U.s. Forest Fires
NEW YORK, Wednesday:—Governor Lehman closed the New York vast forest reserve to the public to-day, as a raging forest fire has consumed…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
289 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 15
"Children in Britain Ignore Fire Bombs"
DARWIN: "So familiar have English children become with German bombing raids that their play in the streets is only…
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As a protection against the indiscriminate showering of incendiary bombs by German raiders, bags of sand are being placed outside houses, shops, and offices in London. A volunteer force of citizen fire-fighters will help to deal with this…
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A London bus conductor is seen receiving bags of sand which will be carried in the vehicle as part of the precautions against fire-bombs dropped in air raids…
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BEIRUT, Sunday:—The French authorities are searching for saboteurs responsible for setting fire to the Tripoli oil refinery where a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attack on Tobruk Halted Tanks Withdraw Under Heavy Fire
LONDON, Sunday:—The enemy attack on Tobruk has been brought to a standstill for the time being and enemy tanks have had to withdraw in the face of heavy artillery fire. This is announced in…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday:-- Fifty-three firemen from six city stations fought a copra fire in the lower hatch of the steamer Walsh Bay…
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CAIRO, Wednesday (AAP).—A member of the A.I.F. met and married, and carried off a lovely…
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ALSTONVILLE, Monday.—A fire, which was quickly subdued by the Alstonville Fire Brigade, broke out in the front portion of the premises…
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CASINO, Wednesday.— The electric wiring in a car owned by D. and W. Murray, of York-street, Sydney, was slightly damaged to-night when a fire…
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A London bus conductor is seen in this Department of Information picture receiving bags of sand which will be carried in the vehicle as part of the precautions against fire bombs dropped in air raids…
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The British Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, with Mrs. Churchill, made a tour of the city quarter of London, where German raiders and rained thousands of fire bombs destroying ancient landmarks and historic buildings.--Department of…
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LONDON, Thursday: The Air Ministry reports that this afternoon aircraft of the Bomber Command…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: -- Two militia trainees were injured when fighting a fire which destroyed the Regent Theatre and an adjoining…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Sydney's largest fire for twelve months to-night gutted a four-storey building in the city and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Many firemen were overcome by smoke and acrid fumes while fighting a fierce fire in about 200 tons of hemp at…
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LONDON, Tuesday:--The Home Secretary and Minister for Home Security (Mr. Herbert Morrison), speaking in the…
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TORONTO, Thursday (AAP).—A hundred lumber-jacks are reported missing fighting fires sweeping the Nipgon district, in Ontario…
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TORONTO, Thursday:—One hundred lumberjacks are reported missing. They were fighting a fire which is sweeping the Nippon (Ontario)…
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SYDNEY: Ald. H. K. W. Mackenzie, of Orange, has been elected to the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales as representative…
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