Dead Before Plane Caught Fire Canberra Air Crash Victims CANBERRA
A doctor said to-day at the inquest that the 10 victims of the Canberra air crash on August 13 were killed by fractures of the skulls and were…
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Sunday Raid Costly: Germans Lose 54 Planes Again Over London Small Fires and Some Property Damage Casualties. Are Small Widespread Areas Bombed a Cowardly Attack on Ramsgate LONDON, August 26
It was officially announced this morning that 54 raiders were shot down during Sunday, 48 of them by fighter planes and six by anti-aircraft fire. Altogether the Nazis lost 110 planes and the British 23 at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires and Rain Topsy-Turvy Weather In N.S.W. SYDNEY
The minimum temperature in Sydney to-day was 66.2 degrees, the highest reading in August for 55 years and the second highest since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Continue Their “Nuisance” Air Raids Widespread Bombings Big Fire One Town Uneventful Night in London Dive Bombers Attack Firemen South-Eastern Area Has Exciting Time LONDON, August 28
After a quiet day, raiders made simultaneous appearances over several parts of England during the night. Sirens were first sounded in London shortly after 9 p.m. and the “all clear” was given at midnight. Sirens a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Redlands Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
There was a small attendance of members at the annual meeting of the above on Saturday last, August 24, 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Buraja Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Buraja Bush Fire Brigade was held on Saturday last. August 24, 1940, there being present: Messrs. James Lumby…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pilot Tells of Exciting Raid oil Kiel Dockyard Dodges at 100-Ft. to Escape A.-a. Fire. London. August 29
Royal Air Force bombers swiftly attacked die naval dockyard at Kiel on Tuesday night The pilots and crews described how bombs straddled the Mole, and bursts in other puts of the dock area…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney’s Victory; Italian Cruiser on Fire
Top: Her tows blown away by gunfire, the Italian cruiser's, Bartplomeo Colleoni, bridge burns fiercely as a result of H.M.A.S. Sydney’s gunnery. Below: Washed and brushed, and re-clothed, Italian prisoners from the Bartolotmen Colleoni marching to Alexandria railway station,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire in August! Water Tanks Substituted for Fodder on Trucks
A grass fire in August! Fodder taken from motor trucks, and Water tanks substituted to put out the fire!…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and Petrol-soaked Bags
Investigations after a fire at Girral (near Ungarie) revealed that bags soaked in petrol had been rammed under the flooring boards of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grazier Claims £29,006 From Railways Sparks Allegedly Caused Fire MELBOURNE
Damages totalling £29,006 are claimed against the Victorian Railways Commissioners by Hugh Norman Beggs, grazier, of “Nareeb…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Fire at Wodonga
An iron shed at the rear of premises occupied by Mr. Mark Mulaueeney, Melbourne road, Wodonga. was partially destroyed by fire shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Fire Girls Burned to Death Brother Hears Screams Sydney
Two sisters were burned to death this afternoon when the Challenge Manufacturing Company’s factory at Waterloo was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bombers Over Berlin Fires Caused in City LONDON, September 7
British bombers dropped high explosive and incendiary bombs over Berlin, causing Ores which were visible from the centre of the city,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Near Government Departments Melbourne
A file severely damaged the ca[?]taker’s qua[?] Fraser [?] [?]where the offices of Commonwealth Electoral…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A.I.F. Men Prevent Serious Fire Sydney
Prompt action by two members of the A.I.F. prevented a possible serious outbreak of fire at Central railway station to-night Proceeding along the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Must Not Light Fires Sydney
Police officers announced to-day that any person who burn? of rubbish on the Blue Mountains from to-day will be prosecuted. This measure is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severely Bomb the Heart of London Extensive Fires Are Started Raiders Over City for Nine Hours Indiscriminate Attacks On Non-Military Objectives Fury of Onslaught Continues Until Midnight London, September 10
London was subjected to a further bitter and protracted air raid last night, when bombs were dropped on the city over a period of 9 hours 6 minutes, the air raid alarm ending at 5.50 a.m. to-day. Two Central London hospitals suffered direct hits with high-explosive bombs—a children’s hospital and a maternity institution…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Burn All Night Havoc in London LONDON, September 11
Fires started by last night’s raids were still burning this morning. Auxiliary find regular firemen were the heroes of the day,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three More Writs Against Railways Fire Claims Now Total £105,000 MELBOURNE
Messrs. Bullen and Burt, solicitors, of Collins St. who are acting for 92 plaintiffs whose property was destroyed or damaged in the bushfires at…
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