Yallourn Fire Extinguished
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The disastrous fire which developed in the open cut at Yallourn on Monday was finally extinguished…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
328 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 17
Bid To Burn London Fails All Fires in Control Soon After Raid
LONDON, Sunday: The Germans yesterday failed in their greatest bid since the raids of 1940-41 to set the capital ablaze. In the fiercest "scalded cat" raid London has…
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LONDON, Wednesday: Artillery on the south coast opened fire against enemy shipping in the Straits between: 4.27 o.m. and 5.10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Engineer's Evidence Yallourn Fire System Inadequate
MELBOURNE. Thursday. — Giving evidence at the Royal Commission on the Yallourn fire to-day, Robert McKay,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Casino Offices
CASINO, Friday.—Books, papers and a telephone on a table in the offices of Mr. D. S. Rayner, in Tattersall's Hotel building, Barker…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Fire Threatened Houses
A bushfire, which originated yesterday in long bladey grass and undergrowth at Bilinga, threatened house property until Coolangatta…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Destroys Key Nazi Factories
Information from occupied Holland reveals that during the last few days fires destroyed the Bata Shoe Factories, where tens of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great U.s. Fire Raid on Berlin in Daylight
LONDON, Wednesday: Flying Fortresses and Liberators carried out the war's greatest fire-raid when they battled through the German fighter de- fences to Berlin today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires at Ponape
WASHINGTON, Sunday (AAP). —Fires were observed among ground installations at Ponape when Liberators bombed. Ponape…
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Murwillumbah Fire Brigade received a call about 5.20 o'clock yesterday afternoon when a fire broke out in some lantana and dead…
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Lismore Fire Brigade was called to the corner of Orion and Dawson Steets early last night for a grass fire outbreak. It was not…
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CASINO, Monday.—Long grass in the streets and allotments is presenting all increasing source of danger by fire. Casino Fire…
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CORAKI. Wednesday. — One of the oldest and best known land marks in the Richmond River district—a giant Fig Tree…
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LONDON, Wednesday. Blocks of flats, private hotels, working-class houses, business premises, and…
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Warnings stressing the necessity for clearing dry grass near buildings, fences, and other inflammable objects were…
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LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).— London had an alert last night. There was heavy continuous gunfire and incendiaries were…
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LONDON, Wednesday: For the third successive night, British guns opened up against enemy shipping in the Straits of Dover,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dorroughby P.p.u Concerned at Risk of Fires
At the last meeting of the Dorroughby branch of the P.P.U. it was decided to present a motion to the next District Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →21 Killed in Hotel Fire
SAN FRANCISCO, Tuesday: Twenty-one persons were fatally burned and 22 seriously injured early today when a fire swept the…
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SOUTHPORT, Wednesday:-- Traffic on the Pacific Highway was held up for nearly an hour tonight when a four-ton truck…
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