Fire Experts Flown to Ship Blaze
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Early this morning expert firefighters were flown to a North Queensland port to fight a fire in a ship…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
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Rubbish Fire
CASINO Wednesday.—At 6.15 this evening Casino Fire Brigade turned out to an alarm received from Hotham Street fire alarm…
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MACKAY, Wednesday: Early on Monday morning word was received that about 2 am a ship was on fire at anchor about seven…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday: Reports that thousands of live bombs or large quantities of explosives were stored in the…
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MACKAY, Wednesday Firemen were flown to Mackay early this morning in a special plane to fight a fire in the hold of a…
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Mullumbimby Fire Brigade a was called to a fire which broke out at Hollingsworth's sawmill, in Station Street, yesterday…
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MULLUMBIMBY Thursday. — The Mullumbimby Fire Brigade was called to a fire which broke out in Hollingworth's sawmill in…
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American Soldiers take cover from enemy machine-gun fire after landing on one of the Japanese-held islands…
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LONDON, Wednesday: Some secrets of the invasion weapon officially known as Landing-craft tank (rocket), popularly called rocket-craft, may now be disclosed…
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Issuing a warning against fires yesterday, the officer in charge of Lismore Fire Brigade (Station Officer C. A. Welch) said Lismore…
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CASINO, Friday. —Casino Fire Brigade received a call to a large shed in Hare Street, South Casino. which was found to be on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Kyogle Bakery Causes £300-£400 Damage
Damage estimated at between £300 and £400 was caused by a fire which broke out at the Model Bakery, Main Street, Kyogle, at about 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The blaze occurred in the…
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An American tank passes a burned out German armored half-track on the side of a country road in France…
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A Japanese supply train in Burma caught by cannon fire from Bsaufighters of the R.A.F. Swooping over the jungle, Beaufighters have wrecked many enemy trains on their way co the front. The Japanese call Beaufighters "whispering death."—Department of Air photo…
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Three cars were damaged when a fire broke out in premises used as a garage workshop by Mr. W. Amos, situated…
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TOWNSVILLE, Monday: It took 12 hours to control a fire which broke out in the forward hold of a vessel at Townsville last night…
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Three cars were damaged when a fire broke out in premises used as a garage workshop by Mr. W. Amos, situated at the rear of…
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U.S. troops fire a 105-mm mortar from its emplacement near a fighting front in the South Pacific to cover an infantry advance against the Japanese…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The whole of the southern and central areas of New South Wales are like tinder, says the State Meteorologist (Mr…
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Two U.S. soldiers check the accuracy of Allied artillery fire on German positions in Italy…
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