Wongarbon Home Destroyed Fire While Family Absent District Personal Items
The home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Beasley was destroyed by fire about 7.p.m. on Sunday. The origin of the fire is unknown…
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Fires & bushfires, 1941
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Amsterdam Riots Soldiers Called Out Nazis Fire on Dutchmen London
Berlin radio last night stated that German troops were called out in Amsterdam on Tuesday and Wednesday to disperse Dutch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →District News Wongarbon Disastrous Fire Destroys House Nothing Saved
Mrs. G. Purseglove has returned from Tamworth, accompanied by small daughter, Jan, and mother, Mrs. H. Paix. We are pleased to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Works by Norman Lindsay Destroyed by Fire Sydney
Works of Norman Lindsay, worth £40,000, were destroyed recently in a fire in the United States, where they were being…
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The Mendooran Bush Fire Brigade advised the Shire Council on Tuesday that its equipment was in thorough order, and asked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Eumungerie Substantial Rain Fire Danger Eliminated
Last weekend 130 points of rain was registered in the village. Higher readings were recorded in many places throughout the district. The fall will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bremen Fires Not Due To Accident London
A Swedish newspaper quotes a. Berlin source as saying that the liner Bremen was totally destroyed by fire. Investigations have disclosed that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Board Vacancy Council Nominates Mayor
The Mayor (Ald. E. B. Serisier) is to be nominated by Dubbo Municipal Council for a vacancy on the New South Wales Board of Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →R.A.F. Rains 10,000 Incendiaries In "Fire Blitz" Heaviest Bombs of War Employed Berlin Suffers When Fierce Outbreaks Begin London
A strong force of some of Britain's heaviest bombers carried out a "fire blitz" raid on Berlin last night, and in addition to dropping 10,000 incendiaries on the capita], rained some of the heaviest bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fireplaces to Minimise Fire Risk. P.P. Board Not Interested
A lengthy letter was read at a meeting of the P.P. Board on Saturday relative to the construction of tourist fireplaces in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nazi Invasion LOSSES : 81,000 U.S. Report of “Sea of Fire.”
Persistent reports that the Germans made at least two unsuccessful attempts to invade Britain are declared to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Fighter's Friend Is Housewife's Aid Invention of Scottish Firm—Increase in Exports
Britain's fire lighters have a new appliance for dealing with incendiary bombs, which is also being used by their wives for washing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Long-range Fire Nazis Shell Across Channel London
German long-range turns from the French coast fired across the Straits of Dover in brilliant sunshine today. A single Run appeared to be in action…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destructive Fire. Sydney
Melbourne. — A private car and five motor trucks were lost when a fire destroyed a garage at West Brunswick last night. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Injured in Car Fire Three Admitted to Hospital One Car Destroyed Another Damaged
Six people were injured when two cars collided and one burst into flames o the Baradine road, about 1[?] miles from Bugaldie, early on Sunday morning. The accident was of an extraordinary nature, in that it is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Raid Fighters Increasing Overseas Demand For Fire Apliances
The stirrup pump, now installed in thousands' of British households to cope-with incendiary bombs is still being turned out by its biggest makers in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Montefiores House & Contents Destroyed
A fire which broke out in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Payne, of Montefiores, on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Montefiores Disastrous Fire Home & Contents Destroyed Occupants Lose Their All
No undue excitement, was aroused in the neighbourhood on Tuesday evening last when it became known that the home of Mr. and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Hospital Much Damaged Caused
A fire destroyed the laundry at the Caulfield military hospital yesterday, causing, damage estimated at more than f 10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheer Weight of Numbers and Arms Forced British Evacuation Troops Sang While Marching Under Fire Dunkirk Dimmed by Embarkation Nazis Were Like Cattle Driven To Slaughter London
"Now the deathless story of Greece can be told. We are back in Egypt after accompanying the British and Anzac forces in their fight for Greece, and their evacuation in the face of overwhelming German…
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