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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1943

170 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 9

Listening-in Trials Home News Under Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1943 · page 10

At one small unit away forward in New Guinea, it is easy to tell when 7 p.m. arriyes. From the small tents and grass…

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Smashing Attacks on Jap Ships 21 Sunk Or Set On Fire Vital Blow To [?] Enemy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1943 · page 2

Enemy shipping in the South-West Pacific has been heavily knocked about by Allied planes during widespread…

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Four Dead, Many Injured in Bush Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 December 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE Thursday.—As a result of a [?] bush fire which swept [?] area of country in the Wangaratta…

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Bush Fires Death Roll Now Nine MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 1

The death-roll as a result of the disastrous bush fires near Wangaratta (Victoria) is now nine, and one youth is missing…

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Total Now Nine Victims In Wangaratta Bush Fires MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 1

The death roll as the result of the disastrous bush fires near Wangaratta now total nine, and one youth is missing…

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News Link Summary of Main Items in Yesterdays Wires Minister's Warning on Bush Fire Risk

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 9

Stating that a serious risk of bush fires was developing in many parts of New South Wales, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) declared…

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Fires Destroy Thousands of Pounds Of Netting and Fences BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 2

Thousands of pounds worth of netting and fences have already been destroyed, and heavy stock losses are expected to result from the bush…

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Fight for Lives of Bushfire Victims Blood Plasma Rushed To Hospital MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1943 · page 2

Blood plasma has been rushed by car to Wangaratta Hospital to aid doctors in their desperate fight to save…

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Victorian Bush Fires Claim Tenth Victim MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 1

The tenth victim of the recent tragic bush fires in the Wangaratta district died in hospital yesterday. He is Mr. Wellington 46, who leaves…

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Raids on Berlin Television Bomb Sights Used Infra Red Rays Pierce Clouds Vast Fires After Latest 2000-Ton Bombing London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1943 · page 2

The Allied air offensive from the west was resumed in full blast to-day. Londoners this morning watched hundreds of Flying Fortresses crossing the capital in a south-easterly direction…

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