Jap. Propaganda Misses Fire with A.i.f
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Flying over positions occupied by Australian troops in Malaya, Japanese nlanes dropped…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
396 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 20
Fewer Fires at Casino
CASINO, Thursday.—Only 22 fires were attended during 1941 by Casino Fire Brigade compared with 34 in 1940, according to the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Orders in U.s. for Fire-fighting Equipment
CANBERRA, Friday:--Orders have been placed in the United States for a substantial amount of fire-fighting equipment, including self-propelled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homes Destroyed in Bushfires Blaze at Gilgandra
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A motor garage and butcher's shop were destroyed by fire at Gilgandra last night, when a quantity of…
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CASINO, Sunday.—Casino Fire Brigade had a torrid week-end beating out end extinguishing grass and bush fires. At 4 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire above & below ground in swamp lands
Gangs of men have been working day and night digging deep trenches to stop a fire which is burning above and below ground level in peat and heath country on the eastern side of the Newrybar…
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SYDNEY, Monday:-- Declaring that fires were admirable beacons and that outbreaks might have serious effects on blackouts or brownouts alone the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Firemen had the busiest day for years fighting bush fires which raged in many metropolitan districts to-day. The…
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MELBOURNE, Monday:--The State Forestry Commissioner's seasoning works, sawmills and planing mills at Newport were destroyed to-night in one…
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BALLINA, Monday.—It was stated to-night that the fire which has raged for the past four weeks through portion of…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Declaring tliat fires were admirable beacons and that outbreaks might have…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A fire which broke out in the State Forestry Commission's seasoning works at Newport lafet night…
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The Chief Warden for the Municipality and Tweed Shire (Mr. D. W. Heffernan) last night appealed to the community to…
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BALLINA, Tuesday. — Police, firemen and civilians left Ballina in trucks and motor cars to-night to fight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General N.e.s. Fire Squads Active
Members of the National Emergency Services Fire Squads were called out at Doon Doon on Sunday last to deal with a bush fire that had got out of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Fire Captain Appointed at Murwillumbah
Volunteer Fireman W. Carroll had been appointed captain of Murwillumbah Fire Brigade, in place of Captain Scrivener, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria Has First Big Bush Fires
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Victoria has had its first major bush- five outbreaks to-day. The biggest five occurred between Lake Bolae…
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BALLINA, Thursday.—Latest reports indicate that the fire which originated in the heath country in the Newrybar swamp,…
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NEW YORK, Thursday: The Tokio radio declares that a fire destroyed half the Japanese Foreign Office. All important documents were saved…
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BALLINA, Friday.—A fire that started yesterday evening and continued throughout this forenoon on the Eyron Bay road some distance…
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