Newsreel Unit Under Fire Film Records of Malayan War
The official Australian photographic unit in Malaya was under fire almost the whole of the time it was there, and for a…
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Letters to the Editor Fire Fighters
SIR, -- I am writing to you in an endeavor to get some action for exempting N.S.W. country volunteer firemen from military training…
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MORE than £20,000 went up in smoke at Commonwealth establishments last financial year. This serious state of affairs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Japs Drop Fifty Bombs on Broome Civilian Killed In Attack On Airfield Derby Swept by Machine-gun Fire
CANBERRA, Saturday.-- One civilian was killed and some damage done to civil aircraft when Japanese bombers and fighters attacked Broome yesterday. The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said today that…
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CANBERRA, Saturday.--One civilian was killed and some damage done to civil aircraft when Japanese bombers and fighters attacked Broome yesterday. The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said today that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japs Drop Fifty Bombs on Broome Civilian Killed In Attack On Airfirld Derby Swept by Machine-gun Fire
CANBERRA, Saturday.--One civilian was killed and some damage done to civil aircraft when Japanese bombers and fighters attacked Broome yesterday. The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said, today that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japs Drop Fifty Bombs on Broome Civilian Killed In Attack On Airfield Derby Swept by Machine-gun Fire
CANBERRA, Saturday.--One civilian was killed and some damage done to civil aircraft when Japanese bombers and fighters attacked Broome yesterday. The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) said today that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'Sunday Sun's' Mobile Fire Bomb Lessons
Over 200,000 people in Sydney have learned first-hand, at demonstrations, haw to control incendiary bombs. ARP experts have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Life Sacrificed For Birds In Fire
LONDON, Thursday.--A 54-year-old man sacrificed his life for two budgerigars at South Shields when a house caught fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blaze On Melbourne Express
Passengers had to leap for their lives when fire broke out on the Melbourne Express and destroyed a sleeper and another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Control of Fire Bombs
Fire Brigade experts are teaching people in country towns, as well as Sydney suburbs, how to deal with incendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombers Meet Hail of Machine-gun Fire From Our War Correspondent in Papua
PORT MORESBY, March 23.— Nineteen heavy Japanese bombers and four fighters were used in what was the heaviest attack…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sp[?]fires Shield Ships
CAIRO, March 24 (A.A.P.).— Hurricanes and Spitfires shot down three enemy bombers and damaged many others during an attack on our…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Safety First Fire Hints
In air-raids, fires must be expected, so it is important to know what to do, says the N.E.S. Minister…
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THE Minister for N.E.S. (Mr. Heffron) requests all firms to keep their automatic sprinkler system in good order…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dramatic Pictures of Fire on Express
These dramatic pictures show the extent to which the second division of yesterday's express from Sydney to Melbourne was damaged by fire which broke out as the train was travelling between The Rock and Yerong, near Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Raid Hint, No. 74 What To Do In Case Of Fires
IT is important that you know how to act if you are caught in a burning building during a raid. The best way to avoid hot air and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Express Train on Fire Passengers Jump to Safety
Sixty-two first-class passengers on the Sydney to Melbourne express train had to jump for their lives from two carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Furious Jap Air Raids Bombers Meet Terrific Fire At Pt. Moresby
DURING Monday and yesterday at least 46 Japanese planes were over Port Moresby and, although 300 bombs were dropped on the town, there were no casualties and surprisingly little damage was caused, says Barry…
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The best way to avoid hot air and smoke is to lie on the floor of a room and crawl out. Hot air rises, and on the floor one is able to breathp…
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