Guarding Britain’s Cornfields How Farmworkers Will Fight Nazi Fire Bombs
With 12,500,000 acres under the plough this spring—32 millions more than in 1939—Britain’s agricultural leaders are planning how to protect her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1941
46 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
Big Fire at Dubbo
A fire at Dubbo this morning destroyed the silo stores of the Dubbo Milling Co. When an iron and wood silo collapsed thousands of bushels of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£30,000 Fire at Dubbo Silo Destroyed
A fire which partly destroyed the premises of Dubbo Milling Company early yesterday caused damage estimated at more than £30,000…
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Si.,—Seme time ago the pointed out that there Were in town quite a.few homes where all the available manpower had gone to the war,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eucalyptus Distillers And-bush Fires
At last meeting of the Braidwood P.P. Board it was decided to make representations to the Council of Advice in regard to the above, asking for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Precautions Against Fire Bombs
As a protection against the indiscriminate showering of incendiary bombs by German raiders, bags of sand are being placed outside houses, shops and offices in London. A volunteer force of civilian fire fighters will help to deal with this new menace…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Destroyed by Fire
Fourteen bags of mail were either destroyed or damaged when a fire broke cut in the trailer of a service car between Jerilderie and Deniliquin on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Istanbul Istanbul, Monday (A.A.P.)
A fire in the old quarter of the city destroyed more than 100 houses and rendered a thousand people homeless. It also destroyed two mosques and seriously…
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Heavy damage was caused by a fire which broke out in the premises of McCorquodale Bros., flour millers, of Sussex Street to-day. The three top…
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Men of the Auxiliary Fire Service, who have done such magnificent work in the air-raids en Britain, are seen coupling a large hose during a recent London demonstration of incendiary bomb fighting. (Dept. of Information Photo.)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Control Free Postal Service
The approach of summer is a reminder that soon the danger from bush fires will again be present, and it is a matter, of national importance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Here and There Home Destroyed by Fire
Mr. and Mrs. Roger McCauley, of Nelligen, were unfortunate enough last week, to have their home at Ryan's Creek completely destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For Prevention of Bush Fires
With the approach of the bush fire Season the Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued an urgent appeal to Shire Councils throughout the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Fighters of Britain's Air Force
Every British air station has its squad of specially trained fire-fighters. Their quickness to act, and act correctly, in an emergency may well be the means of saving lives if a plane crashes. Asbestos suits enable these R.A.F. fire-fighters to approach very near to blazing machines. In this picture a fire-fighter is extinguishing a blazing [?] with a special foam mixture…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Bombs May Call Up Watchers By Ringing a Bell When They Hit a House
Automatic alarms which ring a bell the moment a fire bomb gets into a building may be a new ally of Britain’s hundreds of thousands of fire-fighters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Shop Girls Fight Fire Bombs
Girls at a Wembley, London, store have formed their own five brigades to deal with incendiary bombs from German raiders. The girls are seen here making their way to the reef of the store during a practice turn-out…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
The annual meeting was held on Saturday at "Lister House." Present: Messrs. G. Woods (in the chair), T. Cargill, A. E. Wilton, J. Grigg, J. C…
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Mr. Baddeley has directed his Department to explore the possibility of appointing certain members of Bush Fire Brigades as rangers under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prevention of Bush Fires Chief Secretary's Appeal
The opening of the 1941-42 campaign of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee is made the occasion by the Chief Secretary, Hon. J. M…
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