Taxi Strikes Pole. Fire Follows Crash
Some time after a taxi-cab crashed into an electric light standard at Westmead last night, the wr[?]kage was destroyed by fire. After striking the standard, the cab, which…
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Awards for Boy Scouts. Gallantry at Fire
Three Boy Scouts of the 1st Hamilton (Newcastle) Group, have been awarded the gilt cross for gallantry, for service when a fire occurred at an oil storage…
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Front portion of an unoccupied weatherboard cottage in Grey-street, Auburn owned by Mr. Hosten Staples, was severely damaged by fire last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dealing with Fire Bombs. Newtown A.r.p. Talk
Mr. Alan Brooksbank, interstate lecturer to fire brigades, at a public meeting at Newtown Town Hall last night, said that the object of fire bombs was to set alight to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →German Key-points Hit R.A.F. Fires Oil Tanks, Bases, Arms Storages LONDON
Royal Air Force squadrons blasted military key-points over a wide area of western Germany last night. Although handicapped by poor visibility,…
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Referring yesterday to points raised at a public meeting which he addressed at Newtown on Tuesday light, Mr. alan Brooksbank, interstate lecturer to fire brigades, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Kiel Raid. Scharnhorst on Fire. Docks Damaged. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, July 3
The German battleship Scharhhorst (26,000 tons) was heavily bombed on Monday night, when air-craft of the R.A.F. Bomber…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£12,000 Wool Fire. Auckland
Wool purchased by the Imparial Government valued at £12,000 was lost in a fire which destroyed the Farmers' Wool Scouring Works near Napier to-day Machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempted Surrender Blocked In Mediterranean British Warships Engage French One Set On Fire In Battle Off Algerian Coast; Most Reported Subdued LONDON
British and French warships in the Mediterranean have fought an engagement off Oran (Algeria). Some of the most powerful French warships were engaged. One was set afire. Most are reported subdued…
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BRISBANE, Friday.--The Premier of Queensland (Mr. Forgan Smith) said today that an attempt to prolong the life of Parliament without the people's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Injured in Shop Fire. Vats of Fat Ablaze. Women's Clothes Alight
Four young women and a youth employed in a delicatessen shop in Druitt Street, city, where burned, three of them severely, when a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →German Naval Bases Bombed Great Damage Done in Air Raids Airports At Amsterdam And Brussels Set On Fire LONDON
New attacks on the naval bases at Wilhelmshaven, Emden and Kiel were made last night by R.A.F. bombers. A large German supply ship, one of a group of four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Keep The Home Fires Burning Helpers Are Needed For Book Gifts
SIXTY-FIVE thousand books and magazines, 25,000 of which have been sent abroad, have been despatched to the…
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After capturing a small town in Holland, Nazi gunners had to withstand a counter attack by Dutch airmen…
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A fire was started by an incendiarist in a mail container at the corner of Market Street and George Street last night, and 25 letters were damaged…
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FIRE seriously damaged the 30ft, cruiser-launch Sterling, at Double Bay, early yesterday. Paddington firemen are shown beaching the blazing launch Owned by Mr. John Mitchell, of North Bondi, the launch was valued at £600. Cause of the fire is unknown. SOLDIER patients in hospital in the Burma Pavilion at the…
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When a house at Lidcombe was destroyed by fire last Wednesday, the occupier, Mr. A. Fathers, and his wife and five children lost everything but…
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THE Government is worried over the number of destructive fires that have occurred in 12, months in N.Z…
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THE souls of efficient bush-walkers are vexed by unsightly tins cast aside at camping places. However, one or two large tins, hidden under a handy rock,…
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