Good Save by Fire Brigade
Quick action by Albury Fire Brigade saved a large shed on the old showground containing waste products, from catching alight on…
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356 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 18
Fire Breaks in Hume Shire No Compulsion This Year
R[?]me shire landholders will not be compelled to plough [?]breaks on their properties in the coming summer. This decision was made by the shire council at its…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Fire Oil Wells New York
Apparently fearing another invasion of North Borneo, near Seria and Miri oilfields, the Japanese have fired [?] 20 oil wells says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Major Japanese Cities Written Off As Bomber Targets Gutted U.s.by Fire, Says Air Chief Back-yard Factories Heavily Raided GUAM
Major-General Curtis Lemay, Chief of the Super Fortress fleet attacking Japan; said that the six major cities—Tokio, Osaka, Nagoya, Yokohama, Kobe and Kawasake—had been written off as B29 targets, simply…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Fire Raids Three Japanese Towns Ablaze WASHINGTON
Honshu Island and Kyushu Island, in the Japanese home group, were attacked by a big force of Super Fortresses this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Leader Under Fire May Not Get Trip Abroad CANBERRA
The Government should refuse to grant Mr Ernie Thornton, the noted Communist, a passport to travel to Paris to represent Australia at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cottage Destroyed by Fire
A weather board cottage owned by Mr and Mrs C. H. Death, of Wagga road. was completely destroyed by the early last evening. Fire started about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Failed to Provide Fire Escape SYDNEY
A well-known racehorse owner. Daniel Usher Seaton. of Point Piper, was £20 at the Chief Industrial Magistrate’s Court for having, as the owner of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£40,000 Fire at Fremantle PERTH
Nine omnibuses were completely destroyed and six were seriously damaged a fire which caused £40,000 damage at the Fremantle depot of the Marobus Co Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Old “Labor Daily” Building SYDNEY
Several thousand pounds of damage was done to a Brisbane st, building when a fire broke out, late this afternoon. The building, which is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Board of Fire Commissioners to Visit This Shire Next Week
The President (the Hon. T. T. Smith), of the Hoard of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W., accompanied by other members of the Hoard, will visit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suicide Attack on Carrier Miraculous Escape From Destruction by Fire WASHINGTON, Thurs
American Associated Press states that fanatical Japanese suicide pilots scored two direct hits on Admiral Mitscher’s flagship, the carrier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mail For Troops Destroyed by Fire MELBOURNE
When fire broke out in a freight plane while on the ground at Morotai on June 14, 23 bags of letter mail from Australia for the troops on Tarakan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japs Flee Enemy Had “Wall of Fire”
[?]om James O’Connor with the 7th [?]ivision at Balikpapan), Monday. The landing was made on three [?]djoining beaches a mile and a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jap Cities Set on Fire Biggest Super Raid Yet GUAM
Nearly 600 Super-Fortresses, the greatest fleet ever sent against Japan struck four Japanese cities with a record load of 4000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Macarthur Under Fire
General MacArthur drew angry Japanese sniper fire again this afternoon as the army’s Pacific commander-in-chief surveyed enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Sea of Fire Japanese Fight And Die
Plans made by the Japanese to meet the Australian invaders of Balikpapan with a “Sea of Flame” rebounded when Allied planes set…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sea of Oil on Fire Our Men Missed Terrible Fate
Foresight alone saved many Australians from a terrible death while fighting from the top of Parramatta Hill towards Balikpapan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →4th of July Fires on Tokio GUAM
One hundred and fifty Mustangs today started Fourth of July fires and explosions to Japan by adding insult to injury. They circled three Tokio airfields for an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Visit of Fire Commissioners Accorded a Warm Welcome Presentation to Fireman Phipps
On Tuesday afternoon last, 3rd July, 1945, members of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners visited Corowa, and were accorded a hearty…
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