Ats Girls Under Fire
LONDON, Tuesday: Auxiliary Territorial Service girls at one searchlight site were in action under fire for the first time during…
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Fires & bushfires, 1943
263 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 14
Pimlico to Assist Wardell Bush Fire Brigade
Mrs. J. Biggs presided over a special meeting called to consider either forming a Pimlico Bush Fire Brigade or co-operating with the Fire Brigade…
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CASINO, Sunday.—Awakened at 3 o'clock this morning by an unusual sound in the Black and White Cafe in Barker-street the…
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CASINO, Monaay.—The spectacle of firemen wearing gas masks descending the cellar of the Hotel Cecil last night, about 8.30,…
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Although it was under control in less than half an hour, a fire which broke out at the canister making works of James Marsh and Sons Pty.,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Although it was under control in less than half en hour. a fire which broke out at the canister making…
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BALLINA, Sunday.—Mr. W. Cruickshanks was the loser by about £200 when four acres of cane, estimated at 50 tons to the acre, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Amusements Roxy Theatre "Ball of Fire"
Gary Cooper displays a fine sense of comedy in "Ball Of Fire," at the Roxy Theatre tonight and tomorrow night. A precise and order-loving…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The danger from bush fires at the present time is as great as ever in the history of the State. Reports being received…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Reports received from various parts of New South Wales indicate that a serious bushfire risk is developing in…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused when a fire destroyed the premises of Peanut Products Pty. Ltd and…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It was revealed today by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) that R.A.A.F. planes are now being…
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BALLINA, Thursday.—At a meeting of the Ballina and District Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade last light approval of the appointment…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday. —Trapped in a cottage by bush fires, which have been laying waste a large area in north…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: While rounding a sharp bend near the bottom of the Bulli Pass today, a large lorry loaded with explosives…
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On January 4 the police called a meeting at Newrybar School of Arts to form a Fire Fighting Brigade. A brigade was formed,…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday: Two Maoris trapped in a cottage were burned to death in a bushfire in the North Auckland area near…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Thirty-six sacks of flax at the rear of a flax mill at Riddells were destroyed by a fire which broke out early this…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: An electrical defect causing a short circuit or a smouldering cigarette, are two suspected causes of a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Army Outflanks Kharkov Russians Capture Key Centres Germans Fire Rostov
LONDON, Sunday (AAP). —- The great German supply base of Kharkov has now been completely outflanked by Russian forces, some of which are now less than 12 miles from the city. Two of the remaining three rail lines from the city are now directly threatened…
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