In the Air: Attack on Shetlands. Repulsed by Anti-Aircraft Fire. LONDON
The Admiralty announces to-day that two attacks on the Shetlands were made by enemy aircraft, which were driven off by anti-aircraft guns…
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Care Against Bush Fires Essential
The Albury district, in the past 10 months has experienced one of the most prolific rainy seasons on record and the result has been an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Illegal Fires Maximum of 10 Years’ Goal Victorian Precautions Melbourne
Determined to prevent the recurrence of the disastrous fires of last summer, the Government was introducing two bills this session, one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Watch Out for Fire Bugs Sydney
Business firms in Sydney were warned by the police to-day to watch for firebugs, and to take precautions against severe damage to their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →800 Perish Oil Port Blaze Hundreds Are Trapped Rescue Vesse[?] Engulfed Caracas (V[?]ela), Nov. 14
The Important, oil port of Lan[?]un built on Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela) was destroyed by fire to-day. The dead number 8[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bush Fire Menace
With the coming of summer and hot, dry days, the present tremendously heavy growth of grass and weeds is going to constitute a very real danger…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Brigades 5 Formed In Conargo Shire
Five bush fire brigades have been formed in Conargo Shire Council’s area. The following report on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anti-aircraft Guns Blaze in Lancashire. London, November 17
Anti-aircraft guns to-day fired on an unidentified plane which sped over Lancashire. The plane flew off to the east. The air raid alarm was sounded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ONLY 50 Now Believed Perished in Oil Port Fire Carcaras, November 7
Despite earlier estimates giving a death role of 800 at the oil port of Lagunillas on Lake Maracaibo, which it was reported had been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warehouse Destroyed by Fire Thousands Watch Blaze During Black-out London, November 19
Thousands of people in Edinburgh during the black-out last night watched a fierce fire destroy the chocolate warehouse of Cadbury and Fry's,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Neutrality Violated German Planes Fire on Dutch Machine the Hague, November 18
Two German flying boats flew over [?] yesterday. One fired on a Dutch pursuit plane which attacked them, but no damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corowa P.p. Board Assist Bush-fire Bpigades Outstanding Rates Cause Concern
At the last meeting at the Directors of the Corowa Pastures; Protection Board held on Tuesday of last week, it was decided to make the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hall Destroyed by Fire. Youth Released On Good Behavior Bond
When George Robert Maher (19) pleaded guilty in Deniliquin Quarter Sessions this morning to maliciously setting fire to the Mechanics’ Institute…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District News BALLDALE Bush Fire Brigade
At a meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade, Mr. Cuthbert Howard presided, and there were also present Messrs. J. M. Wilson, R. Wilson, A. E…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canteen Fire Inquiry Concluded Sydney
The Military Court of Inquiry Into the circumstances . surrounding me burning of the canteen at Ingleburn camp concluded its sittings to-day. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WALBUNDRIE Bush Fire Brigade Formed
A representative meeting of landholders was held at Thornhill Park when a bush fire brigade was formed to be known as Walbundrie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutch Lose 10,000-Ton Ship In Fire COPENHAGEN, Nov. 25
Five persons are known to have been injured, one fatally, when a fire broke out in the new Holland-Amerika liner Sloterdyk while lying in Odense shipyard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →JINDERA Bush Fire Brigade
At a meeting of the Jindera Bush Fire Brigade accounts for repairs to equipment (£3/14/6) were passed for payment. It was decided to purchase…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heat in Sydney Fear of Bush Fires Sydney
Intense heat was experienced in the metropolis to-day at 11 o'clock, when the temperature registered 91.8 degrees, the highest this summer, and…
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