Guns Fire on I Aircraft Over Prohibited Area
MELBOURNE. Sunday.—An aircraft on a travel flight from a R.A.A.F. station in Victoria was fired on by anti-aircraft…
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Set Five Fires To Cure His "Head Pains"
NEW YORK.--A firebug, arrested 40 minutes after he set five or possibly six blazes in Brooklyn, told police that fires…
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Unfavorable weather in the northern districts of New South Wales, may adversely affect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Military Stops Display Bondi Fire-bomb Demonstration
A demonstration by the Fire Brigade of methods of dealing with incendiary bombs at the Bondi Auditorium last night, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mair Playing With Fire, Says McKell
"N.S.W. is doing financially find, other ways, more for the war effort than was ever even contemplated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Convoy Saved Destroyer's Accurate Anti-aircraft Fire
LONDON, March 16 (A.A.P.).— A Polish destroyer on Saturday saved a convoy by fiercely engaging German dive-bombers and…
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"When I asked the Auburn fire chief what he would do for trained helpers if bombs caused many fires in Auburn, he…
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"The Sunday Sun" air-raid float will be at Burwood railway station from 5 pm to 7.30 pm today, after which it will be on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raid Hint No. 68: Speed Essential To Fight Fires
PARTICULAR attention must be given to fire-fighting appliances. In each house there must be containers filled with loose sand, sand…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Three men were killed when a trawler which failed to answer the usual signal when entering a northern…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Admiralty Under Fire Attacks Made on Policy
LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Churchill Administration, and particularly the Admiralty, was under fire in Parliamentary and…
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LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Churchill Administration, and particularly the Admiralty, was under fire in Parliamentary and…
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LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Churchill Administration, and particularly the Admiralty, was under fire in Parliamentary and…
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WASHINGTON, March. 17 (A.A.P.).—Bills are to be introduced into Congress which would suspend for the duration…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Prevention of Bush Fires
To prevent bush fires and to improve the brownout, the Premier, Mr. McKell, yesterday issued an order under National Security Regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires at Cabra-vale
On Thursday evening last, a scrub fire occurred in Cumberland Street, Cabramatta. Scrub and grass were destroyed. At 12.30 p.m. on Monday an outbreak…
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Shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Hurstville and Kogarah Fire Brigades were summoned to a fire which had broken out in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Burning Off Prevention of Rush Fires
To prevent bushfires and to improve the brownout, the Premier, Mr. McKell, yesterday issued an order under National…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Town Hall
Shortly after the conclusion of last night's presentation of the play "Roberta" by Rockdale Musical Society at Rockdale Town Hall, a fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What to Do in an Air Raid. Advice to Residents. Phosphorus Fire Rome's
The phosphorus incendiary bomb used by the Japanese is not very dangerous to handle if reasonable care is taken. Unlike the magnesium…
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