Two Die in City Fire SYDNEY
A fire which occorred in a [?] slorey building In Fovea[?] str[?] city, today resulted in the deaths of a man and a young woman…
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Extensive Damage In Raid Wing of Hospital Burnt Out LONDON, June 27
Extensive damage was caused by Nazi planes in a short, sharp raid on an east Anglian town early on Saturday morning…
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Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which gutted Ju[?]or’s general store early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship Sinks at Wharf after Fire SYDNEY
When a fire broke out in a ship at a wharf at an Australian port early yesterday morning 70 firemen from 11 stations and two fire floats fought the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →‘Children Cause £10,000 Fire’ SYDNEY
The fire which caused £10,000 damage in a Botany wool store on May 24 was started by two children, a boy aged 10 and a girl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Lives Lost in Big Sydney Fire
A fire which occurred in a six-floor building in Foveaux street, Syndey, on Friday, resulted in the death of Mr. Braggs aged 60 of Five Dock,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Duke of Windsor Fights Fire. Nassau (Bahamas). June 28
The Duke of Windsor joined .fire-fighters in combating a nine-hour blaze in the heart of the business section of [?] The fire razed 14 buildings, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Danger Hume Council Acts
Necessity of bringing bush fire fighting organisation in the Riverina to a high De[?] of efficiency and adequancy was a motor item of description at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in Three Hotels Sydney
Detectives are investigating a series of fires which broke out in the living rooms in three city hotels within three hours of each other today. They have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Spitfires Set Fire to Ships London, July 15
The Air Ministry has announced that last evening Spitfires, led by Wing-Commander Paddy Finucane. set fire to three small ships off Ostend,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enemy Tanker Set on Fire London. July 15
Probable destruction of an enemy tanker and severe damage to two trawlers in an action off the coast near Cherbourg is reported In an Admiralty communique which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reduce Fire Hazards
Landholders throughout Murray Shire are appealed to to plough fire breaks immediately, and so reduce fire hazards next summer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Looking for Fire Bug SYDNEY
While no trace has yet been found the “firebug” who stalled 14 separate fires in four Sydney hole's yesterday, two lines of inquiry have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Hotel Fires. Sydney
The fire bug who set fire lo four Sydney hotel [?] Wednesday was again at work today. A Are was discovered Northern Club Hotel, George st., but the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cartridge Case in Fire
When a .303 cartridge case from which the bullet had been removed exploded in a Are, Mrs Kerlin, Ganmain, who had been silting in front of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Symphony Composed Under Fire New York, July 20
A[?]ure Tos[?]nini directed the BBC symphony in the western hemisphere premiere of Shostakov[?]ch’s seventh symphony, which was composed under are in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Fires in Berlin London, July 21
The Berlin correspondent of “Aftonbl[?] (Stockholm) states that five large fires have acenrred in the sam[?] area in Berlin in the last few days. Sabotage is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Penalty for Crop Fires Madrid, July 22
After six days of fruitless endeavour to check the flames by the military, the fires are still radius in wheat and forest country at Marseilles It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Hat Fire Melbourne
When a fir[?] be[?]e out on the ground f[?] of the hat [?] ribbon factory [?] by Grasve[?] Hats and Arnold Ribhons, in Grosven[?] st., South Yarra, early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hun Town on Fire London July 22
Power[?] forted of the RAP Bomber com[?] night attired the Rahr[?] [?] communi[?] reve[?] that many [?] were started [?] which…
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