Bush And Grass Fires Near Sydney
SYDNEY, Thursday:—Bush fires raged in the suburbs and in many parts adjacent to the metropolitan area to-day when the damage…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
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Fire In German Munitions Factory
LONDON, Thursday:—The British United Press correspondent in Berlin says that a fire broke out at 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman's Narrow Escape House Destroyed by Fire
Mrs. Maria Gallagher, an aged woman, residing alone at Shirley Street, Byron Bay, had a narrow escape from being burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfires Break Out on South Coast Bulli
a number of serious bush fires broke out on the South Coast to-day Overcome by terrific heat while lighting a fire which blocked traffic on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Fire on Strikers CALCUTTA
Police opened fire, for the first time in 10 years, when a gang of municipal scavengers, who are on strike, attacked a police picket…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Black-out at Mt. Isa Caused by Fire
MT. ISA, Friday:—A fire broke out in the power house at the mines last night causing a black-out of the whole works and the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"-Playing with Fire" Says Molotov LONDON
Russia's Premier and Foreign Commissar (M. Molotov), in his speech to the Soviet Supreme Council, affirmed once move…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires Delay Rail Services Sydney
Fierce bushfires on the Victorian side of the border were responsible for both divisions of the Melbourne-Sydney express arriving in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Grass Fires
The officer in charge of the Lismore Fire Brigade (Mr. Welch) stated yesterday that the danger of grass fires had not yet passed. Up to the present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car on Fire
A short circuit in the ignition switch is thought to have caused a fire which damaged a coupe motor car opposite the Lismore Base Hospital on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CANCELLED Fire Brigade Demonstration
The New South Wales Fire Brigades demonstration which was to have been held at Goulburn next year has been cancelled owing to the emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Set on Fire by Bombs, Total Loss
LONDON, Tuesday:—A British ship of 5,439 tons which last week was bombed and set on fire must now be considered to be a total…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saw Man Fire, Says Witness Inquiry Resumed
SYDNEY, Thursday:—A statement that she had seen Edward Robert Hepburn fire a shot from a gun at a man and then pursue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troops Fire on Native Strikers SALSBURY (South Rhodesia)
Fourteen natives were killed and 20 were wounded when troops fired on copper mine strikers in the Nkana concession in the Luangwa district in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Western Front Artillery Fire Paris
The French official evening communique states: "There was some artillery fire in the region to the west of the Vosges."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Motor Truck MULLUMBIMBY
When goods in the rear of a cream lorry driven by Frank Fisher caught on fire, it was fortunate that the flames were extinguished before they…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Cream Lorry
When goods in the rear of a cream lorry driven by Frank Fisher caught on fire, it was fortune that the flames were extinguished before they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Raging in Ipswich Mine
IPSWICH, Friday:—Fifty men are affected by the decision of the Noble Vale colliery to discontinue mining' at Aberdare West colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ghurka Guns Fire Till Waves Lap Deck
LONDON, Thursday:—Fourteen of the crew were lost when the British destroyer Ghurka sank after being in action for more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brush Fire at Kirra
Because of a strong northerly wind, a brush fire which broke out on the Bolton estate at Kirra, Coolangatta, about 9.45 on Saturday night menaced…
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