Fire in Railway Truck. Friday Night Blaze
A fire broke out on Friday night in a motor lorry which had been loaded into a railway truck. The fire was got under control by the use of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
480 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 24
Blaze on Melbourne Express Two Coaches Destroyed
ALBURY Tuesday.— As the Melbourne Express was racing through the darkness at Yerong Creek, 50 miles from Albury, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Australian News Four More Jap. Fighters Down. Port Moresby's Bag for Two Days, 25. Grim Stand by Australian Machine-gunners. Albury Express on Fire. Many Narrow Escapes. Warwick Farm Races Sydney
The A.J.C. Committee to-day announced that the Warwick Farm race meeting would be held at Rand wick on Saturday. No…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Fires in Open Air. New Security Order
The Municipal Council has received official advice that a National Security regulation prohib[?] its the lighting or maintenance of…
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At 9.20 a.m. on Wednesday a fire broke out in Fullers' Dry Cleaning Works in Vincent-street. The fire was Quickly smothered and very little…
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LONDON March 29.—A strong force of bombers of the Royal Air Force last night heavily attacked the German port of…
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Over a period of republication of interesting items from days gone by the "Argus" has made several references to fires on Gowrie bridge. Here…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →15 Years Ago (From issues of the "Argus" dated March 22, 24 and 26, 1927) Motor Cycle Destroyed by Fire
A motor cycle belonging to Mr. John Woods, of Howe Street, Redbournberry, caught alight in John Street after the machine had been…
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NEWCASTLE Tuesday—The vigilance of the crew of the Brisbane Exrves averted accident last night. The under marriage of…
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SYDNEY Wednesday.—To enable an crimination to be made by the police and other experts the railway carriage which…
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SYDNEY Thursday.—While a Iran was stopped on the Hawkesbury River Bridge early this morning a 13-ton truck of…
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NEWCASTLE Monday. — The signal box at Cockle Creek, which operates a large portion of the railway line, was totally…
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One of the greatest dangers confronting the National Emergency Services is that of fire. Wardens are now engaged in forming fire squaas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holocaust in Mandalay. People Escape Bombs, but Perish in Fires. New Delhi
The Deputy-Chief of Staff of the Chinese Army stated today that the Japanese invasion of India is imminent. He predicted the Chinese force in Burma would hold their ground if given sufficient air support…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menace of Bush Fires Shire’s Support Enlisted
The formation of a bush fire brigade in Paterson was strongly advocated by Mr. W. Stewart Howard, secretary of the State…
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Police are making exhaustive inquiries in an endeavour to ascertain what caused the disastrous fire at Rothbury colliery,…
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The “Home of the Hot Devils” is an island of fire situated in the centre of a huge take of boiling mud and slime in Java…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire on Rothbury Estate Damage Estimated at Many Thousands of Pounds
Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was caused by a fire in the power house at Ayrfield No. 2 colliery, which is…
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A power house and engine fan room were destroyed by fire at Rothbury colliery on Sunday. The damage is estimated at £25,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Turin and Ruhr Raided by Royal Air Force. City Found in a Blaze of Light. LONDON
Last night's bomber raid on northern Italy, where Turin was the main objective, though not on a large scale, is of interest as being the first raid on this important industrial city, where the Fiat works are situated, since last September. The city was a blaze…
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