Manila Ablaze As Japs Fire City
NEW YORK, February 4. A.A.P.—The sky over Manila was lighted by huge sheets of flame for hours as the Japanese demolished vital installations, says the United Press…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 22
Grim Stories Of Life Under Fire On HMAS Australia
Grim stories of life aboard H.M.A.S. Australia during constant savage aerial attacks off Luzon are told by members of the cruiser's crew. In the battle the Australia was hit directly five times. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire Destroys 11 Houses
PERTH, Sunday.—Eleven homes, a store, a hall a number of railway tracks, and stacks of valuable timber were destroyed in a bushfire at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Famous Organ
LONDON, Monday. — A fire completely destroyed Bristol's famous Colston Hall, one of the country's finest concert halls…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Factory Fire Nearly Trapped 200
SYDNEY, Monday.—More than 200 girl employees of a shoe factory barely had time to dash from the building before the two upper floors were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japs Quelled Kobe Fires
NEW YORK, Feb. 6. A.A.P.—Although pictures taken during the bombing of Kobe on Sunday showed 35 fires, reconnaissance pictures taken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japanese Set Fire to Manila
MANILA, Tuesday: Great sections of Manila were a raging inferno late yesterday after General MacArthur had formally…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Swansea Surf Club Premises
The Swansea Surf Club house was burnt to the ground early this morning after a number of anonymous threatening letters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£10,000 Fire Damage at Military Hospital
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Damage estimated at nearly £10,000 was caused at Randwick Military Hospital when fire destroyed the Red…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Street Battles, Fires in Manila
NEW YORK, February 7. A.A.P.—The American forces are working their way into Manila from the north and south against bitter Japanese resistance. The Japanese are fighting for every…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japs Start More Fires In Manila
MANILA, Monday: Japanese demolition squads have started more fires in South Manila, adding further to the wholesale destruction of big city buildings and modern apartment houses. General MacArthur announced today that block-to-block fighting con…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thought Family in Fire, Collapsed
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Arriving home to find his house ablaze, and not knowing that his 10 children had reached safety, Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Industrial Commission Intervenes in Fire Brigade Strike
SYDNEY: Judge O'Mara questioned the wisdom of the State Industrial Commission's statement concerning the strike of Fire Brigade men when the matter was brought before the Arbitration Court today under Section 10 of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ultimatum To Premier Fire Officers May Join Men's Strike
Fire officers yesterday threatened to join firemen in their strike if the Premier (Mr. McKell) did not intervene to settle the dispute. A motion carried by a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child Set Fire to Nightdress
Hearing two-year-old Melvyn James Simm call out on the night of January 31, his mother, Mrs. Elsie Dorothy Simm, of Government-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hay for Australia on Fire at Sea
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday.—The outbreak of fire in a cargo of 1000 tons of hay for Australia forced a ship to return to port late last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Uncovers Missing Letters
Letters missing at Waratah more than 12 months ago were found by a North Lambton man in the bush near North Lambton reservoir. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Manila Burning in War's Fires
Large fires, started by Japanese demolition charges, and American Army mortar fire, burn in the Japanese-held area of Manila. The Japanese have been fighting stubbornly in the southern part of the city. U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph emphasises war damage in the Philippines capital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire-ambulance Syrens
The ban on sirens on fire brigade and ambulance vehicles has been lifted, the Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Baddeley) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Cemetery
Several panels of fencing were burned in a grass fire at Wallsend Cemetery yesterday. Wallsend fire brigade attended. It used 1400 feet…
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