£50,000 Damage In Biscuit Factory Fire SYDNEY
An outbreak of fire occurred in the five-storey building of Hardman Bros. Ptd. Ltd., biscuit manufacturers, in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
351 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 18
Big Fire Biscuit Factory £50,000 Damage SYDNEY
An outbreak of fire occurred in the five-storey building of Hardman Bros. Pty. Ltd., biscuit manufacturers in Sarah Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threw Wedding Ring in Fire Two Months After Marriage Wife's Story During Divorce Petition
A woman petitioner for divorce in the Quarter Sessions yesterday told his Honour, Judge P. V. Storkey, V.C., that two months…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers Calm Withdrawal From Boulogne Under Heavy Enemy Fire German Guns and Tanks Destroyed LONDON
The withdrawal of the British troops from Boulogne was carried out with a military precision which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Human Torch Clothes on Fire South Grafton Man's Ordeal
Francis Elder (27). of Ryan Street. South Graflon, became a human tereh when his clothes caught fire after he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chimney Fire
The local Fire Brigade received a call to the Town and Country Club in Otho Street this morning where members of the brigade extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parkes Fire Newspapers' Loss PARKES
The Parkes' "Champion Post," one of the oldest newspapers in the central west was partly destroyed by fire late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Newspaper Office Damage Estimated at £3000 or £4000 j SYDNEY
The Parkes Champion-Post, one of the oldest newspapers in the Central West was partly destroyed by fire late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Troops Reinforce French Army The Battle for Paris French Army's Glorious Stand Fires Rage in Countless Towns LONDON
Total darkness throughout the night grips Paris, whose centre is deathly silent, but from the north-western fringes gunfire is growing louder and gun flashes burn across the sky as German legions thrust…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Menace in Parts of Queensland The Sheep Market
Practically no rain fell in the pastoral areas of the State last month, the only registrations being light showers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Conditions Bush Fire Menace Moderate Sheep Demand
Practically no rain foil in the pastoral areas of the State last month, the only registrations being light showers in the central-west and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Small Fires
On Wednesday night the local Fire Brigade received a call to a burning car at Lunette boarding house Oliver Street, The car was the property of…
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One night last year in a street not far from our home, there was a very bright blaze. It was a house on fire. The fire siren rang, and a little…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barellan Blaze Large Department Store Destroyed 50 Men Form Bucket Brigade BARELLAN
A fire yesterday destroyed the largest department store in town. The building was owned by W. W. Black, and was completely gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barallan Fire Damage £10,000 SYDNEY
A fire at Barallen yesterday destroyed the largest department store in town, owned by Mr. W. W. Black…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Charcoal From Bush Fires
The N.R.M.A. issues a warning to owners of vehicles being fitted with producer gas plants that charcoal gathered from the bush from charred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys Shed and Contents Damage Set at: £120
Damage estimated at £120 was done when a shed on Mr. J. V. Wall's property, "Nevada," Castle Doyle, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charcoal From Bush Fires
The N.R.M.A. issues a warning to owners of vehicles being fitted with producer gas units that cha[?]co[?] collected out of the bush from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Warning Charcoal From Bush Fires
The NRMA issues a warming to owners of ve[?] being fitted with producer gas plants that charcoal collected out of the bush from charred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Auxiliary Fire Fighters New and Virile Service Beating the Incendiary Bomb
Civil defence has become the fourth arm of Britain's war machine. It is her answer to the new development of unrestricted warfare, in…
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