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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1941

184 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 10

Naples Bombed Biggest Fires Yet LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1941 · page 4

The raid on Naples on Tuesday night was one of the biggest yet made in the Central Mediterranean, says the Air Ministry…

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Roll of £100 Charred in Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 2

The charred remains of a roll of £100 in notes will in sent to Sydney from Lismore for submission to infra red rays, by which means it will be…

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Fire Bombs May Call up Watchers By Ringing a Bell When They Hit a House

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 25 October 1941 · page 4

Automatic alarms which ring a bell the moment a fire bomb gets into a building may be a new ally of Britain's hundreds of…

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Mystery Fire Murderer's Home Destroyed Auckland (N.z.)

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 October 1941 · page 1

Mystery surrounds the outbreak of fire which last night [?]stroyed the four- roomed house owned by the Koiterangi murderer. Stanley…

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W.A.N.S. Women's Fire Auxiliary

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 October 1941 · page 5

England's many blitzes and her vast experience gained therefrom, have enabled us to prepare ourselves more efficiently for any…

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Factory Fire 20 Dead; 10 Missing LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1941 · page 1

Twenty are dead and ten others still missing as a result of a huge fire at a Huddersfield clothing factory…

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ARMIDALE 50 Years Ago. (Reprinted from the "Express" of November 10 and 13.) Our Fire Brigade

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1941 · page 6

Relative to fire last Thursday night caused by the burning of rubbish near the Wesleyan Church, we may hero pertinently remark that the…

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Crimean Situation Grave Sebastopol Under Constant Fire Position In Donetz Static LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 15 November 1941 · page 1

Very heavy fighting continues in the Crimea, where the situation is very grave. This is reported by the Stockholm correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph."…

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Q'land Conditions Bush Fire Lessons Courier-Mail Land Writer

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 November 1941 · page 8

Many thousands of acres of western pasture were saved from bushfires this year by application of [?] learned in fighting bomb fires…

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Car Engine on Fire In Beardy-street

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1941 · page 4

The fire engine was out shortly before 1 o'clock to-day, the alarm being given when flames were seen issuing from a car parked in front of…

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Bushfire Menace

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 November 1941 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. asks the co-operation of the travelling public in the prevention of bush fires. A cigarette butt, thrown from a car and a camp…

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Gravesend Homestead Demolished by Fire

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 December 1941 · page 2

About 9 o'clock on Friday morning the homestead at Gravesend Station, owned and occupied by Mr. W. Williams, was reduced to ashes in a…

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Britain Keeps the Home Fires Burning Orders For Foreign Countries Persia's Palace of Justice

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 December 1941 · page 7

Britain has received from Persia, in competition with Germany, contracts to a total value of £130,000…

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Disastrous Fire Boot Factory Totally Destroyed Severe Loss to District Forty-five Hands Thrown Out of Work

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1941 · page 4

The most disastrous fire this town has known on Thursday night destroyed the boot factory of Messrs. J J Whyte Pty. Ltd. The factory, an old Weatherboard building on the…

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Bush Fires

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 3

Fires around Black Mountain have damaged fences and destroyed a great amount of grass and timber. They are now reported to be tinder…

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Grass Fire At Station 2AD Armidale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 5

A grass fire in the grounds of Station 2AD on Sunday morning attracted a number of citizens. The station Staff had been burning…

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Glen Innes Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 December 1941 · page 4

The directors of Messrs. J. J. Whyte Ltd., of Glen Innes, whose boot factory was totally destroyed by fire last Thursday night are hopeful that…

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Sydney Fire Alarm by Spotter SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 December 1941 · page 1

An A.R.P. the spotter on [?] of Shorter [?] York Street [?] gave the alarm of a fire which brake out about 3 a.m. this [?] in…

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Sydney Roof Spotter Gives First Alarm of Dangerous City Fire Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 December 1941 · page 1

An A.R.P. fire spotter on duty on the roof at Shorter House, York-street, City, gave an alarm of a fire which broke out about…

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Bushfire Warning SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 20 December 1941 · page 1

"The problem of bushfires this season is extremely grave and demands the strictest co-operation by every citizen," said Mr. E. H…

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