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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
480 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 24
LONDON June 7. — A strong force of R.A.F. bombers last night attacked Emdeny where larges fires were left burning. Emden was last bombed on March 3, and last night’s raid was the 4th attack on this important shipping base…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN spile of the fact that, the cities of Sydney and Newcastle have, so recently and with such dramatic sudeneas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A strong force of R.A.F. bombers on Saturday night attacked Emden, where large fires were left burning. Emden was last bombed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON June 3.— Disturbed at reports from America that “We are losing more ships than can be replaced,” two London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY Friday.—A married member of the Fire Brigade Headquarters staff, Michael Griffin, 34, of Daceyville lost his life…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A message from Colombo says that a Japanese submarine machine-gunned survivors of a native vessel who were clinging to the wreckage, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY Thursday—Extensive damage was done by a fire in Manning Chambers, Pitt-st., Sydney, last night. Four brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A General Headquarters communique issued to-day gives the following details: "North-west Sector—Timer-Dilli[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thousands of pounds worth of clothing was destroyed or damaged in a fire at "Martin's Corner," Pitt and Campbell Streets, Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Defying flames which roared round him after he had set fire to the wooden roof of his cell beneath Newtown Court House at 3…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two persons wore burnt to death, and a woman and a youth were rescued with the long ladder when a fire gutted a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY Saturday. — A fire broke our on a 1500 ton merchant ship [?] an Australian port early this morning but most of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON June 26.—Describing the raid on Bremen last night, when the second largest port in Germany became the third R.A.F. 1000-bomber target, the Air Ministry news service says that the bombing was concentrated m one hour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE Monday—Mrs Mary McDonald 69 of Fitzory lost her life when a weatherboard dwelling in Wellington of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire t the Imperial Hotel West Maitland, early this completely destroyed the, contents of the lounge room…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Estelle Williams, who was rescued from the factory fire at Surry Hills on Friday last, died in hospital from shock during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY Monday—Until fore bridges arrived N.E.S wardens with [?] pumps and a garden hose ans 20 solders who formed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firemen from 13 brigades, assisted by two fire floats, fought heroically for five hours in the darkened hours of Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON June 28.—A large force of R.A.F. bombers last night again heavily attacked Bremen Germany’s second largest port and one of her main centres of U-boat production. Big fires were left burning. Fires were still blazing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush fire damage in 1941-42 was much smaller than in 1938-39, when propaganda had only just been commenced. This is…
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