Enemy Under Fire
"Our nits in the Majaisk sector, after notifying their position, sent out reconnaissance patrols. Most severe fighting ensued. Our artillery…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
357 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 17 of 18
Cassilis Fire Destroys School of Arts and Business Premises
Shortly before midnight on Saturday last, a fire broke out at a shop and dewelling at Cassilis occupied by Mr. G. T. Rivas, and spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Creating Interest on Bush Fire Matters
At yesterday's meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council a number of communications was received from the Bush Fires' Advisory Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brigade Answers Call to Fire
Shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday the local Fire Brigade was summoned to a fire which had broken out in a shed at premises occupied by Mr R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bushfire Menace
The N.R.M.A. asks the co-operation of the travelling public in the prevention, of bush fires. A cigarette but, thrown from a car…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Wheat Paddock Tamworth
A fire which broke out in Mr. W. Keech’s crop at Glenore, Loomberah, destroyed about 35 acres of standing crop and 90 bags of wheat lying…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day’s Leaders: A Vexed Question The Enemy Listens led Reserves Incalculable Russians Confident Under Heavy Fire(AUSTRALIAN Associated Press)london Nov. 24
Three German tank divisions from General Rommel’s African corps are operating on the Moscow front, where the Germans are throwing in all available reserves, says the Soviet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →m Round the Fire
The the grey and gloomy, The very fingers freeze, The [?]s are mute and mothiest In shelters in the trees;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menace of Bush Fires Appeal By State Premier
“Years of drought have brought thousands of square miles of country in our State into grave danger from bushfires this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shire Bush Fire Organisation. Districts and Personnel
The Shire Council discussed at some length at its meeting on Friday the appointment of bush fire brigades throughout the shire, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Mayfield Newcastle
A fire which broke out in an oil vat at the Australian , Wire Rope Works, Lid, Mayfield, last was extinguished with foamite…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Menace of Bushfires
Years of drought have brought thousands of square miles of country in our State into grave danger from bushfires this summer. Bone-dry grass…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Near Sydney Sydney
Sydney firemen fought 57 suburban bush and grass fires yesterday At one time 50 engines were engaged. No serious damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires at Pokolbin
Singleton police Constable M. Wholohan, D. McM[?] and — Freeman, of the special patrol, were kept busy yesterday afternoon fighting bush-fires at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grass Fire Cessnock
The Cessnock Fre Brigade was called out to a grass fire near the Cessnock Ambulance Station in North Avenue yesterday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →15 Years Ago (From issues of the "Argus" dated November 25, 27 and 30, 1926.) Telephone Fire Alarms
Six telephone fire alarms have been installed by the Board of Fire Commissioners. They have been placed on posts at the intersections of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cross Fire at Red Cross Meeting Claim That 300,000 Pairs of Socks Lying Idle and Sewing Still Being Done
The smooth running, of the December meeting of the Singleton branch of the Bed Cross was interrupted yesterday by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“The Red Terror” Combat[?]ing Bushfires
The most impressive lesson to be learned from last year’s bushfire experiences throughout the State is that ninety per cent of them need…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's leaders: Helping the Nation Bushfire Prevention British Army Withdraws to Strong New Line Nazi Forces Still Isolated in Libya (Australian Associated Press) London Dec.3
The withdrawal of the British army of Monday's drive to establish positions along a solid front in the vicinity of Gobi, to the south of Turku, was carried out in an orderly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British King Meets London Fire-Fighters
King George VI. inspecting some of London's fire-fighters, who have done heroic work during recent German bombing attacks on Britain's on Britain's Capital. —Department of Information P[?]…
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