Big U.S. Fire Suggestion of Sabotage
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday:-- A million dollar fire destroyed a lumber yard housing defence materials in Philadelphia,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
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Foot Burned In Camp Fire
CASINO, Monday. — James Thompson (70), of Piora, was conveyed to the Memorial Hospital to-day by Casino ambulance suffering…
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There, were some anxious moments for several residents in the neighborhood of the reservoir on Hartigan's Hill, Murwiinimbah, yesterday. A…
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URBENVILLE, Wednesday. — A fire occurred at Dairy Flat destroying two tents, the property of the Forestry Department, valued at…
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YONDON, Wednesday:--A correspondent aboard the aircraft carrier, Ark Royal, says: Swordfish planes from the Ark…
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Holding that the occurrence was accidental, the Urbenville District Coroner, Mr. C. C. Wood, has dispensed with an inquiry into a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Iran Orders Cease Fire Unanimous Vote of New Government
LONDON, Thursday:--The British and Russian advances into Iran have been transformed into a peaceful occupation as the result of to-day's "cease fire" order by the new Iranian Prime Minister…
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Lismore Fire Brigade was called about 5.30 yesterday afternoon to a chimney which caught fire at the residence of Mr. W. Kay, at 45…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Left by R.a.f. in North Africa
LONDON, Thursday:--A Cairo R.A.F. communique says that R.A.F. and Fleet Air Arm fighters shot down three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£150,000 Damage by Fire at Wool Combing Mills
SYDNEY, Friday:--Damage estimated at £150,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the wool combing mills of Whiddon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires of Revolt Alight in Europe
Echoes of the shots fired at the French quislings, Laval and Deat, will be heard not only throughout occupied France but in all countries…
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CASINO, Tuesday.—The residence of Mr. Albert Stanford at Ellangowan was destroyed by fire yesterday. The family left home…
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AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—Bryan Clarke Edwards, a service car driver, was committed for sentence…
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MELBOURNE. Tuesday:-- An A.R.P. conference of fire-fighting chiefs decided to-day to recommend to the Commonwealth…
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Fanned by a strong wind yesterday, a fire swept through a big area of grassland in the Boat harbor district. A number of residents of the locality…
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GRAFTON, Friday.—Damage estimated at more than £400 was caused by bush fires which burned into the banana plantations of…
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LONDON, Friday:--To-day's German communique claims that the encirclement of Leningrad is proceeding and that the city itself is already under fire by German artillery…
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BRISBANE, Sunday:--Five-thousand sheep have been destroyed and thousands of acres of grass and scrub land burnt out by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Campaign in Greece--part 2. Under Fire After Long Trek Through Mountains The Story So Far
Word that Germany and Greece were at war came through as Pte. Hewitt's unit was moving through Greece to positions at Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires in Queensland
BRISBANE, Tuesday:--A bushfire which swept Brentwood, in the Texas Yetman district, destroyed an old homestead which had not been…
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