Fire Destroys Signal Box
NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Cockle Creek signal box, which operates a huge portion of the northern railway line, was totally…
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Attempt To Fire Cinema
LONDON, Monday.--Three incendiary bombs ignited prematurely, it is believed, in an attempt to set fire to a Belfast…
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LONDON, Monday.--Three incendiary bombs ignited prematurely, it is believed, in an attempt to set fire to a Belfast…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Cockle Creek signal box, which operates a huge portion of the northern railway line, was totally…
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LONDON, Monday.--Three incendiary bombs ignited prematurely, it is believed, in an attempt to set fire to a Belfast…
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PERTH, Monday--Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fire at the garage of United Buses Limited. Claremont. Seven big buses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£100,000 Fire in Dunedin
AUCKLAND, Sunday.—A big fire in the business area of Dunedin to-day caused damage estimated at £100,000. Several dwellings also were destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gibraltar A Blaze Of Light CAIRO
One of the Empire's most vital strongholds, Gibraltar, is one of the few spots in the European…
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Inquiries by detectives attached to the Railway Department, helped by experts, including analysts and metallurgists,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →13th Fire Unlucky For Widow
NEW YORK. -- A lovelorn young widow, so jealous that she set a dozen fires in three weeks in the building where…
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In a letter to Baulkham Hills Council last week, the State War Effort Co-ordination Committee asked for the establishment of additional…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Hurt in Launch Fire
FIREBOAT attempting to quell blaze on the 30ft. launch Nautigal, destroyed by fire at Rushcutters Bay yesterday. Mr. T. S. Fairweather (owner) was injured while escaping. He was rescued from the Harbor…
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LONDON, Wednesday. -- Poltergeist activities are held as the cause of the fire at Fifeshire mansion for which an…
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LONDON, Wednesday. -- Poltergeist activities are held as the cause of the fire at Fifeshire mansion for which an…
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LONDON, Wednesday. --Poltergeist activities are held as the cause of the fire at Fifeshire mansion for which an…
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LONDON, Wednesday. -- Poltergeist activities are held as the cause of the fire at Fifeshire mansion for which an…
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A communique issued by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) in Canberra yesterday gives new details of Tuesday's R.A.A.F. raid on Lae (New Guinea) and…
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A fire bomb demonstration by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade will be given at the Springwood Public School next Saturday, April 11, commencing…
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Demonstrations at which the public will be shown how to control incendiary bombs will be held at 8 o'clock tonight at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires and Bombs N.E.S. Demonstration by Sydney Firemen
THE demonstration given last Thursday evening by Station Officer McLean and Firemen Kennedy and Berry, of the N.S.W. Fire…
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