Lockhart Fire Garage Burnt Out Cars and Radio
LOCKHART, Monday: A sensational fire occurred in Lockhart yesterday afternoon in a brick-fronted motor garage occupied by Mr. George…
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Quick Work by Fire Fighters London
Efficiency of the local fire service and auxiliaries was vividly demonstrated when an enemy plane crashed on a city in the north-east of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Lockhart Garage Completely Burnt Fireman’s Narrow Escape
A sensational fire occured in Lockhart yesterday afternoon in a brick fronted motor garage occupied by Mr. George…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Raids on Kiel and Emden Bombers Start Big Fires Rhineland Traffic Disrupted 12 German Planes Destroyed in Day's Fighting London
Huge fires, visible for 70 miles, broke out at Emden after R.A.F. heavy bombers had dropped 20 tons of bombs over a wide target area during a night raid. A terrific explosion in Kiel dockyards marked another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in Lockhart Garage Completely Burnt Cars and Radio Also Fireman's Narrow Escape LOCKHART
A sensational fire occurred in Lockhart this afternoon in a brick-fronted motor garage occupied by Mr. George Cummins. The building and contents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire Destroys Lockhart Garage Brigade's Good Work
The fact that Mr Geo. Cummins, motor garage proprietor, Green St., Lockhart, 13 alleged to have left a car engine running unattended in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gunmen in Belfast Building Set on Fire Belfast
Armed men, believed to be members of the Irish Republican Army, entered a Government store in Belfast this afternoon, bound…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Edmondson's
A fire which occurred at Messrs. T. Edmondson and Co.'s store yesterday afternoon might have developed very serious proportions but for the prompt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dr. Von Rath Slayer in Nazi Hands Repetition of Reichstag Fire Trial Likely
A trial like the Reichstag fire case is likely for a young Polish Jew (says a cable message from London). He is Herschel Grynzpan, who shot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Decorated Rescued Airman From Fire London
Corporal Joan Pearson, of the W.A.A.F., was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal for bravery in rescuing an airman from a blazing plane after…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Latest (Second Edition) A.I.F. in Palestine First Time Under Fire Italian Air Raid Conduct Splendid, Say British Officers Gaza
It is now revealed that a party of the A.I.F., attending a school at Haifa, were the first members of the force under fire in last week's…
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Relations between Rumania and Bulgaria have suddenly taken a turn for the worse, owing to the failure of a Bulgarian proposal for direct…
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British troops train their guns on an imaginary foe — getting in practice so that any enemy on Eng lisa soil will receive a particularly not reception. (Dept. of Information.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Huge Fires Rage in Hamburg Great Damage in Germany Oil Works and Docks Blasted Factories and Rail Sidings Harassed by R.A.F. LONDON
Hammered and torn in scores of raids since the war began earnestly, Hamburg was hit so hard by R.A.F. bombers last night that the fires which were set raging were visible 40 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Claims Explosions and Fires in Britain London
"German bombers re-attacked British airfields, harbors, oil storge depots and factories, causing explosions and fierce fires," said the Berlin High…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hospital Blaze Nurses Assist Firemen
Nurses in night attire aided firemen at a fire which broke out in a section of the nurses' quarters at the Broken Hill Hospital early on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War with Italy Oil Fires Checked at Haifa Five Enemy Bombers Shot Down Cairo
Several thousand tins of lubricating oil were set on fire yesterday during the Italian raid on Haifa (Palestine), a British communique states. By…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Fire
SYDNEY, Tuesday: The cork factory at the Australian Glass Manufacturers Co., Pty., Ltd., at Waterloo, was destroyed by fire early this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire in U.S.A. 1000 People Homeless Camden (New Jersey)
Five persons were killed and 200 injured in an explosion and fire in a paint factory to-day. The fire destroyed 53 residences and left 1000…
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