Heffron Says: "Fire" Power Not Directed at Newcastle
SYDNEY: Powers he had just obtained to proclaim special districts and dismiss from office wardens and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 22
Pitt-street Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday.âA fire in Manning Chambers. Pitt-street, City, to-night drove out the employees working on military…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Main Drive on Egypt Hangs Fire Rommel Likely to Attempt Sweep to Outflank British
CAIRO, Wednesday (Our Special Representative and AAP) — Reports from the desert say that small forces from Rommel's army have attacked British positions west of Sollum (on the coast), but his main assault…
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SYDNEY: NFS wardens of middle Head Road, Mosman, had their first real fire-fighting experience to-day when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another 1000-Plane Raid by R.A.F. Big Fires Left at Bremen; 52 Aircraft Missing
LONDON, June 26.—Bremen, which is Germany's second largest port and one of her principal centres of U-boat production, was the main objective of an R.A.F. bombing force of more than 1000 planes last night…
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Seventy firemen from 11 stations fought desperately for seven hours to-day in an effort to save a blazing 1500-ton US naval supply ship in an Australian port. With plates white hot and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Burned to Death in Sydney Fire Boy Makes Dramatic Leap to Ladder
SYDNEY, Friday.—A man and young woman were burned to death to-day when fire destroyed a six-story building in Foveaux-street, City. Two boys, a girl and two firemen were injured…
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A fire in the Imperial Hotel, West Maitland, early this morning was confined to the second floor lounge room which was…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—To prevent the complete destruction by fire of a ship alongside a wharf at an Australian port yesterday, water had to…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—An elderly woman lost her life when a weatherboard dwelling in Wellington-street, Collingwood was burnt…
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A lounge-room on the second floor of the Imperial Hotel. West Maitland, was gutted early yesterday morning, but West Maitland. East…
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The Kurri Kurri District Coroner (Mr. A. W. Johns) will hold an inquiry at the west Maitland Courthouse into the fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Old Mine Tunnel Firemen Fought for Five Hours
For five hours yesterday, Belmont Fire Brigade, assisted by two men from Newcastle headquarters, fought a fire in a disused mine tunnel, which…
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A house destroyed by fire at Cessnock last night is believed to belong to Harold B. Patrick. The house, in Congewal Street…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Fire extensively damaged a weatherboard dwelling house in Hevington-road, Auburn this afternoon. Furniture…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Under emergency conditions an adequate organisation must exist to fight fires arising from enemy action or natural…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tanks Blaze in Desert
Some of the wreckage left after a tank battle in the Western Desert. A German tank is in the foreground…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Found Guilty of Manslaughter Woy Woy Cafe Fire
SYDNEY, Thursday.—At Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions today it wan alleged that Thomas Edward Foster 32, while under the influence of…
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WYNDHAM: Worried because his campfire got out of control and destroyed a dump of military stores, an old-age pensioner…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Alfred Henry Singleton, 24, who escaped from the cells at Newtown police station in sensational circumstances on June…
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