Big Oil Fire California Fields (A.A.P. Service.) TORRANCE (Calif.) Oct. 20
More than 80 acres of oil fields were set on fire when on explosion occurred at the General Petroleum Refinery at [?].30 a.m. yesterday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
548 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 28
Heavy Damage Fire At Warehouse ADELAIDE. Tuesday
Damage estimated at between £100,000 and £120,000, was caused by a fire which destroyed the Dunlop Perdrian warehouse in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spectacular Fire At Aberdare Mine Damage At Pit Top Estimated At About £3000 500 Men Idle Cessnock
Damage estimated at almost £3000 was done by a fire which broke out early this morning around the pit top and pop[?] head at the Aberdare Mine. Five hundred men will be thrown idle for at least two weeks while repairs are being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire at Aberdare Colliery. Extensive Damage to Pit Top and Poppet-Head. Spectacular Scene as Flames Leap Skyward. Firemen Had Herculean Task Subduing Flames
During the early hours of this morning Cessnock had one at the most spectacular, and at the same time one of the most destructive, fires in the history of the district, when the pit-top and poppet-head at the Aberdare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hotel Set on Fire Governor-General Was A Guest AUCKLAND
Considerable damage was done to the Hotel Nelson, at Nelson, by incendiary [?]. The Governor General Lord Gateway and V[?] Gateway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hotel Fire At Coramba GRAFTON
Hampden Hotel, a two-story building occupied by Mr. H. Neller and owned by Mr. W. Johnson, and a drapery store end residence owned and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Aberdare Mine 500 Men Idle for Fortnight
Damage estimated at almost £3000 was done by a fire which broke out early on Tuesday morning around the pit top and poppet head at the…
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Shortly after midnight on Friday last a five-roomed dwelling owned by Miss A. McLeod, and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. T. O'Sullivan, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Escapes Action By Chief Secretary SYDNEY
Action has been taken by the Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. Gollan, to compel the provision of fire escapes on the floor above the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burnt Out Twice in Nine Years . DUBBO
When their weather board cottage was burned to the ground, Mr. and Mrs. A. Doilisor. and their three smell daughter, of Dubbo lost everything…
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[?] storeroom [?] and Norman, bottle mem[?] mandible-street [?] completely destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sleeper Awakened by Falling Wood. Did Not Know His Cottage Was on Fire
Soundly asleep in bed, Jack Watt, veteran of two wars, did not know his cottage at Bathurst was on fire early on Monday morning until a piece of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Bush Fires In Queensland SYDNEY
Huge bush fires in many ports of Queensland have [?] in further serious loss of stock…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Army Documents Burnt Serious Fire at Washington (A.a.p. Service) WASHINGTON Oct. 30
A fire started at 4 a.m. to-day in the Munitions Building, which houses most of the United States Department of War, including the…
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Shortly after midnight on Friday last a five-roomed dwelling at Aberdeen, owned by Miss A. McLeod, and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. T. O…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Proposal Action to be Taken
For upwards of two years a number of Aberdeen residents have been agitating for the establishment of a fire-fighting unit at Aberdeen. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Washington Fire (A. A. P. Service) WASHINGTON, October 31
The Secretary of War (Mr. Simon) [?] (hut a short circuit or a [?] build not [?] was responsible for the fire which broke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lively Happenings aT Leeton. Removal of Fire Chief Causes STIR.s
There have been some lively happenings in connection with the fire brigade at Leeton recently…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Isolated Air Attacks on London Ground Fire Disperses the Enemy. London, Thursday (A.A.P.)
An official statement to-day said that there had been little air raid activity up till midday. To-night an Air Ministry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Naples Bombed Three Times R.A.F. Starts Many Fires (Australian Associated Press) LONDON, November 1
The British Official Wireless states that last night’s attack on Naples was the first time R.A.F. aircraft had been in action over southern Italy. Three targets were selected…
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