Great Fire at Ploesti
LONDON, Tuesday: The Associated Press correspondent Ankara states: An eyewitness of the American…
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Fires & bushfires, 1943
263 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 9 of 14
Bush Fire Under Control
The bush fire that raged at Main Arm for two days was got under control just before dusk on Wednesday night. Very little…
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The home of Mr Hugh O'Reilly, Ironpot Creek, was threatened by grass fires, which were fanned by a strong wind. With the aid of his…
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A car in which Sir Earle Page was travelling on his election campaign was partly destroyed by fire a few miles from Kew while en route to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Guns Fire Across Channel
LONDON, Thursday: German long-range guns ceased firing across the Channel after 13 minutes. Before the last shell was fired RAF…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir E. Page's Car on Fire
GRAFTON, Thursday.—To-day the car in which Sir Earle Page was travelling on his election campaign was partially destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Casino Mayor's Homestead Menaced by Grass Fire
CASINO, Thursday.—A fire which broke out on the farm of the Mayor (Ald. A. E. Robinson), at Roseneath, about three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Outbreak at Wongavale
A bush fire broke out at Wongavale about 10.30 am. on Thursday. A call was sent out to members of the Rock Valley fire brigade,…
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Sir,—Allow me to congratulate the Lismore Municipal Council on having such an efficient band of fire fighters attached to its staff. On Thursday…
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In the Children's Court at Murwillumbah yesterday a youth was dealt with on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a standing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kharkov Being Evacuated Suburbs Under Fire Red Army Only 10 Miles From Sumy
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—With their last lines of retreat from Kharkov—the railway to Kiev via Poltava, and the railway to the Crimea—seriously threatened, the Germans have begun to evacuate Kharkov…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gas Producer Fire Risk
CASINO, Friday.—Reference was made at the P.P. Board meeting yesterday by Mr. R. T. H. Armstrong to the serious danger caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Air Attack on Berlin 1800 Tons of Bombs Smoke from Fires Reaches Height of Two Miles
LONDON, Tuesday: Berlin last night had its heaviest raid of the war, when RAF bombers dropped at least 1800 tons of bombs on the city The attack was twice as heavy as any previous raid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Light Way For New Berlin Raid
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—For the second night in succession targets in Berlin were attacked last night. The raid was made without loss by Bomber Command Mosquitoes, and no fighter opposition was encountered. Fires started on Monday night were still…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Helicopters In Fire Rescues Urged
NEW YORK.--Use of helicopters for securing people from burning buildings is advocated by the Boston magazine, "Volunteer Firemen."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Plunging Fire" of New British Mortar
LONDON, Thursday: It can be revealed that Britain is using a 4.2 inch mortar, firing a 20lb bomb 400 yards. The mortar throws the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roadside Fire
Murwillumbah Fire Brigade was called yesterday to extinguish a fire on the roadside in Eveleigh Street, adjacent to Mr W…
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Suspected of having been caused by a small boy, a grass fire broke out yesterday afternoon in the police paddock between Uralba…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at E. Ballina Cemetery
BALLINA, Monday.—A considerable length of the fencing enclosing the old cemetery at East Ballina was destroyed by a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Injured in City Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Until flames forced them to flee for their lives, a girl employee and the proprietor pluckily fought a fire in the…
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