Sabotage Suspected in U.s. Fires
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Navy, and local officials are investigating the possibility of sabotage in two fires in New York…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 22
Japanese Foreign Office Damaged by Fire
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Fire has destroyed half the Japanese Foreign Office, according to Tokio official radio. All the important…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Raid Hint No. 10 How to Put Out Fire
This is the 10th of a series of hints issued to the public by the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) in case of air raid. Paste this in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Tank Blitz in Malaya Enemy Mown Down By Heavy Fire In Bitter Jungle Fight
SINGAPORE, Friday (Our Special Representative and A.A.P.): Blitzkrieg attacks have been launched by the Japanese against the British lines in the Slim River area, 240…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£8000 Blaze at Brisbane
BRISBANE, Sunday.—Damage estimated at more than £8000 was done to the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church…
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There was an outbreak of fire in a room in the Westminster Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, last night. It broke out in a bedroom and was…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—A fire at Superior (Wisconsin) destroyed an elevator and 1,500,000 bushels of grain. It estimated the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vengeance by Axe and Fire Red Warrior Women
Armed with axes and pitchforks the women went one night to the house which the Nazi officers occupied and set fire to it with paraffin…
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Like other centres of former coalmining activity on a big scale, Cardiff has its smouldering chitter heap—a slowly-burning old mine refuse dump…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Still Burn in Singleton District
SINGLETON, Monday.—Bush fires are still burning at various centres of the district. In the Mirannie area a fire is burning over a wide front…
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Hillend colliery, an Abandoned mine at East Cessnock, erupted again this afternoon. Fires developed after it was…
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BRISBANE — Three firemen were burned to death early to-day while fighting a fire which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Raid Hint No. 12 Sand on Fire Bombs
This is the 12th of a series of hints issued to the public by the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron), in case of air…
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MT. VICTORIA.—A bushfire destroyed Kia-Ora guesthouse, five miles from Jenoian Caves, last night, and is not…
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The Health Inspector (Mr. B.I.L. Voickman) reported to a meeting of East Maitland Council last night that since the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Raid Hint No. 13 Fighting Fires in Home
This is the thirteenth of a series of hints issued to the public by the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) in case…
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Smoke is still coming from the new fissure that has developed above the old workings of Hill End colliery at Cessnock…
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.—The 7314-ton army transport Cliveden has been totally destroyed by fire in Alaskan waters, says a communique…
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LONDON, Jan. 13.—A story of the courage of an Innisfail (Queensland) pilot, Sergeant D. W. Spooner (second pilot), who put out a fire in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →May Have Lost Way Three Dead in Big Brisbane Fire
BRISBANE. Tuesday.—It is believed that the three firemen who lost their lives when a Brisbane warehouse was gutted early to-day,…
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