Wingham Fire Brigade
WINGHAM: Wingham Volunteer Fire Brigade hopes to be placed on a better footing in the. near future. This brigade has…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
454 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 23
Spectacular Fire
BRISBANE, Friday.—A spectacular fire at Yeerongpilly destroyed two box mills, a plywood mill, and a gine factory which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Devotion to Duty Stayed at Post in Fire
A report from Melbourne says that Signalwoman Pat Selby, of the A.W.A.S., remained at her switchboard while the roof of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Counter-attack Near Caen. Stopped by Terrific British Fire. LONDON
The Germans to-night launched a determined counter-attack with infantry and tanks on the right flank of the British front, says a[?] American correspondent in Normandy. Another report says the attack was launched at 6 p.m. in the Granville area astride of the…
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SYDNEY Sat—The Board of Fire Commissioners has been informed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigades Association that if Its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. Bombs Fire German Aerodrome
Smoke billows from installations on the Diepha[?] field (right centre) near Bremen ,Germany as Liberator [?] bear of the Eight U.S. Army Air Force saying back to England in the second day of a six-day American air offensive that ama[?] at military…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Brigades Dispute
The overcoal dispute amongst firemen, concerns permanent men and .only one is affected in Maitland. He is on leave from which…
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NEW YORK July 2—The captain of a destroyer saved his blazing ship by giving It a bath in the- wake-Of the aircraft- car…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Attack in Dutch New Guinea Fires and Explosions Blanketed Targets (From Our Correspondent)
Noemfoor, in Dutch New Guiiiea, has again been singled out for a heavy attack by Allied bomber pilots, who dropped 230 tons of explosives on aerodromes. bivouac, defence, and supply areas, causing fires and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in View Street
Yesterday at about 2 p.m. Cessnock Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in View Street, Cessnock the outbreak being at the residence of Mr. Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. Supplies Landed Under Fire
A German shell sends a geyser of water towering over U.S. Army amphibious trucks, shuttling between cargo ships off-shore and a beach at Anzio to bring in supplies for Allied troops fighting the enemy in the beachhead area of Western Italy…
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NEW YORK, July 5—Tokyo Radio says that fire ravaged [?]saka, a hot springs report in northern-Honshu (the main…
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Tokio radio says that fire ravaged [?]isaka, a hot springs resort in northern Honshu (the main island of Japan) on July 1. Damage is…
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WASHINGTON July 6— British and American forces in Europe are preparing fire power four times greater than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →120 Perish in Circus Tent Fire
NEW YORK July 6—At least 120 persons, et whom one-third were children, perished In a fire in a big circus tent at Hartford…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Fire-power Against Germany. Washington
British and American Forces in Europe are preparing fire-power four times greater than the Germans, said the Acting War Secretary, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Circus Tent Great Loss of Life
At least 120 persons, about a third being children, perished in a fire in a big circus tent at Hartford. Connecticut (U.S.A.), and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →False Alarm of Fire
Yesterday, Cessnock Fire Brigade was called out to a false alarm of fire at Aberdare. It is not the first time, by many, that alarms have come from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hot Brick in Bed Caused Fire
Mrs. Mary Reece (85), of Glenmore-street, Naremburn, suffered burns to the body and left arm when her bed-clothes were set…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pensioner Suffocated in Newtown Blaze Was Reading Bible When Outbreak Occurred
SYDNEY Wednesday—Trapped in flames which practically gutted her home in Whatley-st., Newtown, last night, Mrs. Maddme Kelly, 60, an invalid pensioner was suffocated while desperately trying to escape…
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