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Fires & bushfires, 1942

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Daily Telegraph Picture Stories Gunn's Gully -- -- Fire Water!

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 7

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British Spoil Rommel's Plans In Most Crucial Libya Battle Twin Drives on Tobruk Broken by Hail of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 3

CAIRO, Tuesday.--By a terrific onslaught of tanks, artillery and infantry, and by a skilful manoeuvre, the British on Saturday defeated Rommel in what a high military authority described to me as probably one of the most crucial battles of the Libya campaign, writes Leonard Mosley, Daily Mirror Special…

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British Wreck Rommel's Plans In Most Crucial Libyan Battle Twin Drives on Tobruk Broken by Hail of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 3

CAIRO, Tuesday.--By a terrific onslaught of tanks, artillery and infantry, and by a skilful manoeuvre, the British on Saturday defeated Rommel in what a high military authority described to me as probably one of the most crucial battles of the Libyan campaign…

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British Ruin Axis Plans In Most Crucial Libyan Battle Twin Drives on Tobruk Broken by Hail of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 3

CAIRO, Tuesday.--By a terrific onslaught of tanks, artillery and infantry, and by a skilful manoeuvre, the British on Saturday defeated Rommel in what a high military authority described to me as probably one of the most crucial battles of the Libyan campaign,…

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British Wreck Rommel's Plans In Most Crucial Libyan Battle Twin Drives on Tobruk Broken by Hail of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 3

CAIRO, Tuesday.--By a terrific onslaught of tanks, artillery and infantry, and by a skilful manoeuvre, the British on Saturday defeated Rommel in what a high military authority described to me, as probably one of the most crucial baffles of the Libyan campaign…

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British Wreck Rommel's Plans In Most Crucial Libyan Battle Twin Drives on Tobruk Broken by Hail of Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 3

CAIRO, Tuesday.--By a terrific onslaught of tanks, artillery and infantry, and by a skilful manoeuvre, the British on Saturday defeated Rommel in what a high military authority described to me as probably one of the most crucial battles of the Libyan Campaign…

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Submarine Fires At Vessel Off Sth.-East Coast MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 1

An unsuccessful attack with gunfire by an enemy submarine on an Allied vessel off the south-east coast of Australia was revealed in a High Command communique issued today by General Headquarters South-West Pacific…

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Two Australians Help Fire Ship London

The Sun · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 4

Two Australians were in the crew of a Coastal Command Hudson bomber which set firs to an enemy ship off the Frisian Islands on Monday…

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Fireman Crushed to Death Another Badly Hurt In Factory Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 5

A fireman was crushed to death yesterday and another critically injured when fire gutted portion of the works of R. B. Davies, Pty., Ltd., hardware manufacturers,…

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Results Of Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 2

POLICE examining the wreckage in the partially gutted works of R. B. Davies Pty., Ltd., which burst into flames yesterday evening. One fireman was hilled by falling steel and another badly hurt. The die-stamping room, cafeteria, metal storeroom, men's dressing…

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Leaking Oil Caused Fatal Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 1

The fire which yesterday destroyed portion of the works of R. B. Davies Pty. Ltd., hardware manufacturers, Illawarra Road,…

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Leaking Oil Caused Fatal Factory Fire

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 7

The fire which yesterday destroyed portion of the works of R. B. Davies Pty. Ltd., hardware manufacturers, Illawarra Road,…

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Suspicious Fire on Ship New York

The Sun · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 2

The Third Naval District Officer announced today that a fire of suspicious origin broke out aboard the Irene Dupont (6400…

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Big Factory Fire Fireman Crushed to Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 5

A fireman was crushed to death under tons of red-hot iron and steel, and another suffered a severe electric s[?]ock, in a fire…

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Fireman Trapped Under Steelwork at Factory Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1942 · page 6

Firemen working with oxy-acetylene torches to free Fireman M. L. Griffin, who was trapped and killed under tons of red bot steel work which collapsed on him at a fire which destroyed portion of the hardware factory of R. B. Davies Pty., Ltd., Illawarra Road, Marrickville, last evening. Over 600 men and women were employed at the works. Another fireman received a severe electric shock, but recovered under treatment…

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Funeral Of Fire Hero

The Sun · Sunday 14 June 1942 · page 5

Two hundred firemen and 50 police marched at the funeral yesterday of Senior-Fireman Michael L. Griffin, who was…

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Suspicious Fire

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 2

The Third District Officer, U.S. Navy, announced on Thursday that a fire broke out aboard the Irene Dupont (6400 tons), which…

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Newcastle Guns Open Fire On Suspected Sub

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

Coastal batteries at Newcastle last night opened fire on a suspected enemy submarine, according to the official communique issued at Allied Headquarters in Melbourne this afternoon…

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Newcastle Guns Open Fire On Suspected Sub

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 4

Coastal batteries at Newcastle last night opened fire on a suspected enemy submarine, according to the official communique issued at Allied Headquarters in Melbourne this afternoon…

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Shore Guns Fire Newcastle Hag Black-out

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 June 1942 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Coast[?] batteries at Newcastle opened fire at an object off the coast to-night…

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