Big Wharf Fire in Sydney
One of the most spectacular fires ever seen in Sydney broke out in cargo sheds on a Harbour wharf on Wednesday. It destroyed 390 feet of…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
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Great Fires Burning in Warsaw Ceaseless Bombardment By German Planes
Fires are burning in all parts of Warsaw, as German planes subject the city to a ceaseless bombardment. The Germans are deliberately frustrating civilian efforts to control the fires, says the commander of the…
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PERTH, Wed—Air mail which arrived in Western Australia last night was damaged by fire in the van shortly before reaching…
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KURRI Friday.—A five-roomed cottage, owned and occupied by Mr. Thomas Doyle, in Deakin-st., Kurri Kurd, was practically…
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A five-roomed cottage owned and occupied by Mr. Thomas Doyle, in Deakin Street, Kurri Kurri, was practically destroyed by fire early on Friday…
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The Government seeks the cooperation of the public in the campaign of bush fire prevention. By arrangement with the local…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. J. M. Baddeley) in a statement pointing out the danger of bush fires, says that prevention is the…
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CESSNOCK Wed.—The Board of Fire Commissioners has advised Kearsley Shire Council that approval had been given for the…
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CESSNOCK, Thurs—Early this morning the motor which hauls one of the trailer buses owned by Rover Motors caught fire due…
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Thursday. — Another raid on Davao in the Philippines, where large fires were started, is reported in to-day’s communique,…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners have advised Kearsley Shire Council that approval had been given for the provision of a Dennis motor fire engine…
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Early yesterday morning, a fire broke out in the driver's cabin of a trailer 'bus owned by Rover Motors when the vehicle was en route to Elrington. The…
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LONDON, August 25—Britain’s new devastating lame throwers make last war's German “Flammenwerfer” look like toys, says…
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LONDON August 27—American spearheads in North[?] France have reached Vitry, 40 miles north-west from [?] on the great road leading east from Paris to Nancy, [?]bourg and the Rhine, says Algiers radio…
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LONDON August 31 — Rouen cathedral was destroyed by fire by the Germans, according to a British…
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Nineteen-year-old Midshipman Charles Fowler, of Liverpool, saved his ship when under heavy fire from the Normandy…
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SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC Monday—Allied heavy bombers, with long-range fighter escort, have struck a damaging blow at planes the Philippines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Distinction for Two Local Firemen Presentation of Longservice Medals by President of Fire Brigades' Board
Me?rs. A. Howard and A. S. Howlett, members of Singleton Volunteer Fire Brigade 011 Saturday were made recipients of…
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CANBERRA Thursday.— The car in which the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) was travelling to Canberra from Sydney,…
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