Fires at E. MAITLAND Rumours Replied To
It was decided, at last night's meeting of East Maitland Municipal Council, to insert an advertisement in the press thanking…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
480 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 24
Big Fire in Tasmania
LAUNCESTON Thursday. — Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a Are which deetroyed four. shops in Main-street,…
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The Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out on Wednesday afternoon to Mount View Road, where a large area of grass was alight. The brigade…
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About 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday the siren attached to the Scone Fire Station apprised the populace of an outbreak of fire…
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The Cessnock Fire Brigade received a call on Friday last to Melton Avenue where a scrub fire was extinguished by the Brigade by beating…
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NEW YORK Feb 2—A British freighter is believed to have sunk an Axis submarine by gunfire off the Atlantic coast. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday's News Singapore's Guns Blaze at Japs. in Decisive Battle
Singapore's giant guns, many of them turned about to face the Malayan mainland, began last night hurling tons of steel…
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At about 1.20 a.m. yesterday Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade received a call to a fire at the residence of Mr. S. Higham, Heddon Greta. An outhouse…
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An advertisement appearing in today's issue extends thanks, on behalf of the Police authorities, to all those who so willingly gave up time, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raiders Start Fires At Singapore Imperial Troops Man Coastal Defences (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON Feb. 3.—Black smoke Hosted over Singapore all day yesterday from fires started fry bomb dropped by Japanese raiders on widely-separated points Firemen isolated the blazes and so limited the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How Britain Saves Valuable Records From Nazis, Fire Bombs Document Photography
Destruction of valuable records by fire, normally a negligible business risk, became a serious menace in Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bombings--Fires In Norway Factories Destroyed
LONDON Feb. 4.—A Wave of fires and bombings has swept Norway. This is the outcome of Norwegian resentment at the installation of Major Vidkun Quisling as Prime Minister of Norway, at the instigation of the Nazis…
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The Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to a fire in Greta-street, Aberdare, early on Wednesday morning, to a house owned and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Exchange of Terrific Fire Across Straits Battle For Singapore Commences In Earnest Information from Promts In Scattered Pacific Theatres
The battle for Singapore has begun in earnest. British and Japanese guns yesterday exchanged terrific fire across the Straits from dawn to sunset, while high-flying Japanese bombers attacked…
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In the recent ban on publication and the broadcasting of meteorological information there are apparent anomalies which restrict the publication of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late News British Raiding Party Returns to Malaya. Japanese Communications Harassed. Enemy Bombers Over Sourabaya. China Ready to Launch Great Offensive. Nazis Fail to Stop Soviet Armies. Nearing Old Frontiers Battle for Singapore Begun in Earnest. British and Japanese Guns Exhange Terrific Fire. Large Jap. Convoys Move Southward. Great Air Activity. Singapore
It was released to-day that a small party of British soldiers have returned from the mainland after a raid on Japanese positions. They crossed…
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The police authorities express deep appreciation of the aid given by the military forces and civilians on the occasion of the recent…
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In the event of serious bush fires in any part of the Commonwealth, the local telephone exchange will give continuous day and night service to…
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In the event of serious bush fires in any part of the Commonwealth, the local telephone exchange will give continuous day and night service…
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PHILADELPHIA Feb. 9.— A gigantic fire, the greatest in the history of Philadelphia, destroyed a warehouse and 70 other…
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