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Fires & bushfires, 1941

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Rearguard Escapes. Entry Into Derna. Wild Gun-fire. From Our War Correspondent with the A.I.F. DERNA, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 9

The entry into Derna yesterday was the anti-climax of an action which was the longest and one of the sharpest which the A.I.F. has yet fought…

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Fire Brigade Gives Ambulance. Lady Wakehurst Makes Presentation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 6

Lady Wakehurst on behalf of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, presented a motor ambulance yesterday morning to the G.O.C., Eastern Command,…

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Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 5

The first quarterly meeting of St. Marys Municipal Fire Brigade was held on Tuesday evening in the Council Chambers, the Mayor (Ald. L. A…

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Nazi Night Raiders Scatter Fire Bombs On London LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 2

German planes last night bombed London for the second successive night offer the lull, in which the city had 13 raid-free nights in 14…

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Pictures of London's Ordeal by Fire Firemen and Civilian Volunteers Subdue Bomb Outbreaks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 10

Fierce fires raged in London throughout the night of December 29, when the Germans made their terrific fire-bomb raid on the heart of the city. The above picture, showing a building enveloped in flames, is from…

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Signs of Rout in Italian Armies Terrible Slaughter On Retreat Miserable Men Raked by Fire Roads Lined With Abandoned Arms LONDON

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 1

Evidence of a rout spreading among Italian armies on at least three of the four African battlefronts is suggested in to-day's messages from Libya, Eritrea and Ethiopia…

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Dog's Courage Under Fire Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

After 60 days of quarantine in Sydney, the only dog in Australia which has experienced the terrors of…

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Insurance For Wheat Crops; Hail & Fire

The Land · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 6

THE executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at the meeting [?] last week [?] to ap[?] the Federal Government with…

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Children Unafraid Of Fire Bombs LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 1

Dozens of children, some wearing pyjamas, helped to put out Nazi fire-bombs which littered…

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Britain's New Weapon Better Than Bren Gun Britain has a new secret weapon, the Besa gun, which can fire 1330 rounds in five minutes from its twin barrels. It is an improvement on the Bren gun, and can be used in tanks or on the ground

The World's News · Saturday 8 February 1941 · page 3

THE Besa gun is already being made in several specially designed factories. Demands of the war for a foolproof…

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"Fires in London."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 5

Current newsreels are showing brier but graphic glimpses of the awful havoc that Nazi fire bombs caused in London some months ago. The extent of the fires is…

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Camp Fire Outing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 9

Motorists driving along the French's Forest Road were alarmed to see in the distance a dozen or more small fires…

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Mannheim Raided. R.A.F. Blows at Ports. Fires Seen from England. (British Official Wireless and A.a.p.) London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1941 · page 10

Last night a small force of R.A.F. bombers attacked industrial targets at Mannheim in Germany, it is learned in London…

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Contributions to Fire Brigade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 5

The Drummoyne Council is leading a campaign for metropolitan councils to be relieved of contributions to the revenue of the Fire Brigade Board…

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School Saved by Chance From Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 2

GRAFTON, Monday.--Half-way Creek Public School was saved from destruction by Are late last night. Detective-Constable Dallas, of…

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Mystery Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 2

Detective S. J. Sellers is investigating a fire which destroyed an unoccupied house in Randolph Street, Granville, on Sunday night…

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Nazi Flyers Set Plane on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--When a German bomber made a forced landing at Moura (south-west Portugal) yesterday, the five members of the…

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Ignore Fire Bomb Danger LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 2

"Neglect to do everything possible to save London's buildings from fire-bombs weakens us and delays our…

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R.A.F.'s Biggest Fire Blitz on Hanover London

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1941 · page 5

Fires which engulfed the centre of the important industrial city of Hanover last night were described by R.A.F. pilots as the greatest they had seen in any raid on Germany…

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Fire in Hall

The Biz · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 8

A fire broke out in the small hall in Hampton Street. Fairfield, last Saturday, afternoon, and several flags and other scouting material were burnt…

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