Fire on Express Train
With the undercarriage of a car ablaze, the Brisbane Express was held up for 20 minutes at Wyee station last night while the train crew…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 22
Bren Gunners Fire From Cover
Members of a Bren gun crew go into action from cover during exercises off the New South Wales coast…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Concern in authoritative quarters at the fact that there have been two outbreaks of fire on interstate trains within a…
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GOSFORD: A 15-ton truck of general merchandise for Gosford was burnt out and another of eight tons…
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Two women were injured in a fire which broke out in the refreshment room and dwelling of Mrs. Diamond Skekos in the Boulevarde…
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GOSFORD, Thursday.—Two trucks of a goods train caught fire on the Hawkesbury River Bridge at 3 a.m. this morning. When the train passed…
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GOSFORD, Thursday.—As a sequel to a fire in a cafe at Woy Woy on Wednesday night, when two women were burned, a man was arrested by…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—Lightning caused two fires in an electrical storm on Thursday night. A vivid flash of lightning was followed by…
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SYDNEY: All fire-fighting services, ranging from the headquarters of the brigade in Sydney to remote country volunteer brigades,…
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PERTH, Sunday.—When a fire occurred at the Claremont depot of the United Buses Ltd. yesterday a former employee, James Brown,…
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A railway signal box at Cockle Creek was burnt down last night. The cause of the fire is not known…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Labour Men Annoyed Mr. Dedman Under Fire
His defence of the appointment of retired public servants instead of Labour men to war organisation positions brought the Minister for…
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GOSFORD.—Mrs. Bridget Foster, 62, whose son will appear, on remand, at the Gosford Police Court to-morrow charged with…
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Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was caused by a fire in the power-house at Ayrfield No. 2…
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The fire which broke out in the power house at Ayrfield No. 3 Colliery early yesterday morning and caused damage estimated at…
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SYDNEY: Cypress pines which were used in boarding up city windows were described as fire sticks by the Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner) in the State Parliament to-day…
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday. (AAP).—The methods of the US Government in handling the Normandie were sharply criticised in…
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AUCKLAND, Wednesday.—Mrs. D. E. Clifton, 30, a shepherd's wife, and her four children, the eldest six years, were burned to death at…
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LONDON, April 16.—According to Vichy radio, an enormous fire has been raging at Fontainbleu for two days, defying all…
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CHUNGKING. Sunday (AAP): —Chinese guerrillas set fire to the Japanese headquarters at An-King capital of Anhwel Province…
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