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Fires & bushfires, 1942

426 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 22

Coreen Shire Council Monthly Meeting Bush Fire Breaks Discussed Mulwala Water and Sewerage Schemes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 4

For the first time for many months there was a full representation of the three ridings of Coreen Shire at the monthly meeting on Monday last, Mr…

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Fire in Boiler-house at Steam Laundry

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 2

Last night at 11.40 o’clock Albury Fire Brigade was called to extinguish a minor outbreak In the boiler-house of the Riverina Steam Laundry. One…

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12 Big Fires in Berlin. New York, July 24

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 4

Acc[?]rcing to a Stockhalm report, 12 big fires raged in Berlin during last week-end, destroying valuable properties. It is very re[?]ably understood that all the fires were…

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Fire in Big City Hotel Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 July 1942 · page 2

Police are investigating the possibility that the B[?]bug who has caused more than a score of fires in city and suburban hotels in the past few weeks…

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Russians Use Liquid Fire at Rostov London, July 27

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 July 1942 · page 3

A Moscow message says the defenders of Rostov are using bottles of liquid fire against the Germans, German troops are employing…

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Mammoth Sub. Fires 200 Shells New York, July 28

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 4

Axis submarines ranging from Florida Straits to the Canadian coast, have begun preying on small fry, sinking two. fishing boats at a cost to the United Nations of…

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Burnt Way Out of Cell Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 3

How lie made his sensational escape from ceil beneath the Newtown courthouse was related W Alfred Henry Singleton to Detec[?]ve Sawyer, according to evidence given…

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Deaths in Fire Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 1

Evidence that he had lit a cigarette while in the kapok room and then noticed a fire in kapok fluff under the table was given by Norman William…

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New British Fire Bomb. Zurich, July 29

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 3

A Rhineland newspaper reports that a new RAF phosphorous incendiary bomb splashes and slicks to everything. It kills cattle that come into…

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Germans In 10,000 Tanks In Bid For The Caucasian Oilfields N.B.C. Says Position Very Grave Rome Says Stalingrad Under Fire. LONDON, July 29

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 1

The American-owned National Broadcasting Corporation in a broadcast from Moscow today, declared: “The general situation is graver than [?] any time since the outbreak. The German war machine is striking at Russia's very vitals, but there is no panic. The Russians are still…

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“Civilian Carelessness Saves Jap Bombs” Mr Baddeley Warns of Bush Fire Dangers SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 2

The Chief Secretary (Mr Baddeley) today appealed to local councils to strengthen their hush fire fighting organisations before the [?] weather set in. He said the Bush…

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Explosive and Fire Bombs on Eight English Towns London, July 31

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 4

In the raids by German bombers last night, eight Midlands towns were attacked with incendiaries and high explosive bombs…

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Second Edition Monday. 4 a.m. Soviet Fleet Fires Port Held by Enemy London, August 2

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 August 1942 · page 3

Russian official naval newspaper, “Red Fleet,” reports that strong detachments of the Soviet neet attacked a German-held Black Sea port…

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Big Fires at Dusseldorf London, August 3

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 August 1942 · page 1

Royal Air Force [?]ssance planes which flew over Dusseldorf during the weekend brought back confirmation of the reports of crews of…

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Need For Fire Breaks

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 August 1942 · page 2

THERE is need for a widespread system of fire-breaks in country districts to protect crops and pastures from enemy…

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Wheat Plan To Go Under Fire SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 3

The offer or the Minister for Commerce (Mr Scully) to pay wheatgrowers 4/ per bushel net at country sidings on the first 3000 bushels of wheat will be…

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Weep When Animals Die in Fire Circus Suffers Severely Cleveland (Oh[?]), August 4

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 2

It is estimated that SO to 100 animals were burned to death as a result of a 15-minute fire which broke out suddenly amid plies of…

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£70,000 Fire Damage to Tooth's, Mittagong SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 August 1942 · page 6

Production of beer at Tooth's Brewery, Sydney will be held up as a result of a fire which last night caused £70,000 damage to the company's…

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Menagerie Fire Caused by Dismissed Hands PITTSBURGH. August [?]

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 August 1942 · page 2

The District Attorney (Mr Ad[?] stated today that Lemandria Ford aged 16. a Pittsburgh negro, had admitted that he and a companion had…

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Russians Set Fire to Oilfields German Advance Is Still Unchecked LONDON, August 9

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 August 1942 · page 2

With the German panzers hourly pressing closer the Russians are reported to be destroying die Maikop oilfields. The "Sunday Express" correspondent at Stockholm says the destruction began on Thursday and wrecking was still going on. If the…

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