Fire at Ingleburn Soldiers Rescue Baby
Seven A.L.F. artillerymen rushed from Inglebu[?] Camp yesterday to rescue a six-months-old baby from a burning cot. The child Nancy Brown is in a serious…
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Balkan Fires Smouldering Sofia
Relations between Rumania and Bulgaria have suddenly taken a turn for the worse, owing to the failure of a Bulgarian proposal for direct…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reds Fire on Nazi River Boat London
A Soviet gunboat is reported to have fired a salvo of 15-pounder shots over the bows of a German river…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Keep the Home Fires Burning Keep the Home fires burning While your hearts are yearning Though your lad[?]re Mosman Has Huge Membership
A GROUP of Mosman war workers, formed by seven women to make bandages and dressings, has so increased in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →TARZAN The Fire God
Janette 'and Dr. Wong began their Journey-- apparently their last-- through the corridors of 'Ahtea's palace. Presently they were Joined by a chapter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →R.A.F. Wrecks German War Stores Hamburg Fire Seen Forty Miles Away London
Germany lost considerable quantities of war material in the latest R.A.F. raids over north-western Germany. Oil refineries, naval dockyards, factories,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. Parachutists Now Fight Fires
NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Parachutists are being used in Missoula, Montana, to fight forest fires. The United States Forest Service has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Veteran Fire Officer
District Officer Smith, of Parramatta, has received a bar to his long-service medal. He has been 30 years in the fire brigades service…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Damage at Hospital Broken Hill
Portion of the nurses' quarters at the hospital was extensively damaged by fire, smoke and water early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →False Fire Alarm
Great excitement re[?]ned at Lansdowne Road, Canley Vale, last Friday night, when four fire brigades dashed out to extinguish a supposedly house on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nurses Fight Fire. Broken Hill
Nurses in night clothes aided firemen in fighting a fire in a section of the nurses' quarters at Broken Hill Hospital at 1.25 a.m. to-day. Extensive damage was done before the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Busy Fire Brigades Two False Alarms
Cabramatta Fire Brigade was the victim of a False alarm on Friday night last, and again on Sunday night. On Friday night a house was said to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire On Beach At Tennis Party
Between sets, players at the tennis tournament held at Mrs. E.K. White's harborside home at Kurraba Point yesterday afternoon, sought the warmth…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bullet in Fire Wounds Man
ORANGE, Thursday.--A bullet exploded in a rubbish heap fire at Orange today and slightly wounded George Moore in the right hand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.Z. Education "Under Fire" Wellington (N.z.)
Dunedin Returned Soldiers' Association has decided to urge that a Royal Commission be appointed to inquire into "the relationship of New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trapped By Fire Policemen save boy
Two police constables forced their way into a burning house in Riley Street, Darlinghurst,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Keep the Home Fires Burning Keep the Home fires burn - ing While your hearts are yearn - ing Though your lads[?]re Girls To Buy Their Own Ambulance
A DRUMMOYNE garage owner is giving thorough training in driving and repairs to 55 girls. Cars and a truck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Bombs and Parachutists for London Raid London
Incendiary bombings, combined with the dropping of parachute troops, are the tactics most likely to be adopted by Hitler if he attempts to invade England. This forecast is made by the New Zealand airman,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shopkeeper Fires On Burglars, Hears Cry
A shopkeeper who fired a shotgun at two men who tried to break into his store at Seven Hills early yesterday morning believes that he wounded one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sailors Stop Launch Fire
A squad of naval ratings from Garden Island saved a burning launch from total destruction in the harbor yesterday…
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