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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1942

228 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 12

Raid on Emden Enormous Fires British Produdion Remarkable Figures London

The Inverell Times · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 1

Many giant four-engined bombers participated in last night's raid against Emden. It was a good night for night…

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Fire at Coolatai Hotel and Store Demolished

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 June 1942 · page 2

About 6.30 on Wednesday evening a fire broke out in the hotel at Coolatai, and the building, together with the adjoining store and the…

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Salvage Bin Blaze

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

One of the City Council's salvage bins has been through a fiery ordeal. Yesterday afternoon residents in the vicinity of East find Park saw…

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Fire Near Gravesend Shearing Shed and Plant Destroyed

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 2

On Wednesday last the shed at "Moscow,'' Gravesend, was burnt, and the plant contained therein practically destroyed…

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Fire Near Gravesend Shearing Shed and Plant Destroyed

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 June 1942 · page 3

On Wednesday last the shed at "Moscow" Gravesend, was burnt and the plant contained therein practically destroyed…

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Prisoners' Sensational Escape From Cell Set Fire to Roof "Desperate Criminal" at Large SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 June 1942 · page 1

Defying flames which roared round him after he had set fire to the wooden roof of his cell beneath…

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Two Dead : Four Injured In Disastrous City Fire SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 1

A check last night revealed that casualties in yesterday's disastrous fire which gutted a six storey building in Surry Hills…

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Third Victim of City Fire Dies in Hosptal

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. — Estelle Williams (14), of Riley-street, Surry Hills, who suffered burns in a factory fire in…

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Yesterday's News Curtin's Warning Nestor Sunk Children Cause Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 July 1942 · page 2

A blunt warning was given by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin that the Government was determined to get the extra 318.000 men and…

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Tractor on Fire

The Inverell Times · Monday 6 July 1942 · page 2

Some nights ago a farmer close to Narrabri was called out to assist his neighbour to extinguish a fire which had broken out on a tractor. By the…

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Sailor Saves Woman From Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 July 1942 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Helen Hayes, of North Sydney, was rescued from a blazing room in a residential in Alfred-street. Milson's…

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German Factory Destroyed by fire LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 8 July 1942 · page 1

It is learned in London that the Magneto Beige factory in Brussels which is manufacturing for the Germans was destroyed by fire…

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Cat Blamed for Causing Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 9 July 1942 · page 4

A th[?]ory that a cat, by pulling a tablecloth and upsetting a lighted kerosene lamp on a table in the residential portion of the…

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Fire Fighting Taught to W.a.n.s. at Armidal

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 5

Early this year permission was granted by the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners for a group of Armidale…

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[?] Death Sentence--Found Grafton Fire--Australin Danger

The Inverell Times · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 4

James Harris (32), sheet metal worker William Francis Surraige (41) laborer, and his wife, Barbara Flylus Burridge (15), were sentenced to death…

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Children Believed to Have Caused Fire Outbreak in Rozelle House SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 1

It is believed that three small children playing with matches starts a fire in a house at Rozelle yesterday…

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Sabotage in Berlin Several Large Fires LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 1

It is reported by a Swedish correspondent in Berlin that there were five large fires in the same area in Berlin in the past per days…

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SABOTAGE? Fires in Berlin STOCKHOLM

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 1

Seven new fires broke out in Berlin, making twelve in three days. The police assert that they are due to sabotage…

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Duisburg Bombed Tremendous Damage Many Fires London

The Inverell Times · Monday 27 July 1942 · page 1

More than 50 4000-lb. bombs, besides a great load of other heavy explosives and incendiary bombs were…

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