Lease-lend Fire Engines
Sixty-five fire engines for use in air-raid emergency will be sent to New South Wale's under the U.S. lend-lease plan…
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Britain's Girl Fire Fighters
ALL OVER ENGLAND women have been recruited for the fire guards. They watch factories and buildings for fires…
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Arrangements have been made, under the Lease-Lend plan, for New South Wales to receive 25 fire engines of 750 gallons a minute pumping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Damages Duco Plant at Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. --Fire slightly damaged the duco shop at a large Newcastle factory this morning, but production will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →10 Indictments in Coconut Grove Fire
NEW YORK, Tuesday. --Ten persons have been indicted in connection with the fire at the Coconut Grove night club, Boston, on November 28,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Blaze In Ruhr After R.A.F. Raid
LONDON Wednesday.-- R.A.F. bombers were over Germany on Monday night and attacked the industrial area of the Ruhr for the second time in 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tanks Run Gauntlet of Axis Fire
LONDON, Jan. 5. (A.A.P.).— Saturday's British tank raid on Axis positions in the Medjez el Bab area was carried out by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brought Plane Home on Fire
LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.). --A Lancaster bomber flown by an Australian crew in Monday night's R.A.F. raid on the Ruhr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Commissioners' Board. Municipal Representative
The matter of the election of a representative of metropolitan municipal councils to the Board of Fire Commissioners for the next…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Enemy Ship Set on Fire
NEW DELHI, Jan. 6 (A.A.P.)—A United States Air Force communique says: "A formation of heavy bombers from the 10th Air Force on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Army Helps With Bushfire Control
MILITARY authorities in Wagga district were to be congratulated on the splendid co-operation being given to local authorities in combating bush fires, said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Brigades
Mr. H. E. Messer, Chairman of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee, reports that in a number of cases bushfire brigades have been established…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victims of Boston Fire
Victims of tragic fire which swept through the Cocoanut Grove Night Club, Boston, on November 18, being carried to safely by volunteers. Others render first aid to the injured. A total of 482 people lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cigarette Believed Cause of Fire
Someone, it is believed, threw a lighted cigarette-butt over a partition into a recess on the fourth floor of Hardy's Chambers, in a lane at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Spotting From the Air
The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said yesterday that the Bush Fires Advisory Committee proposed to discuss with the R.A.A.F. authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Army Help In Fire-Fighting Campaign
THE splendid co-operation being given to local authorities by the military authorities in the Wagga district in combating bushfires was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal and State Bushfire Laws; Control Explained
THE Federal order under the National Security Regulations dealing with bush fires puts an end to the operation of some State laws…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Bushfire In S.A. Ranges
ADELAIDE, Friday. -- More than 20 square miles in the Barossa Ranges has been swept by a bush-fire, which destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Prevention in City
Plans for a new fire prevention service in the city of Sydney, based on a block system, are being prepared by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →R.a.f. Bombs Start Fires in Burma
LONDON, Saturday.-- Royal Air Force bombers raided the Japanese-occupied port of Akyab in Burma, and several nearby targets, on…
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