Coroner Finds Hut Set on Fire
NEWCASTLE, Thurs.—On the night of May G a hut at' Minmi, owned by i. & A. Brown, Abermam .arid Seaham collieries Ltd…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
454 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 23
Mystery Fire At Balgowlah
SYDNEY. Sat—Police are .investigating a-musterious fire which occurred in a weatherboard cottage at Balgowlah early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allied Raid On New Britain Smoke From Fires Rises , 5000 Feet
Fires from which smoke swirled to a height of 5000 feet followed a heavy Allied raid on the New Britain area, when Emirau and Solomons based air units in all categories struck aerodromes and supplies with 117 tons of…
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SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Wed.—Fires, from which smoke swirled to a height of 5000 [?] followed a heavy Allied raid on the New Britain area, where Emirau and Solomons-based air units, in all categories, struck…
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MONTREAL May 25 — Four people were killed and 37 injured at Hamilton (Ontario) when a fire swept…
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A fire shortly before 10 o’clock last night completely destroyed a wood and iron shed and a lorry, both the property of Arnott’s Ltd.,…
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Damage estimated at £1000 was caused on Monday by a fire which destroyed a wood and iron shed, the property of D. Cohen and Co. Ltd.,…
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Forest fires are rasing in parts of five provinces—New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia. Thousands of…
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A small fire broke out on the property of Mr. Herbert Alters, of 26 Old Rose-street, West Maitland. this morning, a small…
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A woman who withdrew £60 from the bank at Casino to purchase clothes with her unexpended ration coupons lost the money on…
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GLOUCESTER, Thurs.—The home of Mr. Alf Geale of Rawden Vale, was destroyed by fire when all the famil[?]were in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Anzio Was Nothing Like This” Troops Went Down Under Withering Fire
LONDON June 7—The first eye-witness story of the battle of the beaches has been told to the British United Press by a news photographer with the American forces who was on the beaches for half an hour on the invasion morning,…
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Country people will be particularly interested in this invention as, owing to the fact that framework assembly in all cases is by means of bolts, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Lost Life in N.z. Blaze
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sat.— An elderly Woman lost her life, and heavy damage was caused during fires in three New Zealand…
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LONDON June 11—The British United Press correspondent with the American forces In the lalgny-Cerentan area to-day reports…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— When claims ,for bush fire losses closed with the Bush Fire Relief Committee the total-received was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truk Gets Another Hammering Large Explosions And Fuel Dumps Set On Fire (From Our Correspondent)
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Friday—Bombers from General MacArthur’s command carried out the heaviest raid yet made on Truk this week when they dropped 180 tons of explosives on Dublon and Eten…
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MELBOURNE Sat.âA bush fire which swept through the western districts of Mount Blue, Berrybank, Werneth and Mannidaber,…
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A bush-fire which swept through the western districts of Mount Blue, Berrybank, Werneth and Mannidabar, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Referendum Powers Dr. Evatt on “Right to Fire”
PERTH Sat,—When addressing a lunch-hour meeting at the Midland Junction government workshops yesterday, Dr. Evatt…
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