Raiders Find Fires Still Burning London, Wed. (A.A.P.)
The R.A.F. has carried out another damaging raid on the Italian base of Assab (Eritrea)…
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Berlin Is Hammered in Sixth Raid; Great Forest Fires London
Maintaining their great offensive against Germany, R.A.F. bombers launched another raid on Berlin early this morning--the sixth in 10 days. The raid began shortly after midnight, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Education System Under Fire As Teachers Confer
"We still find much dissatisfaction with our system of inspections, efficiency awards, and promotion," said the president of the Secondary Teachers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. L. A. Walsh), at a conference of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Red Sea Base Raided. R.A.F. Starts Huge Fire at Assab. LONDON, Sept. 4. (A.A.P.)
Jetties and warehouses at Assab, an important Italian port in Eritrea, were again attacked by the R.A.F. yesterday, states a communique issued in Cairo…
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Two sisters were burned to death this afternoon when the Challenge Furniture Manufacturing Co.'s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London's Seven-hour Night Raid; "Molotov" Fire-bombs London
A German night raid on the London area which lasted 7 hours 34 minutes--the longest yet--ended at 4.50 a.m. to-day. The raiders for the first-time used the "Molotov…
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Two sisters were burned to death yesterday when they were trapped by fire in a furniture factory in Cooper…
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FIREMEN inspecting remains of a Waterloo furniture factory which was burnt out yesterday. Two employees, Nella and Claire Bellett, sisters, were burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Nurse Under Fire in France
Nine and a half months nursing at a general hospital in France is the record of Miss Kathleen Knight, who on her return to Sydney is one of the first Australian women to have seen active service on a foreign battlefield…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Double Fire Tragedy. Sisters Trapped in Factory. Flames Prevent Rescue
Two sisters were burned to death in a biazing two-storey turniture factory in Cooper Street, Waterloo, yesterday afternoon…
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THOUSANDS of pounds' worth of motion picture equipment were endangered on Thursday when a fire swept…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Keep the Home Fires Burning Boy Scouts Do Their Bit
EVERY day with the exception of Saturday, after school hours, two members of the Darlinghurst troop of Boy…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →City Coves Just Shade Soldiers A.I.F's. Ton Of Fire R.A.A.F. GROUNDED
METROPOLITAN teams kept the home Rugby Union flag flying yesterday with victories over two Service sides at North Sydney. They beat the A.I.F. 17-16 and the R.A.A.F. 28-18…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Berlin Admits Fierce R.A.F. RAIDS British Pilots Scorn Shell Barrage--Many Huge Fires Started Bombs Rock City, Cause Damage to Many Buildings London
Messages from Berlin admit that the R.A.F. raid on the German capital last night was the most severe, the noisiest, and the most spectacular since the outbreak of war. One agency says that the British pilots appeared to ignore…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Priests Help Brigade Fight College Fire
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Priests in their robes at Pallottine Missionary College, Kew, this morning helped firemen fight a fire which destroyed more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Launch Destroyed by Fire. Petrol Tank Leak
A 20ft motor launch, owned by William Ingram, 50, of Falcon Street, North Sydney, was burned to the water's edge early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sudden Heat Starts Fires Beaches Crowded on Hottest Day Since Last March
Sudden heat with a maximum temperature of 87.5 degrees at 2.40 p.m., brought summer conditions to Sydney yesterday. It was the hottest September day since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Iron Guards Fire On Fugitive King LONDON
Iron Guard (Nazi) assassins made another attempt to kill ex-King Carol of Rumania yesterday as he was fleeing to Switzerland. The attack was made on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carol in Flight. Under Fire Again. Train Attacked. London, Sept. 8. (A.A.P.)
Fifty members of the Iron Guard, armed with pistpls and dynamite, are reported to have made another attempt to. assassinate Carol, the former King…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →400 Die in London's Worst Raid 8 Hours' Ceaseless Bombing Nightlong Fight To Quell Extensive Fires: Docks, Factories Blasted LONDON
Hitler last night hurled against London the full fury of his total air-war. An early official estimate of London casualties in yesterday's attacks is 400 killed and 1300 to 1400 injured…
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