Explosives and Fires at Oslo Stations
LONDON, Wednesday: -- The Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says: German troops were rushed to Oslo, where…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
396 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 20
Blaze, Glare, v. Brown and Black-outs
Sir,— I see where the Premier of N.S.W. says business people in Sydney can keep their Neon and other signs alight from one hour after dark…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guns Blaze Across Straits Island Defences Ready For Attack
SINGAPORE, Friday (AAP).—Japanese claims to have launched a large scale attack on Singapore yesterday have not been confirmed, and official statements to-day report a lull in the intensity of the heavy artillery fire which had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Fires Reported in Poland London
The Stockholm correspondent of "The Times" says: The Germans have removed the Governor of the Galicia region and have appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Damage in City Fire
SYDNEY, Friday.—Thousands of pounds worth of damage, which included valuable machinery, was caused by a fire at Westinghouse…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youths Damage Armed Trawler by Rifle Fire
LONDON, Thursday: Two 16-year-old boys in the early hours of the morning broke in to Fleetwood Dock where they remained for two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murwillumbah Council to Paint Fire Hydrant Blocks White
Murwillumbah Municipal Council at its fortnightly meeting on Wednesday night received a letter from the Captain of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jap. Planes Fire on Civilians in Cars
BATAVIA, Saturday: Six Indonesian civilians were killed and 18 wounded when private cars were machine-gunned outside Macassar, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kyogle Thirty Years Ago Selector Burnt Out
Mr. H. E. Powell, a selector on Beaury Creek, Urbenville, had the misfortune to be completely burnt out on Thursday. Mr. Powell was…
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From IAN FITCHETT, Official Australian War Correspondent SINGAPORE, Sunday: Singapore island has thundered all day with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Military View on Bushfires
The Chief Warden, Cr. E. L. Vincent, informed Kyogle Shire Council yesterday that he had been advised by Headquarters, Eastern Command,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, Monday: A gigantic, eight alarm fire, the greatest in the town's history, attracting a crowd of 20,000, destroyed a warehouse, also…
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BYRON BAY, Monday. — Early this morning the weatherboard premises occupied by Mr. J. C. Olen as a cafe and dance hall on the…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday:-- The United Press understands that a special naval inquiry board will be formed to investigate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys Kiosk and Hall at Byron Bay
Early on Monday morning the weatherboard building conducted by Mr. J. G. Olen as a cafe and dance hall on the Esplanade, Byron Bay, was…
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Fire on Tuesday destroyed weatherboard premises on the Esplanade, Byron Bay, comprising a cafe, dance hall and residential quarters occupied…
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WASHINGTON, Saturday:-- The Navy Secretary (Colonel Knox) has convened a Navy court of inquiry into the cause of the fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in France
LONDON, Saturday:-- The Vichy Radio says: A big fire broke out in depots, warehouses and shops in Marseilles. Another fire in a factory…
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WASHINGTON, Saturday (AAP). The Secretary for the Navy (Col. Knox) has convened a court of inquiry into the cause of the fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Artillery Fire at Batan
WASHINGTON, Monday:--A communique from the Philippine theatre of war states that there has been heavy enemy artillery…
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