Fire at Photographic Studios
Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out this morning to quell an outbreak of fire at the Paramount Studios in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
357 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 18
Hut Destroyed Fire At Greta Camp
A lire picket at Greta military camp had their first taste of real fire-fighting when fire destroyed a galvanised iron hut in Silver City, which was…
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Cessnock Fire Brigade, under officer Danvers, received a call to a fire in the Paramount Studio, Vincent-street, Cessnock, this morning…
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Jay Wilkins, 48, fireman, collapsed while rolling up a hose after he had been fighting a fire for an hour at Ringwood (Vie.) early yesterday. He…
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A motor lorry owned by Mr. Stanley Kennedy, builder, of Wollongong, and four petrol pumps at Murray’s garage were damaged by [?] The…
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When a fire gutted a Nana Glen store about 4.60 yesterday afternoon, about 80 people formed a bucket brigade. Although nothing was saved,…
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Plans to protect wharves and decks from fire have been almost completed by the Melbourne Harbor Trust. They resemble the methods used in London…
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A report from Grafton states that about 30 people formed a bucket brigade at Nana Glen store about.4.30 p.m. on Monday…
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Two boys have -been arrested-and charged with [?] caused fires which occurred town premises recently They will appear at the Childrens…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Fire On Italian Rioters Peace Slogans Carried (Australian Associated Press) - LONDON. Jan. 29
Reports of further rioting in Italy are reaching London from numerous sources. Fascist police, it is reported, were forced to fire on demonstrators at Trieste, on the Adriatic. A number of casualties were caused, including two persons…
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Motor compere and picickers are reminded by the N.R.M.A. that they must take dat[?] with camp fires, as they are [?]quires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Bombs Dropped by London Raiders Daytime “Blitz”(a.a.p. Service.) LONDON, Jan. 30
The Luftwaffe to-day put new energy Into raids, giving the London area Its worst daytime “biitz” for months. Single planes…
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The workroom and garage of the funeral; parlours of George Andrewspty Ltd in Liverppolroad, Ashcled were brunt out by fire, last night…
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A weatherboard cottage was severely damaged by fire at Bellbird about 11.45 on Saturday night. The front bedroom was saved but the…
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The fall of Derna was accomplished in a series of small operations lasting from the week-end. The garrison is believed to have totalled 10,000…
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Bellbird and Cessnock Fire Brigades were called out on Saturday night to a file in Tennant-street, Bellbird where a weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wires Down Sydney-Melbourne Interruption Caused by Fire Sydney
A fire which started in some stacked hay in a paddock about two miles from Junee destroyed telephonic and telegraphic communication with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Battle of the Mountains. British Artillery Worries Italians. Australians Under Fire. London, Monday (A.A.P.)
After the battle of the desert comes the battle of the mountains, says the British United Press correspondent with the Imperial Army of the Nile. Beyond Derna, British artillery is now busy driving the Italians from one position to another, always…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gallantry of Journalist Under Fire (A.a.p. Service). LONDON, Feb. 12
Reuter’s correspondent in Libya pays tribute to the gallantry under fire of the Melbourne journalist, Mr. Alan Moorhead, now with the “Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£20,000 Fire Damage at Pottery Works
Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused when a fire early on Wednesday destroyed a large portion of the Bendigo pottery works at Epsom, a…
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