Fire in Hold of Ship
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Five fire engines were rushed to a Balmain wharf this afternoon to quell a fire which had broken out in the hold…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
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Fire Shell 82 MILES Secret Nazi Gun Discovered
LONDON, June 28. A.A.P.—A German gun, with a range of 82 miles, designed to fire six-inch shells against London, was found partly…
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NEW YORK, June 29. A.A P.—Sasebo, one of Japan's principal naval bases, Moji, Nobeoka, and Okavama were raided with fire bombs…
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GUAM, Monday: Nearly 600 Superfortresses -the greatest air fleet ever sent to Japan dropped 4000 tons of fire bombs today on three ports on Honshu, and one on Kyushu…
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NEW YORK, July 2. A.A.P.—People, houses, and industries in four Japanese cities all tasted the incredible heat of fire bombs for the first time before dawn to-day, when the greatest fleet of…
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Two New Zealand geologists who pitched their tent in the crater of Mount Ruaperu were instantly blown out, tent and all. And now the boys…
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Automatic alarms summoned Hamilton and Cook's Hill fire brigades to a fire in the drying room at Hely Bros. Pty. Ltd., Hamilton, last…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Slight damage was done to Price's ink refinery When a fire broke out late this afternoon. Three brigades attended and the blaze…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A "rain of fire" is alarming peasants in the Spanish province of Almeira, who are saying: "God is very…
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LONDON Thursday. — R.A.F. Lancasters are flying 150 miles out to sea from England dumping hundreds of tons of fire-bombs…
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The President of the Wangi Fire Brigade Unit (Mr. W. Laidlaw) said yesterday that the 12 members elected at the public meeting convened by the…
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LONDON, July 15. A.A.P.—Lightning struck and set on fire the 10,000-ton Union Castle liner Tura, which was lying off…
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MELBOURNE.—A fire which broke out on a British ship at Port Melbourne last night was still burning this afternoon. Parts of the…
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When Toronto A.L.P. requested Lake Macquarie Shire Council to erect a shelter shed near Blackalls railway station for the convenience…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A British ship carrying munitions caught fire last night and was still burning at Port Melbourne to-night…
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Australian infantrymen and an artillery observation party are pinned down by enemy fire during the advance inland from the…
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BEIRUT, July 16. A.A.P.—The British authorities have disclosed that a further incident occurred at Quamichliyi (Northern Syria) on…
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LONDON, July 16.—Eire's relations with the Empire, and the question of independence, either within or without the British…
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NEW YORK, July 20. A.A.P.—Mustangs to-day followed up with strafing attack on central Japan the heaviest attack yet by Superfortresses on targets on Honshu…
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