Sandbags for Fire Blitz
Since the fire blitz began in London there have been placed at the foot of every lamp post, itself usually all but invisible, two bags of sand or earth-also usually…
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New York Fire Officers in London for Air Raids Experience
KEY members of the New York City Department gone to London to gain first-hand experience of fire-fighting under air raid conditions. In this picture New York Battalion Chief Wedemeyer is seen with girls of the British.Auxiliary Fire Service at London…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hotel Fire at Barellan Damage Over £4000 Guests Escape in Night Attire
At 3 o'clock on Monday morning the hotel at Barellan, conducted by Mr. L. Carter, with all its contents, was completely destroyed by fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jumped From Window to Escape Fire in Flat Woman Falls on Car Sydney
Mrs. M. M. Maslin, aged 65 years, was badly injured early this morning when she leaped from a blazing room in the San Remo flats, Watson-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Forest Fires 1000 Homeless in U.S.A. Lakewood, (U.s.a.)
It is estimated that 200 homes were destroyed by forest fires which swept the entire town of Lakewood. There were no fatalities but many were over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tripoli Bombarded Bt British Fleet and Air Force Seven Ships Hit Explosions and Fires London
In the British naval forces attack on Tripoli the naval units were accompanied by R.A.F. and the Fleet Air Ami bombers. Clouds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Junee
JUNEE, Friday: When Mr. A. Lawson returned by the mail train to Junee yesterday morning he learned that his home, a four-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Prisoner Tells of Accuracy of British Artillery Fire
Captured German soldiers gave an interesting account of the effect of accurate artillery fire on the German troops outside the Tobruk defences…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Damage in London Czech Troops Train in England
FIRE AND DESTRUCTION swept the City of London when German raiders rained thousands of fire bombs in a deliberate attempt to set the quarter an fire. Ancient buildings and priceless landmarks were consumed in the inferno. Here London's historic Guildhall, over fire centuries old, still proudly files the Union Jack with the roof and interior ab[?]ze…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Raids Factory, Camp and Docks Bombed Ship Set on Fire London
The Air Ministry announces that the Bomber Command yesterday successfully bombed a factory to the west of Cologne, a nearby military camp, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cologne Bombed Big Fires in Centre of City London, Sunday. (A.A.P.)
Lust nights raid on Cologne, one of the most important centres of German industry and communication, gave the city its first experience of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Town Council Linesman Appointed Fire Board Election
Ald. F. Dickson (Mayor). G. Black, D. Stratton, T. Nicholson. R. Gibson, B. Ward, L. Conkey, and J. Leonard attended the ordinary fortnightly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cargo Damaged Fire on Ship at Walsh Dat Sydney
Serious damage was caused to the cargo in the hold of a ship when a fire broke out at Walsh Bay to-day. It is not thought, however, that the essel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local & General Clothes Catch Fire
Mrs. Ted Piper, of Murray street, had an unenviable experience yesterday morning. She was standing near a stove when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Melbourne MELBOURNE
Damage estimated at £150,000 was caused by a fire which gutted a large section of the Bond and Free Stores in the city to-night. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hamburg Hit Great Damage by R.A.F. Terrific Fires London
British bombers last night caused great damage and left many fires in shipyards and industrial quarters at Hamburg, while smaller formations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Latest Second Edition Bremen and Hamburg Attacked by British Bombers Large Fires Seen London
It is learned that Sunday night's attacks by the Bomber Command over Eamburg and Bremen were carried at in good weather. Large fires were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mannheim Bombed Large Fires Started London. Tuesday. (A.A.P.)
The main R.A.F. attacks last night were directed against Mannheim, in south-west Germany, where many large fires and considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Inquiry at Barellan
All inquiry into tile cause of the recent fire, which destroyed the Barellan Hotel last month, was held at Barellan recently, before Mr. W. W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leads London's Fire-fighters
COMMANDER A. Firebrace is Regional Fire Officer of the London Civil Defence Region, and is to be congratulated upon the swift…
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