Enemy Loss, 50 Tanks. Heavy Fire at Tobruk. Advance Checked. LONDON, May 5. (A.A.P.)
About 50 enemy tanks were put out of action when an attack on Tobruk (Libya) was checked by heavy artillery fire on Saturday…
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Blaze in Hold of Steamer. Firemen's Difficulties
Wearing special headgear and gas masks, 53 firemen from six city stations fought a fire in the lower hatch of No. 1 hold of a steamer at Walsh Bay for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →TARZAN Mystery Fire
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Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Aboard Vessel Damage to Cargo
There was an outbreak of fire aboard a vessel berthed at Walsh Bay yesterday and after a fight lasting for more than an hour it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship Fire Investigation Expert Sifting of Cargo
A full inquiry will be made into the cause of yesterday's fire on a ship in Sydney Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What Is Meant by the Terms "Fire Resistance, Incombustibility and Fireproof."
Alfred H. Barnes, F.R.I.B.A., M.I. Struct. E:, in several of the recent issues of the English journal "Wood, v has drawn attention to the results of muddled thinking and muddled expression in the…
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A meeting of St. Marys Bush Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening. It was decided that in future the fire brigade meet at 7.15 p.m. on the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →9 Men Burned Fighting Fire
MUNGINDI, Wednesday.--Nine men were severely burned today while acting as a "bucket brigade" at a fire which destroyed a garage at Weemelah, 17…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Watching in England. Sydney Woman's Experiences
STORIES of conditions in England under the blitz have been brought to Sydney by Mrs. F. N. Dickinson, wife of Lieutenant…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →£3,000 Fire in Yarn Store. Melbourne
Damage estimated at £3,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the main yarn store of the Belworth Hostery Mill. Coburg, tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Commons Demands Ruthless War Foreign Office Under Fire in Lively War-conduct Debate London
Members in the Commons last night demanded that Britain should fight a ruthless, total war against the Axis. It was the first of a two-days debate upon the war situation. Sharp criticism was directed at the Foreign Office, which was accused of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Under Fire This Man Studied His Fear New York, April 19
WHEN Wallace Deuel, foreign correspondent of the Chicago "Daily News," went under fire for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Keep the Home Fires Burning They Drive Sailors Back To The Ship
AMONG the most active war workers in Sydney, are members of the Voluntary War Transport. They use their own cars, pay for their petrol, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Detectives Inquiring Into City Fire
Detectives are inquiring into the cause of a fire which severely damaged the first floor of a building occupied by the B.S. Metal Works Pty., Ltd., in Steam Mill…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →They'll go through FIRE!
For the first time in Australia Women are being trained as fire fighters as part of Sydney's emergency preparation…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Bedlam Of Bombs, Fires, Guns Smoke and Flames Hide London Dawn London
London has been mass-raided so many times that it is difficult to compare the severity of the raids, but last night's attack seemed the worst yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dead At 99, Came In Ship Which Caught Fire Twice
WOLLONGONG, Monday. --Mrs. Mary McGregor, who has died at Woonona, aged 99, came to Australia from Northern Ireland in a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dead At 99, Came In Ship Which Caught Fire Twice
WOLLONGONG, Monday.-- Mrs. Mary McGregor, who has died at Woonona, aged 99, came to Australia from Northern Ireland in a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →£250,000 Fire in Melbourne. All-night Blaze. MELBOURNE
A fire which began in the Latrobe Bond and Free Stores, in Little Lonsdale Street, last night was not subdued until mid day to-day and to-night the ruins were still…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Fire-fighting Business W.A.N.S. Trained by Fire Brigade Experts
"THIS is the first occasion in Australia," said Mr. T. J. Smith, the president of…
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