Too Many "Fires" in N.e.s. Test
A North Shore chief warden created so many imaginary fires in his area during the NES test on Sunday afternoon that the fire brigade refused to take any more calls…
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Man Missing In N.Z. Fire
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The embers of Auckland's huge timber yard fire are being searched for an elderly employee missing…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The embers of Auckland's huge timber yard fire are being searched for an elderly employee missing…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday. --The embers of Auckland's huge timber yard fire are being searched for an elderly employee missing…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.-- The embers of Auckland's huge timber yard fire are being searched for an elderly employee missing…
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Heavy guns on the English side of the Straits of Dover went into action for about…
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To give effect to the expressed of the N.E.S. organisation, the womens of Glenfarne, Lymington and Lewis Streets, Bexley, attended a meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Bomb Demonstration at Cronulla
The above took place on Tuesday night at Gunnamatta Park before a large crowd and was a credit to all concerned…
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Londoners, after their painful experience of the Nazi blitz, have become so fire-conscious that during the lull in enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire-fighting Defects
DOUBTS have been expressed as to the efficacy of Sydney's fire-fighting preparations. Fire Brigade Auxiliary Service is not sufficiently advanced to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bombs Start Big Fires at Rabaul R.A.A.F. Continues Heavy Blows At Japs Moresby A-a Men Want Own Plane
ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, Saturday.--A summing up of air activity in the past few days gives the Allied forces a clear-cut victory. Everywhere the Jap goes, he meets savage opposition…
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ADVANCED ALLIED BASE, Saturday.--A summing up of air activity in the past few days gives the Allied forces a clear-cut victory. Everywhere the Jap goes, he meets savage opposition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sanguinary Air Battle Over Moresby: Japs Sack And Fire Village
A sanguinary aerial combat over Port Moresby on Friday is reported in the Headquarters' communique issued late yesterday, but no details are given. In New Guinea a Japanese ground raiding party sacked and burned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dea[?] Mute Burned to Death Pelican Island Blaze
KEMPSEY, Sunday A.—A deaf mute, Samuel Elliott, 56, suffered f[?]tal burns in a fire which destroyed the [?]lican Island Hotel, Jerseyville, three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Fire in Cruiser"
LONDON, April 26. (A.A.P.).— Rome Radio quotes a report from La Linea, Spain, that a fire broke out in a British cruiser at Gibraltar and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£1,000,000 Cotton Fire
CAPETOWN, Monday.-- Cotton valued at over £1,000,000, which was destined for England, was destroyed in a big warehouse fire here…
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CAPETOWN, Monday.-- Cotton valued at over £1,000,000, which was destined for England, was destroyed in a big warehouse fire here…
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NEW YORK:-- Madisonville (Texas) fire department is using Assistant Chief Whitten as a decoy-- and reports good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Normandie Fires Provide Lessons
NEW YORK.--"Remember the Normandie," henceforth will be the watchword of the United States Forest Service in…
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LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).--Cotton worth £1,250,000, belonging to Great Britain, was destroyed by fire at East London (South Africa). The cotton…
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