Crossed Manchu Border Soviet Troops Set Fire to Village TOKIO, April 5
The Domei Agency reports that regular Soviet troops crossed the Manchukuo border near Suifenho and set on fire a small village. They withdrew before…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
650 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 33
Steps to Prevent Pole Fires by Electricity Dept
Action which is being taken by the Electric Supply Department of the Newcastle Council will. It is hoped, reduce the number of power pole fires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Mine on South Coast Sydney
Declaring that his collieries had been sabotaged. Mr. John W. Clinton, managing director of Nattal-Bulli Collieries, where fire yesterday destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Sydney Arcade Photographer's Studio Destroyed SYDNEY
Three metropolitan fire brigades were called out late to-night to a fire which destroyed the New Vogue photographic studios on the third floor of Piccadilly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Manager Suspects Sabotage Fire at Mine Powerhouse SYDNEY
The fire in the powerhouse at the Nattai-Bulli Collieries' mine in Burrangorang Valley yesterday destroyed the building and contents, which included three…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →House Burnt Out in 15 Minutes
A four-roomed house and contents owned and occupied by Mrs. M. Ford, in Cherry's-road, Warner's Bay, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Car on Fire
A motor car owned by Lancelot Palmer caught fire in Ocean Street, Merewether, about 8.20 this morning. Newcastle File Brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cessnock Preventing Fires in Mines
The Principal of the Cessnock Technical College (Mr. R. Purcell) addressed Cessnock Rotary Club last night on fires in collieries. He dealt with their Origin…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →How Fires Are Caused in Mines
Causes of mine fires, methods of dealing with outbreaks and remedies were described by the principal of Cessnock Trades School (Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TARZAN Between Two Fires
Crashing through both walls of the flimsy palisade, the elephant bore Vaithor and Tarzan out on to the plain toward freedom…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ipswich Colliery Fire Brisbane
The Ipswich City colliery at Denmark Hill was reported to be on fire to-day. It is believed that it will have to be sealed. The mine employed about 50…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Damage at Goldmine Kalgoorlie
Fire which broke out at 2.30 a.m. caused about £3000 worth of damage at the Emu goldmine, Agnow, one of the D.E. Bernales group. Stock and store rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Big Belgian Fire Ghent (Belgium), April 14
A fire destroyed three warehouses, containing 20,000 bales of cotton, flax and jute, at Ghent yesterday. The damage is estimated at £1,250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →More Activity on West Front Severe Artillery Fire LONDON, April 14
All types of units are increasingly active on the Western front. Severe interchanges of shelling have been aimed at definite objectives, such as road…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →20,000 HOMELESS Fire Sweeps Through Cristobal New York, April 14
At Cristobal (Panama Canal zone) fire swept the main section of the city, destroying 25 blocks. There are 20,000 homeless The United. States Army and Navy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Fire in City
Grass and same rubbish caught fire on land behind the baby health centre in King-street shortly before 1 P.m. to-day. Cook's Hill and Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire From Copper Cause of Cardiff Laundry Explosion Tin of Gelignite on Shelf
Newcastle police are satisfied that the explosion which wrecked a laundry at the rear of a miner's home in Thomas-street, Cardiff, yesterday morning, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Epic Night Flight In Snow And Fire Published by arrangement with the London "Sunday Chronicle."
"THE Royal Air Force carried out another reconnaissance raid over Germany last night. A number of leaflets were dropped and all aircraft returned safely to their base."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Engine Started Fatal Bush Fire Melbourne
Witnesses at the inquest on Edward Drewry, 49, farmer, of Bellbrae, alleged that the grass fire, which spread to Bellbrae and Torquay on March 13, was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Kurri Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M.) Left Fire Burning
Leslie John Beveridge, a farmer, of Black Hill, near Kuril, pleaded not guilty to a charge of having on March 16 left a fire he had lighted before…
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