Forest Fires; Martial Law BOSTON
Three Rhode Island towns were placed under martial law today as the most serious forest fires ever…
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Theatre Roof on Fire
When the roof of the Mayfair Theatre, in Castlereagh Street, city, caught fire yesterday afternoon, dense smcke rolled, through the theatre, but…
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Fire broke out yesterday afternoon on the roof of the Mayfair Picture Theatre, Castlereagh Street, City. Directed by usherettes, the audience…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pipe Starts Fire in Raid
LONDON, May 1 (A.A.P.).—During a raid on an east coast town a nearby bomb exrplosion startled a householder who was doing with his, pipe in his…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dies After Fall Into Hut Fire
ADELAIDE, Friday.--A man was so numbed by burns when he fell into a fire during a fit that he did not realise the shocking extent of his injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Guns Fire Over Channel
At one of the heavy German gun emplacements mounted on the French coast, which have bombarded the English coast and shipping in the English Channel. A shell has left on its way to Dover, leaving a dense cloud of smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Japanese Aircraft Over Townsville; Guns Blaze Air War In North Nearing Climax
Japanese planes flew over Townsville in the past 72 hours, says our special representative at an advanced Allied base. They were flying at a great height, and were apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lessons On Control Of Fire Bombs
Intensity of the air war in Australia's near north is a warning to all Australian civilians who have not yet learned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coroner Probes Fatal Woy Woy Fire Man Charged After Mother Dies
MRS. Thelma Eileen Hayes was in her backyard. It was moonlight, and as April nights usually are in Woy Woy, this first night of April, 1942, was quiet except that three people were wrangling in the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Townsville Guns Fire at Strange Planes Jap reconnaissance suspected as ships mass in islands
Anti-aircraft guns at Townsville fired at two unidentified military planes over the city on Friday. Allied fighter-planes tried unsuccessfully to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Home News Forest Fires Work of Enemy Saboteurs
Destructive forest fires Which swept the south-western sections of Rhode Island have been put Out. G-men are searching for the enemy agents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Martial Law During Huge Forest Fire
NEW YORK. May 3 (A.A.P.).— Three Rhode Island towns were placed under martial law yesterday for the duration of a serious forest fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →32 Homeless After Olen Davis Fire
A fire In the marriage men's quarters at Glen Davis on Saturday night destroyed the contents of nine huts arid left 32 people homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Glen Davis 31 Left Homeless
A fire in the married men's quarters at the Glen Davis shale oil works on Saturday night destroyed nine homes and left 31…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Levy to Aid Burnt-out Families
ABOUT 600 employees at the Glen Davis oilfields last night decided to levy themselves half a shift to assist the 32 families left homeless after…
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ABOUT 600 employees at the Glen Davis oilfields last night decided to levy themselves half a shift to assist the 32 families left homeless after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Watches Ack-ack Fire
ON THE JOB at a practice shoot. U.S. member of an anti-aircraft gun crew at an Australian base…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Fire on Giant Liner
NEW YORK. May 5 (A.A.P.).—A small fire on the 83.423 tons liner Lafayette, formerly the Nonmandie, was quickly extinguished last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ack-ack Fire Is "Good Fun"
"Watching ack-ack fire from a bomber is as good, as a fireworks display," an R.A.A F air- gunner who has arrived at an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Control Fire Bombs
Fire Brigade experts will give a public demonstration in the control of oil and incendiary bombs at 8 pm today at Arncliffe…
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