Fighting Blitz Fires Government Severely Criticised LONDON, May 20
Mr. Herbert Morrison stated in the House of Commons to-day that the A.P.S. had multiplied Britain’s fire-fighting forces 15 to 20 times, but…
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Boys Charged Following Fire Sydney
Following a fire in a shop at Bondi Junction early to-day three boys were arrested and charged with arson and breaking and entering. The shop,…
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SYDNEY.—Overcome by dense smoke and fumes in a Kent-street warehouse early Tuesday evening, as they fought Sydney's worst city fire…
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Just before 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon an outbreak of fire occurred at the rear of the residence of the late. John Chivell, in Sanger street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Follows Collision Woman Dead; Man Has Leg Blown Off MELBOURNE
A disastrous accident which caused a terrific blaze In a c[?]ntry garage and resulted In the death of a woman and Injuries to six men, occurred at…
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When smoke was observed issuing from the baker’s delivery truck belonging to Mr. E. E. Dickinson, baker, a Charles st. at 7.50 a.m., yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Dies When Clothes Catch Fire Melbourne
Wireless patrolmen, when questioning a mail at Dudley Flats yesterday afternoon were told: “There’s a woman lying dead over there. She’s been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Forest Fires Toronto. May 24
Fierce forest fires are continuing to rage in the Ontario Province, where already hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable timber have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Artillery Fire at Tobruk London. May 25
A spokesman in Berlin said that German troops at Tobruk arc suffering from heat and lack of water, but he assumed that the British are suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fires in Canada Toronto
Eleven serious fires are burning near Sudbury, where over 300,000 acres have been swept. Scores of homes have been destroyed at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raeder’s Threat to United States “Will Fire On American Ships In Convoys” President Roosevelt’s Vital Talk To-day New York, May 2
As the hour draws near for President Roosevelt to make his momentous declaration, which may take the United States into the war, Grand-Admiral Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canadian Forest Fires Toronto, May 27
Light rain checked the fires in the Gogama area and a downpour stopped fires at Stodonat. Cloudy skies promise more rain in north-western…
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Good rains throughout Northern Ontario have checked all the forest fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in City Store Sydney
When a fire started on the second floor of Buckingham’s clothing and general store in Oxford St.. City, tonight, it spread to two other floors,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Plane Factory Vancouver (B.c.), June 1
Fire destroyed the administration building and centre section of the assembly plant of a Boeing factory, which has been constructed here. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£7 Million Water-front Fire New York, June 2
Mr. Frank Ertie, chief of the Jersey City Fire Department, estimates that damage in the river front fire amounts to more than £7,000,000. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deaths in Forest Fires Quebec, June 4
Government officials reported to-day that thousands of men continue the fight against the seemingly endless forest fires, 190 miles north of Quebec…
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The Mayfield Hotel at Tulligibeal was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The licensee, Mr. Horace Tildsley, was awakened by . his…
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Thousands of fire bombs were rained by German raiders upon the City quarter of London, destroying ancient landmarks and historic buildings. Among the links with London's past to perish, was the five century old Guildhall, here seen in ruins after the German vandalism…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Big Dockyard Fire London. June 7
The Ankara radio states that a large fire caused great damage to the harbor and dockyards at Constanza. The fire began in a timber yard and spread to…
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