Mine on Fire, Three Injured Auckland
A fire occurred at the Taupiri Coal Company's Rotowaro Colliery. Immediate steps were taken to seal the burning area…
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Raider Shells Ship in Tasman Radio Message Sent From Freighter While Under Fire
An enemy raider shelled the 8706-ton freighter Turakina in the Tasman Sea last Tuesday evening. The Turakina wirelessed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Retaliation by British. Long-range Guns Fire Across Channel. Dover Bombardment. Bombs on London Suburbs. LONDON, August 23. (A.A.P.)
British as well as German long-range guns have been firing across the English Channel at its narrowest point—the Straits of Dover, 21 miles wide. It is authoritatively stated that a few rounds from the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Wounded in War Organisation and system of dealing with sick and wounded in war -- showing evacuation and return Non-combatant Bravery Under Fire
IMPORTANT role of looking after sick and wounded in battle comes under two heads in Army Medical Services. First wo have Army Medical Staff, officers who look after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Keep the Home Fires Burning Army Cooks Master Hospital Dietetics
SOLDIER patients in the 25th General Hospital will have the advantage of a scientifically prepared diet as…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Troops To Fight Huge French Fire TOULON
French troops have been called out to fight a fire which has already swept over 11,000 acres of Riviera forest land and threatens to spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British and German Guns Blaze Across Sea Long-range Shelling In Fierce Channel Duel Planes Join in Bitter Battle at Dove London
British and German long range guns belched at each other across the water this morning in a fierce Channel duel. British guns shelled German batteries on the French…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Came Through Inferno Convoy Shelled, Bombed In "Hell-Fire Corner" Spitfires Dived Down Like Avenging Angels LONDON
When a British convoy sailed on Thursday through "Hell-fire Corner," as the Strait of Dover is now called, into an inferno of German shellfire from the French…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Priceless Works Lost In Blaze New York
Priceless paintings, manuscripts, and books were destroyed when fire gutted the Californian Palace at the San…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Exhibition. San Francisco, Aug. 25
One of the largest buildings at the San Francisco Exhibition was destroyed by fire Many pictures and first editions of works by R. L. Stevenon and Mark Twain were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Great Fires Started in London Lone Bomber In Midnight Attack After Mass Raids LONDON
At midnight last night a raider dropped screaming incendiary and high explosive bombs on a city area of London, starting great fires in several warehouses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OVER 1,000 Planes Raid Britain. Incendiary Bombs Fall in London. Fires Swiftly Controlled. Small Number of Fatal Casualties. From Our Own Correspondent and A.A.P. LONDON, August 25
The Germans made the biggest mass raids of the war on —Britain yesterday. It is estimated thal far more than 1,000 planes —the previous record-look part. Two big mass raids were carried out, starting at 3 p.m. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heat May Bring Rain Relief Minimum Is Highest for 55 YEARS Prospects Of Bushfires Causing Alarm
Sydney's minimum temperature to-day-- 66.2 degrees -- was the highest in August for 55 years. The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) had to turn back to 1885 to find a warmer August morning. To-day's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Women Fight Bomb Fires
FIRE-FIGHTER of the British Women's Auxiliary Fire Service in full service dress. A.F.S. women helped put out London fires started by German incendiary bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Mail Car Trailer
MUSWELLBROOK, Monday.--When the Denman mail car was seven miles from Muswellbrook today, the driver's attention was attracted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Died Before Fire Bomber Crash Victims CANBERRA
The ten victims of the air disaster near Canberra, on August 13, were dead before the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain Prospects Brighter. High Temperatures. Bushfires and Surfing
The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said last night that unusually high temperatures during the last few days made prospects of rain brighter. There…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flying Fire-engine
The first flying fire-engine has made its appearance in America. It will be used by the United States Forest Service to combat the forest fires which…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire Lecture
The Christian Science Society anpounecs a free lecture entitled "The C creation of Divine Power in Human Affairs." This will be deliverer by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diggers Save Old Woman From Fire London
Three Diggers saved the life of an elderly women yesterday after an incendiary bomb had struck her house. They fought the flames while a German bomber roared…
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