Munitions Ship Fire Hero
Sapper Jack Cleaves has his George Medal colors sewn on to his tunic by an old friend, Mrs. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires & bushfires, 1942
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Continued Farming Under Enemy Fire
FOR carrying on farm work under enemy fire, a British farmer and his helpers have been decorated. The George Medal has been awarded to Gilbert W. J. Mitchell, and the British Empire Medal to Mrs. Mitchell and Miss G. L. Harrison, a tractor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Investigate Wool Store Fire
The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) will investigate last Sunday's big wool store fire at F. W. Hughes Pty.'s mills, Botany…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire-proof Timber in Ship Construction
One hundred years ago wool was extensively used in ship construction. To-day wood is still extensively used, notwithstanding that hulls and decks are constructed of steel, and this has been one of the problems facing shipowners and their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tank gunners fight fire
Saturday.--After riddling a target with magnificent shooting, anti-tank troops had to become fire-fighters this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →U.S. Carrier's Guns Blaze Movements Of Slain Soldier a Mystery
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The greatest problem facing detectives investigating the murder of Driver Albert Roy Willis (44), attached to the Home Forces, is to find out his movements in Geelong during Thursday and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Sydney Ack-Ack guns open fire at plane
Anti-aircraft guns in a Sydney area over which flying is prohibited fired a burst when an Allied plane-appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oil Blaze in Mexico
NEW YORK, Monday. -- Thousands of firemen and troops are helping oil company employees and other civilians in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Blaze in Mexico
NEW YORK, Monday. -- Thousands of firemen and troops are helping oil company employees and other civilians in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Blaze in Mexico
NEW YORK, Monday. -- Thousands of firemen and troops are helping oil company employees and other civilians in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil Blaze in Mexico
NEW YORK, Monday. -- Thousands of firemen and troops are helping oil company employees and other civilians in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oil Blaze in Mexico
NEW YORK, Monday. -- Thousands of firemen and troops are helping oil company employees and other civilians in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Blaze in Mexico
NEW YORK, Monday. -- Thousands of firemen and troops are helping oil company [?]ployees and other civilians in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Men Make Home Fires Burn
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Householdersi in one street are escaping Melbourne coal and firewood famine this winter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Father, Son Die In Fire
William James Mayne, 35, munition worker and his two-year-old son, John, were killed when their flat in Wentworth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boys Suspected of Starting Fire
Police are searching for boys who are suspected of having started a fire at the yards of the Clyde Lighterage Co., Ltd., Birchgrove Road, Balmain,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cologne Ravaged by Bomb Every Second 1000 Planes Lit Up In Blaze From City
LONDON, Monday. -- On Saturday night citizens of the great German industrial town of Cologne had a 90-minute lesson in the real meaning of total war--at the rate of one ton of high explosive every two seconds. This was the dreadful message of destruction brought by more than 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Father and Son Killed Fire in Blackheath Flats
KATOOMBA, Sunday.—John Mayne, aged two, and his father, William James Mayne, 35, were killed when fire broke out in one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britain Launches Against Germany Heaviest Air Offensive Of War 1000 Bombers Attack Cologne Rhineland-Ruhr Blaze Visible From North Sea
LONDON, Sunday.--Britain last night launched the heaviest air offensive of the war. One thousand bombers attacked the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saboteurs Start Fires
CAPETOWN, Tuesday. -- Six fires, which apparently had been started by saboteurs, broke out in Pretoria on Sunday night…
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