Great Fires Rage In Sevastopol Balaclava Captured
LONDON, Wednesday (AAP).—The great Crimean base of Sevastopol is almost blotted out with smoke and flames from the vast fires raging inside the city…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
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Fire Damages Motor Truck
A motor truck equipped with a gas producer caught alight in front of The Tweed Daily premises, Murwillumbah, about 5.15 o'clock…
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Soldiers who were swimming in Murwillumbah Memorial Baths assisted to put out the flames when a hatch of grass at the rear of the…
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KANDY, Thursday (AAP).— Scores of Japanese were burned alive in a forest fire which they started around hill top positions…
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Prompt action by the Lismore Fire Brigade last night prevented the possible destruction of a cottage in Woodlark Street…
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TOWNSVILLE, Sunday: Mrs Myrtle May Themas (36) perished in flames when a dwelling in North Ward was gutted this…
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A large business block of wooden buildings in McLean Street, Coolangatta, narrowly escaped destruction yesterday morning when a…
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BRISBANE, Friday: Damage estimated at about £4000 was caused by a blaze which destroyed most of the temporary box-making factory…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: "The fire hazard is more serious in Queensland now than for many years," said a forestry authority last…
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GRAFTON, Tuesday.—During the height of a westerly gale this afternoon a fire started on Susan Island, a recreation reserve of some…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday. — The Grafton fire brigade was called to a fire on the stage of the Saraton Theatre at Grafton about 5 o'clock…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday.—The fire which swept Susan Island recreation reserve in the middle of the Clarence River, between Grafton…
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LONDON, Thursday: London's blackout was temporarily disrupted at 11.30 last night when Trafalgar Square became a blaze of light…
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In the thick of the fight, a R.A.A.F. survey and design unit pegs out a new strip while Japanese snipers lurk in the…
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Fanned by a strong northerly wind, a fire which broke out in the heath behind Chinderah on Sunday morning menaced several…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—During the height of a severe electric storm late last night it is believed that a fire ball tore a huge hole in the…
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Murwillumbah fire brigade was called yesterday afternoon when the engine section of a utility truck belonging to Mr W. King, of…
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LONDON, Friday (AAP).—Following the capture of Cassino town and Monastery, 8th Aray forces have quickly forged ahead and last sisght were reported five miles past the town. 8th Army troops are closing in on the southern end of the Adolf…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday.— Noticing that the motor of an electric refrigerator installed in the shop which she conducts at…
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Noticing that the motor of an electric refrigerator installed in the shop she conducts at Mullumbimby High School was making a strange…
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