GUYRA Careless Use Of Fire Ben Lomond Resident Fined Left When Some Sticks Were Smouldering
Norman Leslie Robinson, of Ben Lomond, was convicted under the Careless Use of Fires Act at Guyra Court of Petty Sessions on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
351 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 18
Early Measures to Check N.S.W. Bushfires Sydney
Early measures to prevent and combat bushfires, which do damage estimated at £250,000 each year, are being taken in New South Wales, where…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire At Newton Boyd 'Solid Wall" of Wall Flame" Newton Boyd
Despite all efforts to check its progrees a bush fire, more severe than any experienced previously. is sweeping a wide stretch of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Careless Use Of Fire Ben Lomond Resident Fined
Norman Leslie Robinson, of Ben Lomond, was convicted under the Carelers Use of Fires Act at Guyra Court of Petty Sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →R.A.F. Pounds Enemy Bases Gun Emplacements and Aerodromes Suffer Polish Squadron Has Baptism of Fire (Australian Associated Press and British Official Wireless.) LONDON
Enemy shipping, barge concentrations at channel ports, and many supply depots and railway communications in Germany were again heavily bombed last night by the Royal Air Force…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Across the Straits Exchange of Long-range Gun Fire Few Casualties in Dover London
Heavy rainfall to-day broke many weeks of fine weather at Dover. The sky over the Straits was overcast by low grey clouds…
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Owing to the exceptionally dry weather conditions, the Bush Fires Advisory Control ice has issued an urgent appeal to shire councils…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Caretaker's Quarters
Miss Nancy Smart, who recently spent a holiday in Inverell with her mother. Mrs. A. Furness, of Henderson Street, lost practically all her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beating the Bomb English Farmers Prepare Fire Danger to Crops By Air Mail.) LONDON, August 3
Now that harvesting has begun. In England, farmers are taking steps to protect their crops against a new danger—the threat of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Church Fire Caused by Vandals" SYDNEY
Police are now convinced that the fire which partly destroyed the Arncliffe Congregational Church last night was an act of vandalism…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Fire Damage £2,000 SYDNEY
When a fie broke out last night in Krupa's clothing factor. Little Regent Street Sydney, stock and fitting were damaged to the extent of £2,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Milson's Point Church Slight Damage to Building SYDNEY
Crow's Nest fire brigade extinguished a fire which broke out in the ceiling of the chapel of St. John the Baptist Church of England, Milson's Point…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.A.F. Do Immense Damage to Channel Ports Extensive Areas Bombed Many Fires Started Strong German Opposition Le Havre Specially Attacked LONDON
Continuing their relentless hammering on the enemy's Channel ports, bomber squadrons of the R.A.F. last night again attacked shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Wood Yard Prompt Handling by Brigade
Armidale Fire Brigade promptly put out a fire in J. and F. Weston and Sons' wood yard at 91 Faulkner-street early on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] of Enemy Bases Huge Fires Raging Prolonged Methodical Attacks Vessels and Barges Damaged Convoys Impeded :: Several Huge Explosions LONDON
Methodically, hour after hour, from shortly after dusk until down, bombers continued the work of destruction at Boulogne and other invasion ports…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Methodical Hour by Hour Pounding of Invasion Ports Loud Explosions—Then Roar of Fires on Countless Barges (Australian Associated Press.) London. Sunday
Methodically, hour after hour from shortly after dusk until dawn, Royal Air Force bombers continued their work of destruction at Boulogne and other invasion ports…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Care with Camp Fires
A special plea to motor campers and picnickers to display care when using fire at camp sites or picnic places is made by the General…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →[?]. Continue Attacks on German Bases Extensive Fires Occur Wide Area Covered Many Explosions Reported Outskirts of Berlin Damaged London
"Single and small formations of British planes never seemed to stop coming; they dived from o height which seemed to be under a thousand feet," declared an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Set a Dog on Fire
In the Oakleigh (Vic.) Court, Samuel Bert. Alway (19). labourer, was fined £8 for committing an act of cruelty on a dog. It was alleged that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unrelenting Raids by the Royal Air Force Trail of Fires and Explosions LONDON
Last night's attacks on rail communication centres in Germany were spread over a wide area. Railways at Chrang, Mannheim, Soest and Coblenz were bombed. Fires were started in rail junctions…
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