Maitland Fire District Credit Balance of £50
A credit balance of £60/11/4 tor the year ended December 31 last was disclosed in the annual report of the Maitland fire district…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
480 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 24
Fire Fighting Methods
RAYMOND TERRACE Friday. —Firemen Parker and Partridge of the Newcastle Fire Brigade gave a demonstration of fire…
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According to Vichy radio, an enormous fire has been raging at Fontainbleu for two days, defying all the efforts of firefighters. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Normandie Blaze Gross Carelessness Blamed
NEW YORK April 21—The finding of the Court of inquiry into the fire on the French liner Normandie (83,423 tons) on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Oakhampton
A wool and iron shed, garage motor car and a quantity of sundries were almost destroyed yesterday afternoon when a fire…
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Fire watching having been added to war [?] some first hand hints on the subject would not go wrong…
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At 8 a.m. on Sunday last it was discovered that there had been a fire on the premises of the Pacific Club, Vincent-street. There was evidence that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Life Under Fire " Giant War Pictures Sent Out by Britain
An exhibition of giant photographs illustrating the story of Britain in war time will soon be visiting Melbourne Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →25 Years Ago (Frim Issues of the "Argus" Dated April 21, 24, and 26, 1917) Fire at Sawmill
An outbreak of fire occurred in an engine-house at Messrs. Gould Bros.' sawmill. It was caused by a pipe of the boiler blowing out, and Mr. Geo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →RAF Bombers Hammer Nazi Targets Big Fires Left Burning (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON April 24.—A strong force of British, bombers heavily attacked Rostock, big German Baltic port, last night. Berlin radio says that R.A.F. aircraft were also over Berlin. Large fires were left burning at Rostock, and preliminary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.A.F. Bombers Hammer Nazi Targets Big Fires Left Burning
A strong force of British bora ers heavily attacked Rostock, bigGerman Baltic port, on Thursday night. Berlin radio says that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Cargo of Raw Cotton
Raw cotton valued at £1,250,000, belonging to the British Government, was destroyed by a fire in East London (South Africa) on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.A.F. Bombs Cologne And Trondheim Raiders Left Big Fires
Cologne, third city of the Reich and the most important railway and industrial centre in the Rhineland, and Trondheim Fiord,…
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A fire which broke out in a six-roomed weatherboard cottage In Railway-street, Thornton, yesterday, was effectively dealt with…
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About 7.30 on Wednesday night the bus which is engaged in carrying passengers to and from the hospital caught fire following a short circuit in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.A.F. Hammers Axis War Plants Big Fires Started (Australian Associated Press)
LONDON April 30.—Bombers of the R.A.F. last night heavily attacked the [?] aero engine factory and adjoining Goodrich rubber works at Gennevilliers, 10 miles from Paris. Large fires were left burning at both works…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conscientious Objectors in Burma Quakers Run Ambulances Under Fire
Sixty-nine British Quakers, all conscientious objectors, run ambulances under fire in Burma. The Quakers are all young men of an average age…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Forest Fires
BOSTON May 1 —Three Rhode Island towns were placed under martial law to-day as the most serious forest fires raged over 50…
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SYDNEY Saturday—When a fire broke out in the Mayfair Theatre 500 people were cleared from the building in two minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saturday Night’s Blaze High St. Building Burnt Out
Damage estimated at about £1800 was caused when a two-story brick shop at the corner of High and Devonshire-streets,…
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