£50,000 Fire Damage Melbourne
Fifty thousand pounds’ worth of damage was caused today by a Are which burnt down portion of the Yolla Hosiery and Knitting Mills, Brunswick. As the…
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Compulsory Fire Breaks
All New South Wales Shire Councils are to be requested by the Farmers and Settlers' Association to compel landholders to make…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Left at Frankfort LONDON, August 26
The RAF stalled many fires at Frankfurt and Wiesbaden last night. The Air Ministry news service flans that bright moonlight over low cloud helped the German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Fire Damage Auckland (Nz)
Damage estimated at several thousands of pounds was caused by a spectacular fire in a four-storey building at Dunedin. A large quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Threat To Stalingrad Graver; Germans Now Within 30 Miles Of Volga Big Fires in City After Air Raids Citizens Prepare to Fight to the Last LONDON, August 26
The position north-west of Stalingrad was reported this morning to be extremely grave, and, with superior German forces maintaining their pressure, the danger to the city is imminent. Strong forces of German tanks which crossed the Don river under a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compulsory Fire-breaks
Berrigan Shire Council has given notice to all occupiers of land to provide fire-breaks not less than 12 feet in width by 11th September. The notice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rev. E. A. Roberts’s Address. Faith and Fire
At the Methodist Church on Sunday evening last the Rev. Roberts took the following text: “Be it known unto thee, O. King, that we will not serve thy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Historic Gaol Gutted by Fire Derrima's Grim History Convict Days Recalled
Berrima Gaol, one of the most historic structures in the Commonwealth and through whose portals there passed many of Austaulia's most daring…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hume Shire Council and Fire Prevention
Cr J. E. Jelbart, President of Hume Shire, stated to a “Mail” representative yesterday: “Consequent on the prospect for a heavy growth of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£25,000 Country Fire. Narrabri
Damage estimated at £25,000 was caused when a lire gutted the business premises of Foxe and Co., Narrabrl yesterday. Considerable quantity of food was included in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Prevention Steps Sydney
In order to combat bush fires should they occur during the summer months. Bush Fires Advisory Committee and the Bush Fires Emergency Committee are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Devastate Industries In Sweden STOCKHOLM, September 1
A great fire swept the huge timber works at Soderhamn last night. Damage is estimated at £250,000. Fifteen brigades fought the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allied Works Council Under Fire Labor Members' Charges Canberra
Complaints against the Allied Works Council made by members of the Labor Party at today's Caucus meeting will be investigated by the Prime Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Delegates to Confer at Albury Preventive Dush Fire Measures
Delegates from bush fire orgades throughout home shire and the shire councillors will confer tomorrow at the shire office when preventive…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Critical Position in Stalingrad Suburbs Under Shell Fire. London
The position at Stalingrad--Russia's solar plexus--is now described as very serious, with the fourth withdrawal within 48 hours in one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fire-eater Goes Suner Out of Spanish Cabme[?] LONDON. September 4
Considerable Interest has been aroused in London at the resignation of Dr. Suner, long known for his [?] views, as Foreign Minister, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Raids on London London. September 5
It can now be disclosed that the Luftwaffe on May 10, 1941, started a total of 2850 fires in London. many of which merged. One thousand seven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Prevention Action by Hume Shirk
There was almost 100 per cent attendance of councillors and delegates at the bush fire prevention [?]ference called by [?] Shire Council [?] at the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Planes Cause Forest Fire London September
According to Brussels radio, British night raiders on September 4. set fire 10 a forest in France, causing serious damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Smashing Raid on Duisburg Fierce Fires Left Behind LONDON, September 7
A smashing raid was made last night by a strong force of RAI bombers on Duisburg, Europe’s largest island port, and most congested…
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