Care With Camp Fires Plea to Picnickers
A special plea to motor campers and picnickers to display care when using fire at camp sites or picnic places is made by the general secretary of the…
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Girl Saves Father From Fire Death BUNDABERG
The heroism of Eileen Hanlon, 17, mail contractor's daughter, saved her father from being burned to death and brought the mails safely through. James Joseph Hanlon, 54, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MOTORS and Motoring Fire Risk When Filling Tanks
A TIMELY warning comes from the R.A.C.V. regarding risk when filling petrol tanks. The introduction of petrol rationing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At Lower Rates Appliances for Bushfire Brigades
ACTION had been taken by the GOVERNMENT to enable bushfire brigades to purchase fire-fighting appliances through the Government Stores…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Insurance Is a Matter of Paramount Importance Man on the Land Faces Many Risks Which He Cannot Afford to Carry Himself Fire Situation Is Grave
IN these uncertain days the matter of insurance becomes of paramount importance to every man on the land in this State. Apart from possible risks due to war conditions-and these, despite what many may say to the contrary, are definitely numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Raider Fires on Lifeboats
LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--After having sunk a British freighter off Trinidad (West Indies) on September 3, a German raider machine-gunned the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bombings Change Life of Berlin Hitler Goes To Ground When Sirens Wail Fires Rage After Longest Raid Iron Censorship On Press & Public LONDON
Despite an iron censorship, the truth is leaking through and disclosing revolutionary changes being wrought by British bombs in the lives of Berlin citizens. Great fires are reported raging in northern and eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Rubber Works. Horses Saved From Stables
Fire gutted the works of the Australian Rubber Co.Pty. Ltd., King Street, Newtown, yesterday, but many of the 600 tyres on the premises and three horses were saved by…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Firemen use smoke suits at blaze
MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Firemen had to put on special smoke protection suits to locate the seat of a fire in a King Street building today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Keep the Home Fires Burning Canteens Plan Their Christmas Menus
CHRISTMAS menus for soldiers are already being…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Fires Visible For 70 Miles As R.A.F. Smashes French Port LONDON
Fires were visible 70 miles away alter the R.A.F. had delivered a terrific attack last night on Lorient, a French port between Brest and St. Nazaire. THIS was one of a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fighting Bushfires From the Air
AMERICA is using parachute "troops" to fight forest fires. The technique of the blitzkrieg in dealing with fires before they get a good hold has already saved many thousands of acres of valuable timber in U.S.A.'s national forests. Australia could profitably use parachute fire-fighters as a valuable auxiliary in combating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Race Stand
ADELAIDE, Sunday. -- Fire this morning destroyed the £6000 Derby stand at Morphettville racecourse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Fire On R.A.F. Plane Attacked in Flight Over British Area London
Japanese anti-aircraft guns unsuccessfully fired on an R.A.F. plane yesterday morning while it was flying inside British territory close to the border at Hongkong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain's Defence Baffles Raiders Grope for Weak Link Without Success Night Bombers Sheer Off In Face Of Fierce Fire LONDON
After more than six weeks' air blitzkrieg, the Germans are still groping for a weak link in Britain's defences-- but not finding it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires In Canefields
BRISBANE. Monday.--Winds of gale force are driving fires through canefields in the Bundaberg district. Thousands of acres of grass land have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Urges New Fire Lows
The live of two girls might have been saved had the factory in which they were burned to death been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire-escapes in Factories. Coroner Suggests Stricter Law. Death of Sisters
The City Coroner, Mr. Oram, expressed the opinion yesterday that owners of factories, even of only one floor, should be compelled by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London's Barrage Grows Fiercer. Warmest Reception Yet to Raiders. Serious Fire in City. Strong R.A.F. Return Raids. LONDON, September 30. (A.A.P.)
German raiders which ventured over London last night in the heaviest sustained attack for several days encountered the most violent barrage yet fired. The tumult of the guns often continued for 10-minute periods without a break…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Berlin's Longest Night of Terror Great Fires Blaze After Five-Hour Raid Goebbels Dives for Shelter News Of Evacuation Shocks Public LONDON
Great fires illuminated the inner suburbs of Berlin and parts of the city proper, when R.A.F. bombers hammered for nearly five hours at war factories, power plants and railway stations…
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