Huge City Fire Hemp Valued at £8000 Destroyed Army Contracts Involved
Sydney's largest fire for a year completely gutted on Tuesday a fourstorey building in the city and caused damage estimated at nearly £30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1941
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Fire in Residential Fire-rocket Blamed Five Families Escape (Bv Wire) Sydney
The police are investigating the cause of a fire, which damaged a residential in Boyee Street, Glebe, owned by Miss Catherine Hayes, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MR. H. J. McKENZIE New Country Fire Commissioner
The Chief Secretary has announced that Mr. H. J. W. McKenzie, of Orange, had been elccted to the Hoard of Fire Commissioners He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Singapore's Fire Watchers
All firms in Singapore have responded to the request of the Air Raid precaution's Department to co-operate in the next black-out exercises…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Inquiries
The District Coroner, Mr. Arth[?] Sam, on Wednesday morning held inquiries into the fires which recently destroyed cottages in Flint and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London's Precautions Against Fire
As a protection against the indiscriminate showering of incendiary bombs by German raiders, bags of sand are being placed outside houses, shops and offices in London. A volunteer force of citizen firefighters will help to deal with this new menace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Relief for London Fire-fighters
Members of the Auxiliary Fire Service in Falmouth, Cornwall, (ravelled to London to relieve a Thames side team who had borne the brunt of recent air raids. Some of the Falmouth firemen are seen here at their duties in London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early Morning Blaze Leeton Club Destroyed
The Leetonin Club, in Belah S[?]eet, Leeton, was gutted by fire last week, and only the outer walls were left standing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Save From Destruction by Fire
While cutting chaff on their Tyagong property the other day a spark from the engine lodged on top of another stack which caught alight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Fighters of Britain's Air Force
Every British air station has its squad of specially trained firefighters. Their quickness to act and act correctly in an emergency, may be the means of saving lives If a plane crashes. Asbestos suits enable thee R.A.F. fire fighters to approach very near to blazing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Shop Girls Fight Fire Bombs
Girls at a Wembley, London, store have formed their own fire brigade to deal with incendiary bombs from German raiders. The girls ore seen here making their way to the roof of the store during a practice turn out. Department of Information photos…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →news from London Guarding Britain's Cornfields. How Farm Workers Will Fight Nazi Fire Bombs
With, 12,500,000 acres under the plough this spring—31 millions more than in 1939—Britain's agricultural leaders are planning how to protect…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Supper Beside the Fire
When the cold evening falls and the blinds are drawn and the logs are crackling brightly on the hearth that's the time on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High School Outbreak of Fire
Portion of the Dubbo High School was demolished by fire at an early hour yesterday morning. The fire brigade received a call…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Game of the Year Fire Brigade v Builders Sports Queen to Benefit
What should be the match of the season will take place at the West Wyaloug Showground on Sunday next when the West Wyalong Fire Brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Outbreak
The lock fire bell was sounded about 10 a.m. on Friday, when the brigade was called to the Church of England hostel in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Bowral Large Guest House Destroyed (By Wire) Sydney
A fire which broke out at 1 o'clock this morning, gutted the Luxembourg Great Hotel, one of the guest houses in Bowral,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grenfell & District Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting. President Sounds Note of Warning Be Prepared
The annual meeting of the Central Branch of Grenfell and District Bush Fire Brigades was held in the P. and A. Hall on Saturday afternoon. The President (Mr. W. H. Simpson) issued a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigade Grenfell District's Annual Meeting "Brigade Useful in Time of War," says President
The annual meeting of the Central Branch of Grenfell and District Bush Fire Brigades was held on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Second Great Fire of London
Thousands of fire bombs were rained by German raiders upon the City quarter of London, destroying ancient landmarks and historic buildings. Among the links with London's past to perish was the five century old Guildhall, here seen in ruins…
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