Plane's Huge Fire-Power
LONDON, Saturday. -- The new Hurricane fighters mount 12 machine-guns firing 14,400 rounds a minute…
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Plane's Huge Fire-Power
LONDON, Saturday. -- The new Hurricane fighters mount 12 machine-guns firing 14,400 rounds a minute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Destroys Van and Furniture
A fire caused by an explosion in a gas-producer unit destroyed a removal van and its load of furniture, near [?] Ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japs Use Liquid Fire CHUNGKING
The official Chinese radio announces that the Japanese are using liquid fire on a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Watching Duties Unions Interview Minister
Trade union representatives yesterday saw the Minister for National Emergency Services. Mr. Heffron, to discuss the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fires in Country Sweep Through Homes and Shops
Two homes were burnt and scores of others were threatened by a bush fire that raged for five hours at Wentworth Falls yesterday. Forming a bucket brigade, 200 men assisted firemen at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Army Using Showers of Liquid Fire
CHUNGKING, Saturday. -- The Japanese ore using showers of liquid fire against the Chinese in Hunan Province. Propelled by flame-throwers,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfires in Blue Mountains
Bushfires raged in the Blue Mountains district yesterday and at Wentworth Falls a fire which swept along a three-mile front for nine miles,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Bushfire Stops Golf
Golfers at Wentworth Falls Club had to stop play yesterday to fight a bushfire. "The fire swept from one end of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Woman, 57, Dies in Fire
Mrs. Annie Ribbons, 57, of Portland, was burned to death in a fire at Angus Place, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →107.5 Degrees Heat-wave Hits Parched Sydney Woman Burned To Death; City's 105 Calls To Bushfires
With a maximum temperature of 107.5 at 12.45 p.m., Sydney yesterday experienced one of the hottest days on record. On only three occasions since 1859--when weather records were first kept--has the city been hotter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Had 30 Bushfire Alarms
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Bushfires encircled Newcastle yesterday. Fire swept through miles of dry brush and kept district brigades and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Spotters On Job
N.E.S. fire-spotters at action stations on the roof of a city building, keep incessant watch for incendiary bombs and fires, under actual air raid conditions. All big city stores and most other…
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N.E.S. fire-spotters at action stations on the roof of a city building, keep incessant watch for incendiary bombs and fires, under actual air raid conditions. All big city stores and most other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire in Timber Plant
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A disastrous fire, which occurred at the State Forest Commission's seasoning works, Newport, last night, will for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Fire-spotters on Some Govt. Buildings
A flying raid on city buildings last night disclosed that many Government buildings, including N.E.S. headquarters, were apparently without fire spotters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Militia Fight Bushfires
Extensive bushfires on Sunday, when the temperature reached 107.5 in the afternoon, kept firemen, militia, and volunteers busy all day. Top: A night scene in French's Forest. Lower: Militiamen beating out a fire…
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Big bushfires which during the week-end swept through many thousands of acres around Sydney, menacing life and property…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Axis Tanks on Fire in Libya
Many enemy motor vehicles and 38 tanks under repair were destroyed by Empire troops when they captured a German field workshop during the drive into Libya. Axis tanks are burning in the distance. (Department of Information…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Grazing Lands Burned Out Fire Began Month Ago
LISMORE, Tuesday.— Hundreds of acres of valuable swamp grazing lands have been destroyed in the Newrybar swamp…
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