Fires Menace Houses
Toronto Fire Brigade was busy yesterday and last night, when it put out big grass fires which were threatening properties at Coal Point and in Carey-street,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 33
Missionary Saved by Natives Launch on Fire DARWIN
Two aborigines saved the life of a Methodist missionary, Rev. W. B. Chaseling, when a mission motor launch was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Chamberlain Under Fire Disagreement With War-time Policy LONDON
Recalling that Mr. Chamberlain will be 71 to-morrow, the Parliamentary correspondent of "The Times" forecasts a searching debate when the Prime Minister surveys in the House of Commons on Tuesday the situation after six months of war…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Guns Fire at Placards French Reply To Invitation LONDON
Early this morning huge placards suddenly appeared in front of the German lines, clearly visible from the French side of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War Efforts of Allies Criticised Chamberlain Under Fire (Continued from page one) LONDON
While public opinion in [?] and France would welcome a more dynamic Allied war effort, the leaders alone have the facts and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Pole Fires
Before it fell sufficiently heavy to wash away the accumulated dust, which acts as a conductor when moistened, the rain set alight to 12 electric light poles in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sentries Fire on Suspects Panama City, March 18
United States Army officials state that three. United States sentries intercepted and disarmed two plain-clothes Panama police inside the canal zone. While the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FINED £10 for Careless Use of Fire West Wyalong
George Thurling was fined £10 at Wyalong Police, Curt to-day, when the first case under the Careless Use of Fire Act was heard here…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →50,000 Sheep Lost in Victorian Bush Fires Melbourne
An officer of the Department of Agriculture, who returned from the grazing and agricultural areas recently swept by fire, estimates that no fewer than 300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipping Ministry Under Fire "Inefficient and No Foresight" (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 19
The British Ministry of Shipping was accused of inefficiency and lack of foresight by a Labour spokesman in the House of Commons last night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Oil Depot Blaze Heavy Damage in Melbourne Second Outbreak in Six Weeks Melbourne
Thousands of pounds' worth of damage was caused by a fire in the petrol and kerosene dock at the national distributing depot of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stop Press Intense Anti-aircraft Fire London, March 20
Sir Kingsley Wood told the House of Commons that the number of R.A.F. raiders was more than double the number of German planes which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stand Fire at Show 3000 People Leave Safely Damage Slight Sydney
A double-tiered wooden stand, holding 3000 people, caught fire at the Royal Agricultural Showground to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Inquiry Into Oil Depot Fire No Suspicion of Sabotage MELBOURNE
Although there was no suggestion of sabotage, detectives and military officers are investigating the fire at the Vacuum Oil Company's depot at Spotswood last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Fires In Suburbs
Hamilton Fire Brigade received calls to-day to fencing alight on an allotment in Jenner Parade and a small crass fire in Bibby-street. Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires Menace Homes Sydney
Many newly-built homes between Manly and Middle Harbour were threatened with fire for hours yesterday. Thick bushland became alight, and hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I.R.A. Convicts Mutiny Dartmoor Prison Set on Fire Riot Quelled After Three Hours (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 24
Twelve dangerous Irish Republican Army convicts mutinied in Dartmoor prison yesterday afternoon and started a riot. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Little Damage Fire Near Joinery Works
Prompt action by residents living nearby, who used buckets to prevent the flames from extending to a large joinery workshop, prevented extensive damage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fire Destroys Cottage Wyong
A weatherboard cottage on the main Entrance-Wyong road was destroyed by a bush fire this afternoon. The cottage was not occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire in King Edward Park
A grass fire in King Edward Park at midday to-day threatened to destroy the fencing on the southern side of the park and also a number…
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