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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
340 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 17
Allied airmen have blitzed the Madang area in New Guinea, where a record total of 206 tons of explosives were dropped on Madang,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →HOUSTON, Texas. Sept. 7.—It is now -disclosed, that 46 persons were killed when, fire gutted a hotel at-3 a.m. Early estimates…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In this war it is a case of seeing that the most important things come first. We must ensure that we do all those things which are necessary for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PHILADELPHIA September 14.—A four hours fire at the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Broadet, station left 16 tracks and six…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE Saturday.— Many thousands of pounds worth of machinery, timber and ships fittings at Kangaroo point was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Tuesday.—Allied stacks switched to Cape Gloucester, in New Britain, [?]day, and 94 tons of bombs were dropped, large and fires being started…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEWCASTLE Thurs. — The Coroner, Mr. A. G. Chiplin, has decided that it will not be necessary for him to hold an inquiry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian forces, which landed six miles north of Finschhafen on Wednesday night, have reached the northern end of the airfield, bringing the town itself under artillery fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON Sept 23.— Big forces of RAF planes subjected Hanover to a heavy attack last night and concentrated a large weight of bombs on the largest in 30 minutes. An Air Ministry communique says the raid on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Forces which landed six miles north of Finchafen on Wednesday night have reached the northern end of the airfield, bringing the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage in the vicinity of £1,000,000 was done in New South Wales by the great fires which swept the country in 1938-39. Thanks to publicity and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON Sept. 28—After barely being missed by an exploding shell. Second-Lieutenant James A. Downard, an American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mass production of the Liberator bomber now includes a new nose turret containing two 50-calibre machine guns, according to an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allied aircraft are keeping a careful watch on enemy attempts to evacuate Kolombangara Island, in the Central Solomons. To-day's communique reports further activity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A new fire-resisting paint invented by a Stockholm engineer, Nils Roxendorff, and known as “Guwe” paint, has attracted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldiers of a U.S. armoured infantry regiment advance on a snipers’ hideout on the outskirts of Canicatti, Sicily, during the Allied invasion operations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven persons were injured when a tram and a Newcastle City Council motor lorry collided at a level crossing, at Jesmond…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY (Nova Scotia), Oct 13—A mysterious fire has crippled the new naval base. It spread to the nearby port,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON Oct. 14.— Details of a formidable weapon which Britain has used successfully against enemy planes, for nearly three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CESSNOCK Tuesday—At 7 o’clock this morning a fire broke out in premises in Vincent-st., occupied Ly Mr. C. Morion,…
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