Japanese Fire on R.A.F. Plane Hong Kong, Sept. 28
A R.A.F. plane was fired on by Japanese anti-aircraft guns yesterday morning whilst flying inside British territory close to the border. The…
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Will You Help ? A Family’s Misfortune Home Destroyed by Fire on the Common
Fire totally destroyed a dwelling on the Albury Common on Saturday afternoon, and left the family, including four children, homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car on Fire in Dean St
Excitement was occasioned shortly before noon yesterday when a car caught fire in Dean street near the corner of Wodonga Place. Strenuous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Visible 100 Miles French Port Suffer 48 Hours' Bombardment London -- September 29
According to the Vichy correspondent of the British United Press fires at Lorient were visible for 100 miles after long range…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germans Seeking Excuse to Use Gas ? Sinister Implication Seen in Nazi Warning Berliners’ Display of Cowardice Serious Fire In City of London LONDON, September 30
Are the Germans about to use gas in addition to high explosives when raiding Britain? Such a possibility is seen in a statement issued in Berlin to-day advising the people to obtain gas masks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mair Government “Under Fire” Mr. McKell’s Critical Comments Censure Motion Is Moved Sydney
The whole history of the present Government was one of apathy, neglect and inability to comprehend and cope with the major problems of State, declared the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. McKell), in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central London Ringed by Gun-fire Rain of High Explosives Houses and Industrial Buildings Damaged R.A.F. Again Attacks Berlin Children Leaving German Capital London, October 2
Bombs fell in 15 London districts and four towns in north-west England during night raids. Londoners were surprised, although few left the shelters, when the regular night visitation of German bombers terminated before midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Fire at Upwey Two Lives Lost MELBOURNE
When a fire broke out at the town of Upwey, 26 miles from Melbourne. early this morning William Knox (21) was trapped and burned to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Brigades Confer
A conference of bush fire brigades from the Shire of Coreen decided at Corowa yesterday that all tractors used in any grass lands or growing crop…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Duke Visits Fire Centres London, October 3
The Duke of Kent to-day visited a number of London fire brigade centres. During the tour there was an air raid warning, and heavy gunfire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Barrage Like Curtain of Leaping Flames Shattering Gun-fire Over London Crashing Bombs Add to Awful Din Many Hours Spent in Shelters Baby Born Whilst Guns Are Crashing Amazingly Hot Times Given Germans LONDON, October 6
Londoners last night experienced a long night of shattering gunfire and crashing bombs. Even people in the deepest shelters felt the violence of the anti-aircraft barrage, which seemed to be of greater intensity than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigades Conference
Following upon the Conference held last January when a scheme to bring all Bush Fire Brigades in the Coreen Shire under one organisation was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carrathool Shire Council The Organisation of Bush Fire Brigades
Bush fire brigades are given legal recognition and authority under the provisions of the Local Government Act. It is, therefore, necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four Deaths in Fire a Tragedy in 1884
When the Commercial Hotel in End street (now Tattersall’s Hotel), Deniliquin, was partially destroyed by fire on February 14, 1884, a man, two women…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matsuoka Warns Again “Japan Playing with Fire” Tokio, October 7
“Japan has no intention of picking a quarrel with any country. However, she must reject all nations which attempt to disturb the peace in the Far…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Centre of City Melbourne
Firemen using chemicals prevented the spread of a fire in the premises of Foy and Gibson Pty. Ltd., in Bourke st., city, to-night. The flames,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman’s Narrow Escape From Fire Melbourne
A woman burning waste in a grate in a furniture factory in St. Francis street, off Latrobe st., City, to-night was barely able to escape when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prevention of Bush Fires
Most sensible step of the year has been taken by the President of the Wodonga Shire (Cr. R. Richardson) in connection with the possibility of bush…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Control of Bush Fires Paper by Mr. J. J. Gorman
The following is the paper read by Mr. J. J. Gorman at the Bush Fire Conferd[?]e at Corowa last Friday, and which was referred to in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Culcairn Shire Council Petrol Pump Charges Reduced Additional Petrol Available to Members of Bush Fire Brigades
At the monthly meeting of the Culcairn Shire Council on Monday a ci[?]cu[?]ar was received advising that members of Bush Fire Brigades using additional petrol in attending a bush fire may obtain additional supplies for that purpose. Owing to restrictions on…
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