U.S. Bombers Over Burma Big Fires Started at Rangoon
LONDON, May 4.—Bombers of the United States Army Air Corps last night again attacked the docks at Rangoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1942
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 22
R.A.F. Left Big Fires at Hamburg Le Havre Raided In Daylight
LONDON, May 4.—Although the weather was not good over Germany, the R.A.F. last night bombed the docks and shipbuilding yards at Hamburg. Squadrons of our fighters escorted a small formation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Fire in Normandie
NEW YORK, May 5.—Another fire—the fifth—started in the liner Lafayette, the former French liner Normandie (82,423 tons), last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Glen Davis Miners' Levy to Aid Victims of Fire
LITHGOW: Miners at Glen Davis held a mass meeting to consider means of aiding 30 residents who were burnt-out at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Old Wallsend Mine
The District Check Inspector of the Mingers' Federation (Mr. J. Sneddon) said last night that instructions had been issued to cope…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Belmont Pit to Be Flooded Fires Generate Gas
The whole of Belmont No. 1 colliery, which employs between 70 and 80 men, is to be flooded to put out fires which have generated carbon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazis Can Watch "Home Fires Burn": Churchill's Speech (Continued from Page 1)
LONDON, Sunday (AAP): If the German people wish to escape the terrible bombing of the RAF in the coming summer, autumn and winter, they should leave the war factories, go out into the field and watch the home fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Rescued From Fire
SYDNEY: Firemen scaling ladders rescued two panic-stricken women who had been trapped in a smoke-filled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Manly Church
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Extensive damage, including the destruction of the interior, was caused by a fire which broke out in the Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Fire Delay Commissioners to be Asked for Report
The Board of Fire Commissioners will be asked by West Maitland Council for a report covering the destruction by fire of a two-story…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hungary Has Big Fires Underground
NEW YORK, Wednesday (AAP): Sixteen officers attached to the Hungarian Army in the north-west have been executed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fought Fire With Water From Wine Cellar
GRAFTON, Thursday.—Water drawn from the cellar of an old wine shop at Mountain View, near Grafton was used to light a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Verdict on Rothbury Fire
An open verdict was returned by the Singleton Coroner (Mr. A. Morrison) at an inquiry at Branxton yesterday into a fire at Ayrfield No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Public Schools to Have Fires
SYDNEY: Children will be warm in departmental schools in NSW this winter, the Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fires After Surprise Raid on Lae
SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday—Taking the Japanese by surprise, Allied bombers yesterday struck and left…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Burned Tn Oil Fire
SYDNEY.—His oil-saturated clothes aflame, a man who escaped from a burning oil store in Nelson Street, Annandale, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fuel, But No Grates Fires at Schools
Although the Minister for Education (Mr. Evatt) has announced that £4300 would be spent on fuel and schools would be warmed this winter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baptism of Fire for R.A.A.F. MEN Possible Hit on Prinz Eugen
LONDON, May 19.—Undeterred by their first experience of enemy fire, two Royal Australian air Force trainees flew through a terrific screen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Metal Works
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire partly gutted the Press Metal Works in East-street, Granville, early to-day. Machinery was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys Garage and Car
Fire destroyed a garage and a car at the rear of Alexander Alder's residence in Lachlan-road, Cardiff, early this morning. The…
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