Bush Fire Campaign
The official opening of the Lush are [?] will take place on Tuesday [?] November. It is planned to [?] this years [?] biggest in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
480 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 24
Allies Attack Shipping Concentrations in Solomons Area. Planes Locate Targets in Spite of Strong Antiaircraft Fire
Enemy shipping' concentrations at Buna in the northern Solomons were attacked by Allied medium bombers at night in face of strong anti aircraft and searchlight opposition. All planes located their targets and ten tons of bombs were dropped with unknown…
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NEW YORK Oct 23—Scores of persons were burned and injured. twelve seriously, by a vast three-day bush fire, which…
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NEWCASTLE Saturday.—Fire early this morning destroyed the Catholic school at Card[?] It was constructed of weatherboard an d…
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SYDNEY Saturday—When the garage of Penfolds Wines Ltd., Hoylston-street, Paddington, was gutted by fire, three sedan cars,…
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The Catholic school in Cardiff has been totally destroyed by fire. All the furnishings, books, and equipment of the schcol, which was…
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A strong force of Royal Air Force planes from Britain has heavily bombed Genoa, the Italian port and naval base on…
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The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, said that in some parts of the State the recent National Security Legislation dealing with busli fires was…
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Machinery and timber valued at £4000 were lost in a fire which totally destroyed Oxley Timber Ltd. No. 2 sawmill, near Yarrawitch. The…
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SYDNEY Tuesday—Early this morning the Deputy Director of Manpower, Mr. Bellemore, visited the scene of last night’s…
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SYDNEY Wed.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, said that in some parts of the State the recent National Security…
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The Bush Fires (Emergency) Committee advised Ta[?]o Shire Council today that fire-fighting equipment had been consigned [?]…
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SYDNEY Wednesday.—Shortly after 9.30 last night two fires were found in two printers’ establishments to the metropolitan…
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Sydney's most disastrous fire since 1935 raged for two hours on Monday night, causing damage conservatively estimated at…
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LONDON Oct 28—The RAF raid on Milan caused 80 large fires and 800 small fires, according to the “Popolo d'ltalia.”…
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Mr. W. T. Seaward, joint hon. Secretary Dartbrook Bush Fire Brigade, writes to the Editor: Will you please let me explain…
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The Chief Secretary, Hon. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., appeals to the public in a circular headed, "Dont Help the enemy, do your utmost this…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said that in some parts of the State the recent National Security Legislation dealing with bush fires…
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The task of unloading a merchant vessel which caught fire at Australian port yesterday afternoon was resumed to-day…
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SYDNEY Sat— Sydney’s fire bug struck again last night when about 10 o’clock, a [?] fire was discovered by a [?]…
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