Fire at Annandale Works
The top floor of the Chesterfield Tennis Racquet Co. in Trafalgar Street, Annandale, was burnt out last night. Brigades under the First…
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Public Buildings in Rangoon Destroyed by Fire
Scenes in Rangoon, capital of Burma, which is reporred to be in flames as a result of the British plan to destroy the important parts oi the city. Left: Natives in the shadow ot a giant Buddha, one of thousands of similar images throughout Burma. Right: Parliament House (top) and the Municipal Building (lower), two of the impressive buildings in Rangoon…
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Old fire engines, out of commission for years, are being reconditioned for use in country centres. Modern engines, now in the country…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Anti-aircraft guns in a Melbourne defence area at 2.45 a.m. today fired on an R.A.A.F. plane which flew off its course during night exercises…
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The Grand Hotel, a two- storied brick building, was gutted by a fire which started at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. It…
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BANDOENG, Mar. 1.—Exactly a fortnight after, the fall of Singapore, the Japanese have invaded Java, the world's richest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Push 40 Miles Into Java Japan's Three- Point Invasion of Java Swarm Ashore Against Hot Fire Australians Share in Counter- Blow
Landing armored cars and artillery, Japanese invaders of Java today continued to swarm ashore from steel barges under a terrific hammering by Allied warships and almost ceaseless bombing…
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Equipped with respirators, Newtown wardens and NES auxiliaries marched in procession to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hotel Fire Guests Lose Luggage
WELLINGTON, Monday.—The Grand Hotel was full of boarders when it was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning, and they lost…
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City Are engines, already stripped of their sirens because they could be confused with air-raid, alarms, will soon lose their brasswork and red paint…
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THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) issued a special appeal today for the exercise of care in the handling of fire, especially in country districts…
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THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) issued a special appeal today for the exercise of care in the handling of fire, especially in country districts…
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THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) A issued a special appeal today for the exercise of care in the handling of fire, especially in country districts…
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THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) issued a special appeal today for the exercise of care in the handling of fire, especially in country districts…
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THE Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) issued a special appeal today for the exercise of care in the handling of fire, especially in country districts…
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A precaution taken by the London Fire Brigade, before the blitz began, was the laying of six-inch pipes from the Thames to vulnerable…
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Today's air-raid instruction from the N.E.S. Minister (Mr. Heffron) is on fire-bombs…
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A large area of bush in Kuringgai Chase was burnt yesterday. The fire started on Monday, and yesterday morning it spread…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Anti-aircraft guns, somewhere in South Australia, fired on a plane which flew over a prohibited area today…
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MANY types of chemicals are employed as incendiary agents in modern warfare. Magnesium, thermite, phosphorus, oil and sodium are…
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