Soldiers Will Fight Bush and Grass Fires Sydney
Commanding officers throughout Australia have been officially authorised to permit troops under their command to assist in quilting bush and grass fires in the…
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Fire at Sydney University Extensive Damage Done SYDNEY
A fire which completely gutted the chemical laboratories at the Sydney University tonight caused damage estimated at many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freight on Bush Fire Equipment
Mr. C. B. Lethbridge, M.L.A., has resolved a letter from the Minister for Road Transport relative to freights on bush fire equipment, in response…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.A.F. Raids Bizerta Huge Fires in Docks London, December 7
British bombers made a fire raising raid on the Bizerta docks on Saturday. Our correspondent says that the blaze could be seen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney University Fire Thousands of Pounds Damage Sydney
A fire which completely gutted the chemical laboratories at the Sydney University last night caused damage estimated at many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Gundowring Man Tried and Freed WANGARATTA, Tuesday
Before Judge Maginnis and jury at the Wangaratta General Sessions today, Henry Cyril Crampton Mann was charged with setting fire to a public building at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Brigade's Upkeep
Estimated expenditure on the Albury Fire Brigade in 1943 is £1392. This includes £238, payments to volunteers; [?].50, clothing; £525 salaries: £87…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bus on Fire
Albury Fire Brigade received [?] call at 7.30 last night to Townsend St. where o bus operated by Mr A. J. O'Neill between Albury and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →House Badly Damaged by Fire
A house owned and occupied by Mr S. K. Irwin, 61[?] David St. was badly damaged by fire early Wednesday morning. When the fire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Prevention All Citizens Can Help
With the summer monthly come the danger and menace of fires both in the town and the country and with a little care by the people many of these fires could be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Their Baptism of Fire With the Americans in New Guinea
For more than a fortnight now American troops have been constantly in action on the B[?] front and they have learned many things that no amount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →37 Lose Lives In N.Z.s Worst Fire Auckland (N.z.)
In one of the worst fires in the history of the Dominion no fewer than 37 persons lost their lives. The fire occurred last night at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Brigade Equipment Increased
The local Bush Fire Brigade has increased its equipment with the addition of two more tanks complete. An important meeting of the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Two Outbreaks at Daysdale One Caused by Lightning
Two outbreaks of fire occurred in the Daysdale district during the week, and owing to good work by units of the Daysdale Bush Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Mental Hospital Causes 37 Deaths
DUNEDIN (N.Z.), Wednesday.—Thirty-seven patients of Seacliff Mental Hospital, Dunedin, last night lost their lives when fire destroyed a wing for female patients…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DISASTROUS N.Z. FIRE 37 Lives Lost Auckland
In one of the worst fires in the history of the Dominion, no fewer than 37 persons lost their lives. The fire occurred on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.A.F. Feeds Turin Fires Smoke Columns up 8000 Ft. LONDON, December 11
Columns of smoke rising to 8000 feet were among features observed by pilots during the second successive night raid on Turin on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Second Edition Monday, 5 A.M. Great Fires From Palermo Raid Naples also Badly Punished LONDON, December 13
Great Arcs from the Palermo [?] raid, caused by Allied bombers, are to be teen 50 miles off, our observers report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Ringwood
A fire, believed to have been caused by a spark from a tractor, broke out on Mr. W. Davis' property at Ringwood shortly after 11 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Crop Destroyed by Fire
A fire pres[?]ed to have been started from a spark dropped from a tractor yesterday swept part of the property of Mr W. Davis, “Woodleigh”,…
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