Police and Troops Fire on Rioters
LONDON August 10. —A bulletin issued by the Bombay Provincial Government says an emergency message reports that police…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
480 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 24
Bush Fires Advisory Committee
SIDNEY Wed— The Bush Fires Advisor Committee met yesterday afternoon when the chief business discussed was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day’s Leaders: War on Waste Women Must Help Fires Blaze in Mainz Effect of Raids
LONDON Aug. 18—Fires started at Mai[?] in Tuesday night’s raid were too much for the town’s fire-fighters, according to the…
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LONDON Aug. 13.— R.A.F. bombers again raided the Rhine river city of the Mainz last night. The city was still smoking from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire At Chicken Hatchery
LISMORE Friday.—Firemen called to a fire at a poultry farm, near Lismore, directed passing soldiers to fire at a large water…
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Fire bombs have been used on such a colossal scale, that every person should know how to deal with them and the resulting fires. Experience has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Producer-gas Lorry Mishap Luggage on Fire
A fire on a travelling lorry believed to have been caused by a cinder from the producer-gas outfit, resulted in the total loss of clothing the…
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GRAFTON Tuesday, — The home of Mrs. S. G. Rhodes, at O, B, X, Creck, About 18 miles from Grafton was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Britain's Cruiser, H.M.S. "Edinburgh" Can Withstand 8-inch Shell Fire
In the vast war effort against the Axis heavier work falls on the cruisers of the British Fleet than any other type of ship in the Royal Navy, except destroyers. The 10,000-ton cruiser H.M.S. "Edinburgh" is here seen carrying out her arduous duties. Well-armed with twelve 6-inch guns and four 3-pounder guns and carrying six 21-inch torpedo tubes (tripled), she is equipped with four aircraft with one…
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Mr.J.E. Charlton secretary of the Beresfield progress Associated advised Tarro Shire Council to-day that the captain…
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A motor truck, owned by Plumbers’ Supplies, Ltd., of High-street, West Maitland, was damaged by fire about 11 o’clock…
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A truck loaded with 100 rubber tyres and old rubber caught fire in Wollombi-road on Wednesday. The Cessnock Fire Brigade saved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Walked Into a Chasm of Fire British Commando Units at Dieppe
When the British Commando units raided the French coast at Dieppe they simply walked into a chasm of fire from every small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mopping Up in Solomons Jap. Warship Set on Fire. WASHINGTON
United states Navy have officially announced that U.S. marines are mopping up the remnants of Japanese forces on the islands recently captured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Menace in an Air Raid Effective Method to Combat It
Experience in Great Britainhas shown that the most effective method of combating the fire menace in an air raid, or for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Cruiser, H.m.s. "Edinburgh," Can Withstand 8-Inch Shell Fire
In the vast war effort against the Axis heavier work falls on the cruisers Of the British Fleet than any ther type of ship in the Royal Navy, except destroyers. The l0,000-ton cruiser H.M.S. "Edinburgh" Is here seen Carrying out her arduous duties. Well-armed with 12 6-inch guns and four 3-pounder guns and carrying six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Commandos Meet Deadly Hail of Enemy Fire” Eye-Witness Paints Gloomy Picture of Dieppe Raid (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON Aug. 20.—When British troops raided the French coast at Dieppe on Wednesday in the greatest commando raid of the war, they simply walked into a curtain of fire from every small arm the enemy could muster, says Reuter’s correspondent,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Walked Into Curtain of Fire" Correspondent's Comments on Dieppe Landing Official Communique Says Raid was Successful LONDON
When the British commando troops raided the French coast at Dieppe they simply walked into a curtain of fire from every small arm the enemy could muster, says Reuter's correspondent, who was with the raiders for eight hours. "Against this rain of death commando troops, who needed some measure of surprise, spent themselves in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Fires Left By R.A.F.
LONDON, Aug. 26.—The R.A.F. started many fires at Frankfurt and Welsbaden last night says the air Ministry news service…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Spectacular Fire In Dunedin
AUCKLAND (N.Z.) : Wednesday —Damage estimated at several thousands of pounds, was caused by a spectacular fire in…
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