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1,760 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 88
This firefighting unit has been operated for two years on Mr. James Boyd's property, "Yarrayne," Springdale. The 500 gallon tank—an old petrol bowser—is demountable, and when not in use is kept slung. When needed, the truck is backed in under it, the tank is lowered onto the truck, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Although London had a quiet night last night, and there was little enemy activity over Britain during the day, Royal Air Force bombers at night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British reinforcements of men and materials are streaming across the desert to Tobruk, the Italian naval base in Libya, which is already under artillery fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British reinforcements of men and war materials are streaming across the desert towards Tobruk, which is under artillery fire. Advanced units, by their capture of Gazala aerodrome, 40…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →NEW YORK, Saturday (A.A.P.) -- Fifty detectives are investigating the cause of a fire in the British freighter Black Heron (4926 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Ministry of Home Security, discussing this week's fire bomb raid on London, emphasises that the newly formed fire bomb…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →How a Sydney battalion smashed a path for other Australian troops through barbed wire and tank traps; how one Australian soldier has, as a souvenir, the gold-clasped ceremonial sash of a captured Italian general, these and other vivid close-up stories of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire badly damaged the front of the Acme Woodworking Company's factory in Victoria Street, Alexandria, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire damage to the cargo of the British freighter Black Heron (4926 tons) is estimated at £31,250…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Germans tried another fire raid on London last night, but the attack did not reach the intensity of last month's raid, while prompt work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"This is the toughest opponent I have fought, but we always knock it out in the end," said the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last night German bombers again raided London, but the attack was not as intense as that of Saturday night, when a second attempt was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. Kondo, Bachelor of Engineering at the Kobe institution for testing packing materials, who has been studying the causes of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thousands of shoppers panicked on Fifth-avenue, when bandits, after killing a clerk and robbing nearby…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Australian boxer, George Cook, a member of the City Auxiliary Fire Service, has participated in fighting the fiercest fires in London. Interviewed, he…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Many relies of the famous Dr Samuel Johnson escaped harm when the house in Gough Square, which he occupied during his lifetime, was damaged in the big fire raid on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →While the Germans were subjecting Plymouth to a "fire blitz" last night, R.A.F. bombers, despite bad weather, were attacking ports in occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In peacetime in Britain this was the Southern Railway's weed- killing train, touring the company's system and spaying liquid to destroy weeds on the tract. Now, manned by six fully-trained men, it has been converted into a fire fighting unit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FARMERS of Britain are in the front line. These on the coast, particularly, are working under handicaps difficult to conceive in the peaceful atmosphere of Australia. When the time comes to write the history of the siege of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"S.H."—A candidate for appointment to the New South Wales Fire Brigade must be a British subject, physically strong, free from disease or defect in limb, hearing, or…
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