London's Courage Under Fire Graphic Story by Pressman
LONDON, Monday:—[?]ew courage was born in the hearts of Londoners last nigh No words can adequately…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
289 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 15
R.A.F. Night Battle with Raiders Goering Flings Fire And Ruin On Empire Captial (Australian Associated Press). LONDON
R.A.F. fighters last night battled the German 'planes which subjected one area of London to a short but intense attack, and to one of the greatest Nazi "fire raids" since the outbreak of the war. Many parts of the capital reported bombs but serious damage in one area was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →37 Calls in 1940 Casino Fire Brigade CASINO
Although Casino Fire Brigade answered a record number of 37 calls in 1940, compared with 18 in the previous year, there were no serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Effective Fire Precautions Planned
LONDON, Thursday:—The establishment of a special organisation to secure prompt and vigorous action by various Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bremen Given Taste of Fire Medicine Heavy Raids by R.A.F.
LONDON, Friday:—Bremen was raided by the R.A.F. for the second night in succession last night. Fires started in previous raids were still burning when the planes arrived over the city. Shipyards, docks,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Berlin Excuses London Fire Raids
LONDON. Saturday: The Berlin News Agency, commenting for the first time on Sunday's fire raids, says, "The City of London is the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Fire Raids on London
LONDON, Monday:—Waves of German raiders dropped hundreds of incendiary bombs on one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Bombs Flung Down on London Australian Associated Press and British Official Wireless). London
Waves of German raiders dropped hundreds of incendiary bombs on the London area last night. There were several quiet periods before the guns blazed as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Eastern Arts Shop Sydney
Valuable imported fancywork, napery and carved camphor wood boxes were destroyed by a fire which almost burned out the Eastern Arts shop at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Curtains Caught Fire
Lismore Fire Brigade on Saturday had its first call for a number of weeks. It was to a flat occupied by Mr. Stanley Parfitt on the first floor of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Blitz Fails Raiders Over Britain
LONDON, Sunday:--The Luftwaffe made another attempt to set London on fire last night, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Full "Blitz" in Fire Raid on London Portsmouth Raided (Aap and British Official Wireless.) London
A German air raid on London last night assumed full blitz proportions and fires were blazing in one busy area, despite the work of the Gre-watchers. The raid broke off after several hours. It did not reach the intensity of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Anti-aircraft Fire More Accurate
LONDON, Sunday:--Experience and improved instruments had greatly increased the accuracy of anti-aircraft fire, a high Army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charge Against Fire Watcher
LONDON, Monday:—A Bristol message says that George Edward Young was remanded on a charge of attempting to set fire to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nazi Fire Raid on Plymouth on Big Scale
LONDON, Tuesday:—Plymouth was the main target of German raiders last night. London had a quiet night. The attack on Plymouth was very heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial Artillery at Tobruk Pours Fire Into Fort Fall Matter of Days
LONDON, Tuesday:—British and Imperial artillery continue to pour shells into the beleaguered base of Tobruk, while the Imperial army musters for the final assault…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Blitz On Bristol
LONDON, Friday:--Last night's German raids on England were concentrated mainly on Bristol…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Building Razed by Fire on Grafton-glen Innes Road
GRAFTON, Friday. — Rosemont Hotel, store and post office, on the Grafton-Glen Innes road was destroyed by fire last night. None of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wilhelmshaven Base Transformed Into Vast Crater of Fire Success of Great R.A.F. ATTACK
LONDON, Thursday:--Wilhelmshaven, the big German naval base, was transformed into a vast crater following two exceptionally heavy attacks by R.A.F. bombers, says a report issued by the Air…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"London Can Swallow Metal and Fire"
MADRID, Saturday:—The London correspondent of the newspaper "Ya" Says: "London huge monster capable of suf. the heaviest…
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