R.A.F. Attacks Great Damage Inferno of Fire Docks, Oil Refineries, Railways LONDON
In new raids on Germany the Royal Air Force subjected dockyards, the railway station and aircraft…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
184 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 10
From Weed-killing to Fire-killing
In peace-time[?] Britain this was the Southern Railway's weed-killling train, touring the company's [?]stem and spr[?]ng liquid to destroy weeds on the track. Now, [?] by six ully-trained men, it has been conver[?]ed into a fir[?]fighting unit capable of caring…
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On Friday morning the local Fire Brigade was called to a small outbreak of fire which occurred at the residence of Mrs. Ansell, of Mulligan Street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Driver Unaware of Lorry Fire
Though bystanders were shouting warnings, a man driving a lorry loaded with upholstered chairs and lounge suites along Pitt St., Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brigade Handled 24 Fires Last Year Officer Commends Public Caution
Armidale Fire Brigade dealt with 24 fires during 1940. The outbreaks included chimney, grass and rubbish fires,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bushman Leaves Fire Unattended £5 Fine Imposed
George Walter Thomas Yates, station hand, employed by Messrs. Wilson and Wilson, on Box Forest Station, Kingstown, was charged before the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Blown All Over the Place by A. A. Fire'
Mrs. E. L. Hutchinson, of Vernon, was informed last week that her nephew, Pilot-Officer D. W. Holford, of the Royal Air Force, had been awarded the D.F.C. Pilot-Officer Holford, although only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£5 for Unattended Fire Fencing Destroyed
At the local Police Court on Tues-day, before the P.M., George Walter Thos. yates, of Box Forest, Kingstown, was called to answer a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Targets Bombed Extensive Damage Many Fires LONDON
R.A.F. bombers last night attacked naval dockyard at Wilhelm haven and Emden causing many explosions and large fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Neglected Fire £5 Fine Imposed
George Walter Thomas Yates, station hand, employed by Messrs. Wilson and Wilson, on Box Forest Station, Kingstown, was charged before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Bombers Strike Extensive Enemy Damage Fires and Explosions Italy Extensively Attacked LONDON
British bombers last night covered an extremely wide area, demonstrating the increasingly extending striking power of British aerial forces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrible Results of Bomb on London Subway Plunged Through Surface Many People Killed Ghastly Scenes Witnessed "Second Fire Blitz" LONDON
Terrible scenes were witnessed when a high explosive fell on a London subway during last night's raid, plunging through the surface and bringing down debris on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON'S A. A. Guns Beat Raiders in Second Fire Blitz Horror When Heavy Bomb Hits Crowded Subway (Australian Associated Press and British Official Wireless.) LONDON
Terrible scenes were witnessed when a high explosive bomb fell on a London subway during last night's fire raid. The bomb plunged through the surface of the subway and brought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Explosives Follow Fire Bombs Raiders Over London London
"After the second successive day in which there was no daylight air activity over Britain, German bombers appeared over many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wilhelmshaven Fires Light Bombers' Way Tremendous Devastation (AustraliaLn Associated Press.) LONDON
One of the Royal Air Force's heaviest bombing raids was made on Wil-i belmshaven last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.A.F. Does Tremendous Damage to Targets Huge Fires Blazing Several Important Objectives Various Ports Included Attack Over Many Hours London
One of the R.A.F's. heaviest bombing raids was carried out on Wilhelmshaven last night and tremendous devastation was caused in the dock and industrial…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rosemount Hotel Destroyed by Fire Night Blaze at Barney's Hill
A link with the early coaching days was severed with the destruction by fire on Thursday night of the historic Rosemount…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LOCAL & GENERAL Rosemont Fire
The Rosemount Hotel, store and post office on the Grafton-Glen Innes road, was totally destroyed by fire late on Thursday night. None of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Air Raid Fighters Increasing Overseas Demand For Fire Appliances
The stirrup pump, now installed in thousands of British households to cope with incendiary bombs, is still being turned out by its biggest makers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Port Pirie Fire ADELAIDE, Ohursday
A fire which gutted the Central Methodist Mission Hall at Port Plrie spread to the office of the Port Pirie Recorder, causing severe damage to…
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