Bridge Collapse Following Fire Sydney
The wood and steel bridge over the Macquario river near Narromine, collapsed yesterday after about 100 fect had been burned. The bridge was 26…
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“Carpet of Fire” Attack On Wilhelmshaven LONDON, Feb. 19
The RAF. offensive against U-boats went ahead last night with another heavy attack on Wilhelmshaven. Big four-engined bombers went in to attack their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Damaged by Fire
A big truck, owned by Messrs's S. Falkiner and Sons, Boonooke Station, was considerably damaged by fire on Wednesday afternoon of the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Collapses Following Fire Sydney
The wood and steel bridge over the Macquarie River near Narromine collapsed on Saturday afternoon after 100 feet of it had been burned. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£30,000 Damage Caused by Fire Sydney
A sudden outbreak of lire in a six [?]tory building at Ann[?]ndalc earls this im[?]ing completely destroyed the building and caused damage estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Factory Destroyed Ry Fire £10,000 Damage Sydney
Damage estimated at [?] 10,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a 6-storied factory at Annandale to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fought Spectacular Fire Auckland (N.z.)
Scores of firemen, soldiers, sailors and waterside workers this morning fought for over two hours to subdue a fire which destroyed a large two-storey shed on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3,000,000-Gallon Petrol Blaze Axis Loses Sorely Needed Supplies LONDON, February 24
Three million gallons of Axis petrol, probably sorely-needed aviation spirit, went up in flames and smoke on Sunday night when torpedo aircraft from Malta put four…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Roll in -Orphanage Fire LONDON, February 24
Casualties in the orphanage fire feariler reference on p[?] now are 16 and of these 18 are Known to be dead. 15 are missing and 13 taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dance Hall Tragedy; 100 DEAD Fire Believed to Have Been Deliberate
ST. JOHN'S (Newfoundland), Feb. 24. “Incendiary origin” was the verdict of Mr Justice Brian Bunfield, after ail investigation into the fire at the Knights of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gas Producer Starts 11 Fires
A gas producer unit was the means of causing 11 separate fires during the time it travelled a distance of six miles at Drung South (near Horsham)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orphanage Tragedy 37 Children Missing Following Fierce Fire Dublin
Thirty seven out of 100 children are missing after a fire which destroyed a girls orphanage attached to the Convent of the Poor of the Clare Nuns at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Guard Section for the N.E.S. SYDNEY
Enrolments would shortly commence for :i fire guard section of the NES, said the Minister (Mr Heffron) today. This was a new important phase of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Five Fire Victims Buried Together SYDNEY
Newcastle ambulance officers to-day expressed the belief that the five children killed, in Saturday's flare- bomb explosion, at Scarborough Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Second Edition Wednesday, 3 A.M. 8000 Pounders Were Dropped on Berlin Fires Seen Hundreds of Miles Away LONDON, March 2
The Air Ministry news service states that many 8000-pound bombs and a large number of 1000 pounders were dropped in the [?]aid on Berlin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade to Be Strengthened
Albury council was told last night by the Board of Fire Commissioners that it was proposed to augment the strength of Albury brigade by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?] Plane on Fire [?] Message
“Good-bye follows: I’m [?] down, [?] me.” C[?] He[?]y [?]e this message into [?] Flying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the Spit- Fires Came Excitement at Darwin
The day of the arrival of the Spitfires in the Northern Territory is one that will be long remembered here. We all knew they were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burnt to Death in Grass Fire Armidale
Trapped in a grass fire near Armidale last night, Mrs Mabel Jane Perrott, aged 79, was burnt to death. Today she was buried at the base of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Signaller Works Under Fire
The FA. signaller, seldom mentioned in the news, supplies one of the most vital needs of the guns in action. He lays the wires and operates the phones from the forward observation posts to the gun positions. Without the continual operation of the field telephones the…
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