Huge Fires At Kiel (A.A.P. Service) LONDON Sept 27
An Air Ministry [?] says an [?] on Kiel [?] over an hour and huge [?] were [?] Le [?]…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
548 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 28
£10,000 DAMAGE Fire At Rubber Co’s Works SYDNEY
About 760 new and old [?] several remanding [?] and six electric [?] were destroyed by a [?] which com[?] born [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Fire in Erskineville Australian Rubber Company Destroyed
About 700 new and old motor tyres, several remoulding machines, and six electric motors were destroyed by a lire which gutted the premises of,the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Detonator Thrown Into Fire Explosion at East Greta
"That's a bullet,. Mummy," said sixyear-old John Tiedeman, of William Street, East Greta, on Friday, when his mother, Mrs Lilian Tiedeman,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Crashes Into Fire Girl Drags Father to Safety
When a, car crashed through a bridge at. Bundaber'g (Q.) weakened by ambush fire, Eileen Hanlbn, 17-year-old daughter of James Hanlon,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Escapes in Factories Sydney
The chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking. announced to-day that the question of [?] compulsory [?] of fire [?] in factories in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Escapes in Factories. Chief Secretary's Comments. SYDNEY
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking, announced to-day that the question of the compulsory provision of fire escapes in factories in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Suggestions For Prevention
Torrn Shire Council to-day received a circular from the Bush Fires Advisory Committee showing designs for bush fireplaces, which if erected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wall of Fire Welcomes Raiders New Nazi Tactics Fail LONDON. October 5
German raiders arrived at the usual time alter dark to-night for the day’s seventh raid They tried new tactics In an attempt to penetrate the anti-aircraft barrage waves of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£1000 DAMAGE Fire at Moree Hotel MOREE
Damage [?] at over [?] was caused by a fire at the Hotel Max, Moree’s leading hotel, at about 1 o’clock on sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Fire Greets Nazi Raiders Fifth Week of Air War (A.a.p. Service) LONDON, October [?]
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires The Danger Season Eternal Vigilance
[?] to the of the [?] a [?] of the East [?] [?] Committee last night set…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£10,000 Fire Circus Animals Frightened
Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused at Brunswick (Vic.) when fire swept through a wire-weaving works, leaving it a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Smashed Door Saved Neighbour From Fire MELBOURNE
Three people asleep in their bonse at Tooradin first knew that the building was on fire when a neighbour smashed the front door with an axe…
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A four-months'-old child, Leslie Thomas Monks, was fatally burned on Sunday in a push-cart in which he was sleeping in the. backyard of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long Raid on Berlin Fires Light Up the Sky (A.a.p. Service) LONDON October 9
Over 100 heavy bombs were dropped on three male power stations when strong forces of bentars raided [?] last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Navy Shells Cherbourg Big Fires Started(AUSTRALIAN Associated Press) London, October 11
Heavy and fight, forces of the Royal Navy last night bombarded the enemy-occupied port of Cherbourg, declares an Admiralty communique. Air reconnaissance had detected concentrations of enemy shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Military Objectives Bombed in Berlin Large Number off Fires Started Heavy Attacks Against Industrial Plants (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, Sunday Night
Military objectives in the heart of Berlin were bombed for an hour on Saturday night. Severai tons of high explosive bombs and hundreds of fire bombs were dropped within the target area, and although the intervening clouds obscured the full results of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surrounded by Miles of Blazing Country Storm Saves Three Towns From Fire
Surrounded by miles of blazing country, residents of Bruthen, Omeo, and Orbost, in East Gippsland, were saved by a thunderstorm late on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.A.F. Blazes Trail of Wreckage and Fire (Australian Associated Press) London October 18
Details from the reliable sources quoted by the Air Ministry’s new service indicate the effectiveness of R.A.F raids against Berlin The main gas workers was hadly damaged and the G.P.O almost gutted Several factories employed in vital war…
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