Incendiary Leaves to Cause Bush and Crop Fires
In an N.E.S. circular to chief wardens (copy supplied to us by Mr. G. Jeffery, Chief Warden of Macleay Shire) it in advised that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mid North Coast · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1942
131 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 7
Bushfire Warnings
In the recent ban on publication and the broadcasting of meteorological information there are apparent anomalies which restrict the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Former French Liner on Fire
New York: Complete destruction faces a former French luxury liner of 83,423 tons (now the transport La Fayette) as a result of a disastrous fire which has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Bombs Demonstration at Forster
Following the successful N.E.S. display of last Sunday week the wardens of Forest, under the vigorous leadership of Senior Warden T. Smythe, gave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wingham School of Arts. Disaster Narrowly Averted. Noticed in Time
What might have proved a disastrous fire broke out in the electric switchboard at the Wingham School of Arts about 11 o'clock last Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dealing with Fire Bombs Demonstration at Taree
During Wednesday Mr. McVicker, a Lieutenant Colonel in the last war, and ex-president of the R. and T. Returned Soldiers' Association gave a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Bush Fires Black Friday Recalled
Bush fires which swept parts of Victoria early last week were described as worse than those of Black Friday, January 13, 1939. One man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under Fire Local Lad's Bombing Baptism
Signaller Harold Wall, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wall, of Lower Nambucca, has been subjected to a baptism of bombing lately. In a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Record
That recent fire, that practically destroyed the French liner Normandie while being loaded in a United States port, causes some people to ponder…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Carriages Destroyed Fire on Melbourne Express. Sydney
Albury: While the Melbourne express was racing through the darkness at Yerong Creek, 50 miles from Albury, at 6.30 a.m. this morning, two carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What to Do in an Air Raid New Type of Fire Bomb
The Japanese are using a new type of incendiary bomb. They are dropping a combination high explosive and incendiary bomb. It weighs approximately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Express on fire
Bursting into names as the train was roaring through the darkness, two carriages of the Melbourne Express were completely destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mair Playing With Fire, Says McKell
New South Wales is doing financially —and in other ways—more for the war effort than was ever even contemplated by the Mair-Bruxner Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What to Do in an Air Raid New Type of Fire Bomb
The 56th bulletin on what to do in an air raid explains the method of dealing with a new type of Japanese fire bomb…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Fighting Talks
This Thursday in the Salvation Army Hall, Kempsey, at 7.45 p.m., Mr. A. Reid, assistant fireman at Kempsey, will give an interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Third Train Fire Sydney
While a train was stopped on the Hawkesbury River bridge early this morning, a 15 ton truck of merchandise for Gosford was burned out,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When Faced by Fire
Most animals are afraid of fire and will fly from it in terror. To others there is a fascination about a flame, and they will walk into it, even…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Most Bush Fires Are Man-made
"It has been estimated that more than 90 per cent, of bush fires are man-made—mostly through carelessness," said Mr. N. Griffiths, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fighting Fires with Photographs
Photography is the United States Forestry Service's latest weapon in fighting fires. Photographs are taken from the air…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.Z. Prefers Water For Fire Bombs
Although the Australian public has been warned against using water in dealing with incendiary bombs, Wellington is to rely…
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