Magdeburg Fires Still Burning
LONDON, Jan. 18. A.A.P.—Bomber Command planes to-day attacked Magdeburg and bombed objectives in western Germany. Fires started by…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 22
Shoes Lost in Fire
SYDNEY, Saturday.—Extensive damage was caused by a fire in a factory occupied by IIford Shoes Pty. Ltd., Eveleigh-street. Redfern,…
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KATOOMBA, Monday.—Houses at north Katoomba were threatened by a bushfire to-day. Flames leaped far up huge pine trees…
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George leant against the bar and ordered another whisky. He needed only one more whisky. After months of screwing up his…
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SYDNEY: Trapped by flames less than 50 feet from the road, a man was burned to death today in a bushfire at…
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MELBOURNE: Three factory fires in Melbourne in six hours last night caused losses which may exceed £30.000. Two firemen, David Garner (55)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Risked Explosions to Fight Ship Fire
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Three able seamen and the first mate of the s.s. Katoomba voluntarily formed a fire party to extinguish a fire…
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SYDNEY: A warning of serious bushfire risk during the sultry heat and dry hot winds prevailing throughout New South Wales today…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Damage, which may exceed £30,000, was caused in three factory fires last night…
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LUZON, January 28. A.A.P.—Greeted Greeted by columns of "Doughboys" moving up to the front, General MacArthur celebrated his 65th birthday…
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Danger of bush fires in the Lake Shire area, particularly in the Toronto fire district, where campers had left dry gum bushes close to…
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A bushfire at Fennell's Bay yesterday was extinguished by the fire brigade before any damage was done. A grass fire in Newcastle-road,…
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DELHI, Tuesday: Main threat to the great Jap base at Mandalay (Burma,) is a new drive by the British, 14th Army towards Sagaing. This large town is a few miles be…
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LONDON, Tuesday: Charred remains, thought to be those of an animal, probably a dog, thrown on a rubbish heap, proved to be the torso of a girl. The girl turned out to be Alice…
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SYDNEY. — Restrictions on the lighting of fires have been eased. The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said today that until the end…
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Terrible burns were suffered by Melvyn Sim, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Sim, of Government-road, Telarah, last night, when the…
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NEW YORK, Jan. 31. A.A.P.—At least 16 children, whose ages ranged from three months to three years, seven of whom were under one year,…
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The engine and cabin of a motor-lorry were slightly damaged by fire in a garage at the corner of Parry and Union Streets. Cook's Hill,…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 2. A.A.P.—Men rescued from the Japanese prisoner of war camp at Cabu, northeastern Luzon, said their rescue…
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BOUGAINVILLE, Friday.—In this war of patrols and tracks, the latest act of individual heroism is by an Australian corporal who faced…
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