Ammunition Trucks on Fire Shunter's Initiative Saved Supplies
The latest example of the gallantry of railwaymen comes from a west coast town of England. During a heavy raid, a goods…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
357 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 18
Fire Board Vacancy Cessnock
Kearsley Shire Council at its meeting decided to nominate one of its own councillors Dr. A. Johnson as a candidate for the election to be held…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →French Guns Fire On British Ships Costal Clash With Convoy (Australian Associated Press) London, March 30
An incident occurred to-day between some of our light forces and French shore batteries in Algeria, states the British Admiralty communique. Reports had been received that a convoy of four…
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At 9 a.m. to-day French Algerian forts fired on British warships from Gibraltar which attempted to examine four French…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →R. A. F. Rains Fire and Death on Nazi Cities London
The German people, taught to glorify war, have been getting a new angle on what "blitzkrieg" means by the recent series of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Board of Fire Commissioners Aid. A. S. McDonald Nominated
West Maitland Council on Tuesday endorsed the nomination of AId. A. S. McDonald to all the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners, created…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Cessnock Mother And Daughter Burned CESSNOCK
When a fire broke out at her residence, Newton Avenue, Cessnock yesterday afternoon, Minnie Sharpe, 28, was burned about the head, back…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mother and Baby Suffered Burns. Fire at Newton Avenue. Condition of Victims Improved
It is pleasing to be able to state that the condition of Mrs. J. Sharpe and her 10 months-old baby, Judith…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Danger of Fire Paspalum At East Maitland Tars Spraying
The paspalum growth in East Maitland opened the town to the danger of fire, said the Mayor (Aid. H. C. Morton) at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Bombs On Nazi Dromes Many Big Fires Started (Australian Associated Press) London, April 13
Last night for the second time within three days, aircraft of the Bomber Command successfully attacked Meritnac aerodrome, near Bordeau, the man base of long range bombers which attack conveys in the Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cologne Bombed Big Fires Started (A.a.p. Service) LONDON, April 21
Aircraft of the bomber command attacked objective at cologne last night the Air Ministry announcer The weawther was bad and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Board Filling A Vacancy
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking has announced that ballo[?] papers would be forwarded to councils next week for the election to fill the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forest Fires in U.S.A. Eight States Involved(a a P. Service) New York, April 22
Forest fires in eight Eastern States continue to take toll of woodlands, marshes and farms parched by unseasonably warm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombs Destroy Cathedral Priests Fight Fires In Vain(A.A.P. Service) LONDON, April 28
It Is revealed that St. George's Roman Catholic Cathedral at Southwark was destroyed by are during a recent air raid on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mystery of Fire
Believed at one time to be one of the four elements, fire was long regarded as mysterious. On altars in the Old World and the New have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Board Singleton’s Vote For Ald McDonald SINGLETON
Ald. A. S. McDonald of West Maitland is to receive the first vote of the Singleton Municipal Council in the poll to elect a commissioner to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Lose Clothes and Money in Fire
Fire which occurred in a bathroom at the Steel Works colliery at Lithgow yesterday, destroyed the clothes of 23 men. They also lost varying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quick End to Meeting Fire Intervenes MUSWELLBROOK
Little Interest has been shown in political speeches during the present election campaign, and a fire alarm brought to an abrupt end an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Versatile Fire Fighter Subdues Nazi Bombs and Other Pests
Britain's fire fighters have a new appliance for dealing with incendiary bombs which is also being used by their wives for washing windows,…
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The fire brigade turned out oh Friday night to deal with a fire which Coroneo and Co's. shop in had broken out in the roof over Messrs…
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