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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
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LONDON Dec. 9—Four 8000lb bombs, many 4000-pounders, and tens of thousands of incendiaries were dropped on objectives in Turin last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A further appeal is made by the NRMA to operators of producer gas units to exercise care in the cleaning of their [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirty-seven patients in Seacliff Mental Hospital, Dunedin (N.Z.), died on Tuesday night in a fire which gutted the wing for women…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three battered menâtwo dead and one dyingâwere found in separate rooms which were filled with smoke in a blazing building in Ade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY Tuesday.— The Chief Entomologist, Mr. T. McCarthy, states that Rutherglen bags are worse this season than for many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thirty-seven patients in Seacliff Mental Hospital, Dunedin, died on Tuesday night in a fire which gutted the wing for women inmates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many soldiers and sailors apparently died while saving women in the. fire which swept the Knights of Columbus Hostel, in St. Johns,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CESSNOCK Thurs.—When a fire broke out in a large galvanised iron building used as a storeroom at Aberdare Extended colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON Dec. 16—RAF heavy bombers once more raided Naples on Monday night, causing fires visible 30 miles away. Huge clouds of smoke rose from oil storage depots…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →About 3.20 p.m. on Wednesday the Cessnock Fire Brigade received a call through the local exchange to the Cessnock Timber Co., in Charlton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire on Wednesday night in a large building at Aberdare Extended colliery, used as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The biggest fire of the year occurred on Wednesday night in the store room of Aberdare Extended colliery. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY Sat.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. J. M. Baddeley, MLA, stated to-day that because of frequent rainfalls in Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON Dec. 18—An Italian cruiser has been hit and set on fire 15 miles off Bizerta in an attack by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British A.T.S. girls here now taken up army fire-fighting duties. At a recent fire-[?] demonstration in London, they showed themselves complete [?] of any situation, handling heavy hoses and equipment with confident ability —[?] of information Picture…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The well-known footballer, Leon Quinlivan, was one of five persons injured in a collision between a fire engine and a tram in Botany Road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Munich, headquarters of the Nazi Party, was attacked by a strong force of R.A.F. bombers en Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Munich, headquarters of the Nazi Party, was attacked by a strong force of R.A.F. bombers on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No inquiry will be held into the fire which did £20.000 damage to stock at the bulk store on the Abrdare Extended colliery pit top on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY Monday.— Firemen found separate fires started in five rooms when they entered a house at Hurstville last night…
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