Fire in Rubbish Tip
A fire in a rubbish tin at the Junction last night was extinguished by Merewether fire brigade. Residents saw smoke and flame rising above the school fence…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 19
Sydney-melbourne Link Fails Fire Damaged Lines
SYDNEY, Tuesday Morning.—Communications between Sydney and Melbourne failed last night. Early this morning telephonic communication could not be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Blitz in London
London Fire Blitz. Fire-fighting trucks abando ned when enveloped in flames from fires started in the big German raid on December 29. Latest air mail pictures via America…
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Dear Dorothy Dix.—I am a young married woman with a daughter 12 years old. and am separated from my husband. I have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.A.F. Attacks Brest Again Fire Bombs on London
LONDON, Feb. 4. A.A.P.—Two fresh attacks on the enemy-occupied port of Brest, in north-western France, have been made by the Royal Air Force…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Key Point Town on Fire Italians Prepare to Evacuate Tepelena? London
Biff fires are burning in Tepelena, a stubbornly contested strategical town "barring the Greek inland route to the Italians' Albanian coastal base at Valona. There is every indication that the Italians are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fires Seen in Tepelena Evacuation By Italians Predicted
LONDON, Feb. 5. A.A.P.—There are indications that the Italians are preparing to evacuate Tepelena, on the central sector in Albania…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dog's Courage Under Fire Melbourne
Alter 60 days of quarantine in Sydney, the only dog in Australia which has experienced the terrors of German dive-bombing has rejoined his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Current Topics Fire and Warm
THE following weather forecast were issued at 9 o'clock last night for the ensuing 24 hours—Newcastle, Hunter and Manning: Fine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Lorries
LITHGOW, Monday.—The Cooperative Society's bulk stores in Vale-road were damaged last night when four motor-lorries and large quantities of oats, chaff…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Forces Ship Back to Port
A fire which out in the hold forced this cargo back to port at Newcastle yesterday. Picture above shows firemen preparing to extinguish…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£20,000 Fire Damage at Pottery Works
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused when a fire early to-day destroyed a large portion of the Bendigo pottery works at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire in Hold Vessel Returns to Port
When a fire was discovered in one of its holds several miles off Newcastle yesterday, a cargo vessel returned to port. Firemen from Cook's Hill station…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saving Records Ald. Dunkley Advocates Fire-proof Room
A recommendation that duplicate prints should be taken of valuable records at Nesea House and buried in lead-lined cases was opposed by Ald. Dunkley at a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Blitz. Blow at London London
Hundreds of fire bombs were dropped on one London district to-night. In other districts, high-explosive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Battle in Bushfire in Africa Cairo
Details of the fighting for bridgeheads over the River Juba in Italian Somaliland, which preceded the capture of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →House Destroyed by Fire
GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Four adults and five children escaped but were unable to save their belongings when fire destroyed a weatherboard building in Gale-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Bombs Rain on London Little Damage Many Trapped in Shelter
LONDON, Feb. 18 A.A.P.—Enemy raiders attempted to ring London with fires last night, but failed. All the fires started were quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Shirt Factory
SYDNEY, Thursday Morning.—Five fire brigades attended an outbreak at Clark's shirt factory at Leichhardt early this morning. They found the rear part…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Irish Fire Fighters in London London
A party of auxiliary fire service men from Northern Ireland has arrived in London on exchange duty…
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