between £200 and [?] broke out in a new wing, almost completed at Homesdale boarding-house. The five,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Attack on Nazi Invasion Bases Firece on Slaught by Royal Air Force Bursting Shells and Racing Fires
The Force on Saturday night urs on end, delivered its fiercest attack on the Nazis, Channel bases. Resident On the English side of the Channel saw one of the most thrilling spectacles of the war. For miles the French coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Set Dog On Fire MELBOURNE
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Fires Raids on Channel Ports R.A.F. activity (A.A.P. Service) LONDON, Sept. 24
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late News the King Broadcasts "Unconquekable Spirit of British Peoples" Japanese Act in Indo-china General De Gaulle in French West Africa. British Troops in Action at Dakar. British and "French Naval Units Exchange Fire Are Axis Powers Planning Attack on Turkey, Palestine and Syria? London
"Much hats happened since lust September. Nations have fallen. The battle which was then so far away that we could only hear its distant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigades
The Chief Secretary Mr. Tonking, stated that the Government had taken action to [?] are [?] to purchase…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shocking Case of Cruelty Poured Turpentine on Dog and Set Fire to It
For having poured turpentine on a dog and, set fire to it, Samuel Bert Alway, 19, of Oakleigh (Vic.), was fined £8 in Oakleigh Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By-law Regulating Lighting of Fires
By-law 161 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1909-1927, which speaks for itself, should be carefully read by townspeople:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scone Fire Brigade Successful Formation
Yet another very essential service has been formed in Scone. It' is the Fire Brigade, for which a crew has been trained. The unit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Clerk's Report. Fire Brigade
The provisions of the Fire Brigades Act, 1909-1927 were applied to this Municipality on September G. A fire engine and other necessary…
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