FEDERAL A.L.P. Leaders Under Fire Swan Candidate Makes Charges PERTH
Though counting in the Swan by-election is far from complete, there are already, recriminations within the Labor Party…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
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Bush Fires in Victoria Three Homesteads Destroyed
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A bush fire in the Pyalong district, between Kilmore and Heathcote, this afternoon destroyed three…
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About an acre of grass was burnt by a fire which broke out in the bush off Queen's-road, New Lambton. about 1 o'clock this afternoon. No damage…
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Rain which fell overnight has aided the men who have been fighting the bushfires raging in the Ivanhoe district…
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Police are investigating reports that one of the small, but destructive, fires, which broke out in the north-west during the Christmas holidays, was…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Following a fire discovered in the crib of a church in the city last week, two outbreaks occurred in churches in the name street at Coogee…
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LAUNCESTON, Sunday.—One of the small but destructive fires which broke out in the north-west during the Christmas holidays was deliberately started, it is…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—An explosion destroyed a factory and severely burned a woman at Marrickville to-night. Windows were shattered and the roof…
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BERLIN, Dec. 30, A.A.P.—Two heavy bomb-like explosions in the baggage room at the Anhalter railway station in Berlin set fire to the western part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London's Fire Victims Sleep in Crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral London
A tenant of St. Paul's Churchyard Flats, I found myself in a basement shelter when the first incendiary bombs set fire to the surrounding buildings last night. Previous experiences had found us unalarmed, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Set Fire to City of London Famous Buildings Hit in Deliberate Attempt LONDON, Dec. 30. A.A.P.
German raiders last night tried deliberately to set fire to the City of London. Large areas were converted into blazing infernos. The raid was not long, but was the most intense and…
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