Fire at South Forbes Unoccupied Dwelling Destroyed Question of Insurance Obscure
A large six-roomed weatherboard building at South Forbes, near the old Police Paddock, until recently occupied by Mr. Kirkman and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
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Eight Ships Hit In R.A.F. Attack on Freesian Islands Four Set on Fire
Eight ships were hit, four of which were set on fire in an attack against a German convoy off the Friesian Islands near the Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Raid on Essen Over 1000 R.A.F. PLANES Widespread Fires
LONDON.—Following the big raid by the RAF on Germany on Sunday night, and for the second time within 48 hours, the RAF has sent mare than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raid on Emden Enormous Fires in U-Boat Base SYDNEY, Monday (A.A.P.)
A message from London states: Many giant four-engined bombers participated in last nights's raid against Emden…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Uniform Policy for Shires
The Shires Conference, in Sydney, resolved that a uniform policy should be established by bush fire brigades for fire fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shires Conference President's Report to Council Bush Fire Menace Considered
The Shire President (Cr. R. Penfold) submitted the following Presidential Minute to the monthly meeting of Bland Shire Council on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ratepayers' League Requests to Council Valuations and Bush Fire Levy
Mr. H. R. C. Kalms, Secretary of tlio Ulancl Shire Ratepayers' League wrote to last Friday's meeting of the Council, stating that he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"In Line of Fire" Defendant Convicted Kangaroo Skin in Possession
Arthur Karl Piltz was charged before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., at the West Wyalong Police Court yesterday with eing in illegal possession of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Subsidy Sought by Farmers
At a meeting of the Wyalong District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at West Wyalong on Thursday last, Mr. E. S. West,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in City Third Victim Dies (By Wire) Sydney
Estelle Williams, aged 14, of Riley Street, Surrey Hills, who suffered burns in a factory fire in Foveaux Street, Surrey Hills, Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Factory Probably Caused by Boys (By Wire) Sydney
Detectives are inclined to the belief that bpys were responsible for starting a fire which destroyed sections of the Argyll Tile Works at Enfield…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The 1941-42 Wheat Crop Argument Basis of Payment Cross Fire of Correspondence
Recently the Hon. W. J. Scully, M.H.R. (Minister for Commerce)announced that he proposed to spread the payment necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Fire Bug" in Sydney
A "fire bus" tried to start fires in four city hotels in the peak hour on Thursday afternoon. He started 12 fires in rooms on the upper floors,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Anti-aircraft Fire Used By Enemy (By Wire) Sydney, Monday. (A.A.P.)
A message from London states: A new kind of enemy antiaircraft five was used against RAP pilots who were engaged in a sweep off the Brenton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shed Destroyed bv Fire
At 3.35 a.m. on Tuesday morning, the West Wyalong Fire Brigade was called to a fire at the rear of Fraser's bakery in Main Street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Refrigerating Plant Damaged Fire at Nicholson and Pettit's
On Thursday night last at about 9.30 p.m. Messrs C. Halliday and J. Ryan, who were working in Messrs John Meagher and Co's. shop,…
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About 7 o'clock last night, the West Wyalong Fire Brigade was called to Misses O'Donnell's boarding house in Court Street, almost opposite the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thieves Cooked Meal Started £4,000 Fire
Thieves who broe into Nesea House, the administrative offices and showrooms of the New [?]Electric Supply Department, cooked themselves a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Send-off to Soldier, a Camp Fire Jamboree
A send-off to Pte. Wilfred Goodridge, A.L.F., of Grenfell, whose wife is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brown, "Trafalgar Farm," Young,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 Old Men Saved by Nuns and N.E.S. WARDENS Fire in Charitable Home (By Wire) Sydney
Nu[?]ss and NES Wardens saved more than 100 old men from being trapped, when a fire broke, out in the Home for the Aged…
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