R.A.F. Over Mannheim Powerful Bombs Start Big Fires
LONDON, April 30. A.A.P.—The Royal Air Force raided Mannheim, the most important industrial centre is south-western Germany, last night…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
363 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 19
Contempt for Fire Bombs British Children Stamp Them Out
DARWIN, Wednesday.—When a German fire bomb fell near English children playing on the street during a fierce raid on London recently, a small girl…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£15,000 Damage in Melbourne Fire
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused early to-day by a fire, which broke out in a three-storied building off Lonsdale-street, City…
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LITHGOW, Thursday.—Fire which occurred in a bathroom at the Steel Works colliery destroyed the clothes of 23 men. They also lost varying amounts of money,…
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There was some excitement in Hunterstreet soon after 2 p.m. yesterday when two fire brigades dashed to Selfridge's store. A small fire at the electrical goods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.S.A. Fire-fighting Methods Great Aid in London Raids Washington, March 7
Newly-discovered methods of fire-fighting, largely worked out in the laboratories of the United States Department of Agriculture, have contributed much to the projection of London from incendiary bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Menaces Ship in Sydney Harbor Sydney
Menaced by fire in one of the forward holds, a ship was saved from destruction in Walsh Bay to-day after a battle lasting an hour and a half…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Serious damage was caused to cargo when a fire broke out in the hold of a shin at Walsh Bay to-day. The vessel was not damaged…
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After a fire had been extinguished in the bedroom of a house in Corri[?]al last night it was found that £190 was missing from a wardrobe drawer…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Damage estimated at £3000 was caused by a fire which broke out in the main yarn store of Belworth hosiery mill at Cobura late…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Fires at Hamburg Heavy Raid by R.A.F.
LONDON, May 7. A.A.P.—A large force of aircraft of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command attacked objectives in north-western…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£190 Missed from House After Fire
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—At Corrimal to-day, Detective-Sergeant Brown and Sergeant Murphy investigated the loss of £190 from a house in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Nazis Use Fire at Tobruk Hooded Men With Flame-throwers
TOBRUK, May 3.—The enemy employed hooded infantrymen with flame-throwers in an attempt to smoke the Australians out of their concrete posts in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Record Massed Blitzkrieg on Germany Great Havoc Inflicted Submarine Yards and Oil Stores Hit Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin Scenes of Raging Fires London
Bomber pilots back in their aerodromes to-day tell of the devastation wrought in last night's air raid, the greatest yet launched on Germany. "Within little more than two hours." said one pilot. "load upon load of bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£150,000 Damage in Fire Melbourne Night Blaze
MELBOURNE. Monday morning.— Damage estimated at £150,000 was caused by a fire which gutted a large section of Bond and Free Stores Ltd., city, last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£150,000 Fire in Melbourne Still Burning Melbourne
A fire in the Latrobe Bond and Free Stores in Little Lonsdale Street last night, which destroyed merchandise worth more than £150,000. was still…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Fire in Room
Fire broke out in an upstairs bedroom of a two-storied house in High-street, West Maitland, occupied by Miss Myella Jane Wilkinson, about 8 o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Daring Raid Made on Heligoland Germans So Surprised They Didn't Fire Shot London
Swooping over the island fortress at a height of only 150 feet, British bombers, in line abreast, made a smashing daylight raid on the German North Sea base at Heligoland yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fish Shop on Fire at Mayfield To-day
The ground floor shop of the Mayfield Fish Markets was completely gutted and the floor above extensively damaged by a fire which rapidly spread…
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When a fish frying plant in Mayfield Fish Markets caught fire yesterday the fire rapidly spread to the rest of the ground floor. The ground floor was…
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