Banana Case Ill Destroyed by Fire
Cause of a fire which destroyed the Banana Growers' Federation. Co-op. Ltd. Mill at Barker's Vale on Sunday afternoon is unknown…
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Fires & bushfires, 1945
247 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 13
Japanese Use Boys for Setting Buildings on Fire
NEW YORK, Wednesday: The New York Times representative at Malina says: The Americans arrested 19 rageed. illiterate boys,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sexton's Hill Fire
Last weekend volunteers fought a fire below Sexton's Hill which was sweeping on to adjoining properties. Mr John Orr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Outbreak in Casino Bakehousf
CASINO, Thursday—When passing NO. 2 bakehouse of the Richmond Bakery, in Simpson's Lane at 2.30 today, the Manager (Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys B.g.f. Case Mill at Barker's Vale
Cause of a fire which destroyed the Banana Growers' Federation Co-op. Ltd. case mill at Barkers Vale on Sunday afternoon is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaol Terms Sequel to Circus Fire
NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).—Three circus employees received sentences ranging from five to seven years yesterday for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jail Sentences Sequel to Circus Fire
HARTFORD (Connecticut), Thursday: Superior Court Judge Shea has heavily sentenced three officials of Ringling Bros'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manila Burning in War's Fires
[?]arge fires, started by Japanese demolition charges, and American Army mortar fire, burn in the Japanese-held area of Manila. The Japanese have been fighting stubbornly in the southern part of the city. U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph emphasises war damage in the Philippines capital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stettin-danzig Rail Under Soviet Fire
LONDON, Thursday: Marshal Rokossovsky's tanks and mobile infantry, supported by cavalry, are cutting to pieces the German defensive lines on the coastal railway connecting Stettin and…
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CASINO, Sunday.—Casino Fire Brigade responded to a call from Light Street, South Casino, yesterday at 3 p.m., where a 22-ton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Truck on Fire
CASINO, Monday.—Casino Fire. Brigade was called out at 7 a.m. today when a four ton truck belonging to Tomki Shire Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nagoya In Flames After Big Fire Bomb Raid
WASHINGTON, Monday (AAP).—It is officially announced that an American Super Fortress task force from the Marianas "in very great strength" today attacked industrial targets at Nagoya. A communique from 20th Air Force Headquarters states that the size of the attacking force was comparable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2300 Tons Fire Bombs on Osaka
WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).—Approximately 300 Super Fortresses yesterday attacked Osaka, one of Japan's most important industrial iron, steel, electrical and shipbuilding centres…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japan's Second Fire Fighters Save Burning Plane
Like a meteor, a Navy F6F Helical fighter plane burst into flames as it approached its carrier, the U.S.S. Cowpens, during recent operations in the Pacific. Quick - action by Navy fire-fighters, always alert for trouble, saved both the pilot and his plane. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Like a Fire, Pit After Record incendiary Raid
NEW YORK, Wednesday: Osaka, second city of Japan, with 3¼mil. population, was like a huge fire-pit after Super - Fortresses from the Marianas yesterday rained 2300 tons of fire-bombs--the biggest total yet on congested areas of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →14-Year-Old Boy's Lust For Fire Causes Deaths
Brian Frederick Home, 14, stood in the dock at the Manchester Assizes recently charged with double murder and arson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Americans Extending Bridgehead East of Rhine Cologne-frankfurt Highway Under Fire
LONDON, Sunday (AAP).—Units of the American Third Army have entered Boppard and cleared nine-tenths of Coblenz, says Reuter's correspondent. The Americans captured 17 towns, cleared four and entered three others, while the Fourth Armoured Division advanced 33 miles in 60 hours These advances are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2500 Tons Fire Bombs in New Raid on Nagoya
GUAM, Monday (AAP).—A few hours after a strong carrier task force attack on air bases and cities in Kyushu, it was officially announced that a powerful force of Super Fortresses, for the second time in a week, attacked Nagoya. Tokyo radio stated the Kyushu attacks were still proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Third Day Of Fire Raids On Japanese Cities
GUAM, Tuesday (AAP).—The massed American carrier assaults against southern Japan entered their third successive day to-day when, according to Tokyo radio, wave after wave of naval planes attacked the big Japanese cities of Kobe and Osaka for more than nine hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grovely Fire; Guards Shoot
BRISBANE, Sunday: Attempts were made to burn, down Grovely army detention camp on Saturday…
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