£113,000 Loss When Fire Destroys Swiss Hotel
LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--The famous Bear Hotel, Grindelwald (Switzerland), known to Australian winter sports enthusiasts, was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires & bushfires, 1941
1,760 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 88
Little Damage In Fresh Attempt To Fire London LONDON
R.A.F. fighter squadrons harassed Nazi raiders who tried again tost night to set London on fire. At least two German bombers were shot down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire-watching to Be Compulsory. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Jan. 16
The Government's first measure of compulsion to be applied to the civilian population is expected to be issued in a few days. It will require all persons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Raid by R.A.F. Wilhelmshaven Battered. London's Fire Attack. LONDON, Jan. 16. (A.A.P.)
Raiding Wilhelmshaven for the third time in a week, the R.A.F. last night delivered its heaviest blow at the German naval base…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cruiser Lost. Fire Follows Bombing. Illustrious Safe. British Submarine's Success. From Our Own Correspondent and A.A.P. LONDON, Jan. 16
Loss of the cruiser Southampton (9,100 tons) was announced by the Admiralty this afternoon. The warship, which was damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Bombs Showered on Bristol London
German raiders last night made a fierce attempt to burn out Bristol, important manufacturing city and seaport at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Awards for Bravery. Civilian Heroes. Ordeal Under Fire. LONDON, Jan. 17. (A.A.P.)
British men and women are not to be terrorised or demoralised by the indiscriminate bombings of Hitler's air force. As each raid on Britain brings…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Guns Blasting Tobruk Patrols Move Up, Covered By Land And Naval Fire LONDON
Big British naval and land guns have opened a terrific bombardment of Tobruk, beseiged Italian garrison 70 miles inside Libya…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Rings Base. Wilhelmshaven Hammered. Invasion Ports Raided. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 17
Following the R.A.F.'s two smashing blows at Wilhelmshaven on Wednesday night and yesterday morning, when the main German naval base of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Under Fire
CROUCHING behind rocks, Indian infantrymen of Britain's Army of the Nile, take cover as an Italian bomb bursts just ahead of them.--Yesterday's airmail. SERGEANT E. H. Conolly, Royal Australian Engineers,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Bombs on London
A building which was gutted by fire during a furious night raid by German bombers on London on the night of December 28. Civil defence units fought fires while the attacks continued, and the number of deaths was tragically high. (This picture and others on page 10…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Raid Defence. Spotting Now Compulsory. LONDON, Jan. 18. (A.A.P.)
Compulsory part-time service in fire-spotting during raids was announced yesterday by the Home Secretary, Mr. Herbert Morrison. Power will be taken to apply the measure…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire-Spotters Show Mettle Thousands of Raid Fires Extinguished London
Flying through a thick mist which blotted out the Straits off Dover, German bombers last night attacked London and several country areas of Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lutheran Church Fire
ADELAIDE, Monday.--The Lutheran Church at Angaston was burnt down early today. Damage is estimated at £800. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shop, Residence Destroyed by Fire
JUNEE, Monday.--Fire this morning destroyed the barber's shop and residence of Mr. E. A. Croke, former Riverina bookmaker…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Incendiarism Suspected in Church Fire. Adelaide
The Angaston Lutheran church was burnt down early to-day, and damage to the extent of £800 done. An attempt was made to burn the church in the last war, and local…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Damages Cottage
Pire severely" damaged a cottage and its content's last night in Grevel Street, Chatswood. The roof was ablaze when brigades from…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Bug At Manly
The Nativity crib in the Roman Catholic Church, Mary Immaculate in Whistler Street, Manly, was yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl Killed by Fire-bomb London
A young girl was killed by an incendiary bomb in a Home Counties town this afternoon. One raider dropped two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire in Church Crib. Fifth Since Christmas
A fire in a church cuib the fifth in Sydney subtubs since Christmas broke out at the Roman Catholic Church in Whistler Street Manly, yesterday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →