"I Am on Fire" Downs Raider, Then Falls LONDON
"I have shot down a Heinkel. It is landing on the sea. The German crew is being picked up by a…
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Defence Device for Hips. "Fierce Curtain of Fire." Surprise for Raider. London, April 3. (A.A.P.)
A report is being made to the authorities on the effectiveness of a surprise device for the protection of merchantmen against planes, according to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Judges Visit Fire Station
Judges of the Industrial Commission and counsel yesterday watched a Platc of Iron being burned through by thermit, a chemical compound used in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Milk Board Under Fire Sydney, Apr. 3
The Milk Board and the government, particularly the ineffective Minister for Health (Primrose) came under fire in parliament yesterday when demands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Busy Quarter for Fire Brigade. Fine Record Maintained
With the rain and change of temperature during the week, it seems as though the local Fire Brigade will earn a well-deserved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires Wipe Out Homes of Unemployed Wollongong, Apr. 4
Recent bushfires have wiped out the few possessions many unemployed families have struggled to hold together in this…
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STOKING UP. Coat off and shovel full, the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Gollan) lending a hand while inspecting the chemical works of Timbrol Ltd., at Rhodes yesterday. He is feeding coke to the firebox of a new still…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threats Story at Fire Probe Wagga
Paper drinking cups containing spirits had been found under the counter, it was stated to-day at the inquiry into the fire which damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Store Fire: Nazi Suspected Aliens On Wharves Menace Public Safety
ONE of the Vacuum Oil Company's storage depots at Newport (Vic.) went up in flames a fortnight ago. It was a firebug job. Of that, Melbourne fire brigade men have not the faintest doubt…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Red Sortie Into Manchukuo. Troops Fire Village. TOKYO, April 5. (A.A.P.)
The Domei (semi-official) News Agency reports that Soviet regular troops crossed the Siberian-Manchukuo border near the Suifen River, and set…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Bushfires Are Ending the Era of the Post-and-rail Fence Wise Landholders See Savings in Wire
SUMMER has been dying hard in Victoria this year. To that fact, many landholders will bear rueful testimony. The bush fire fiend ravaged the countryside again…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Short Stories the Visiting Fire-eater
THINGS were fine. Too fine, Crunch found himself thinking as he pushed out into the bay…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Betting "Guns" Held Fire "Sit-Down" Strike Manrico Got Staggers
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Autumn Stakes at Mentone to-day was the nearest approach to a weight-for-age event run at that track—that is from a betting point of view. it is doubtful if there has ever been so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Rod Goes Out In Blaze Of Glory Retires To Stud After C'bury Win Mows Trimmer Down With Amazing Run; Has Now Won £18,000 Penthides and Delmestor Prove Disappointing
Six lengths behind the speedy Trimmer at the home turn in yesterday's Frederick Clissold Handicap at Canterbury, and seemingly not in the hunt, Gold Rod came with an amazing burst to gather in the leader…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Fight Fire at Fire Station
LONDON, March 25.--Half an hour after firemen had left Renton (Dumbartonshire) auxiliary fire station the building was found to be alight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary and Fire Barefoot Boys Are Suspected
Thieves who last night broke into a garage in Surry Hills, stole £5 in notes from a cash box, and accidental set fire to a cupboard, are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Shop. Owner Alleges Threats. "Kerosene Smell." WAGGA
Witnesses at an inquiry yesterday into the fire, which did considerable damage to the building and stock at Abraham Rudo[?]'s mercery store at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Blaze in Studio. Woman's Escape
Fire burned out the premises of the New Vogue Studios on the third floor of the Piccadilly Arcade, between Pitt and Castlereagh Streets, city, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£5000 Fire at Colliery
KURRAJONG, Monday.--Machinery valued at £5000 was destroyed by a fire at the Natta[?] Bulli Colliery, at Nattai Creek, today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damaged by Anti-raid Defence Fire
FALLING anti-aircraft shells injured seven persons and damaged this balcony in Paris last month when French gunners fired on a squadron of German bombers. The German planes did not drop any bombs…
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