Miners Do Extra Ship To Make Up Fire Losses
Tribune · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 6
Miners' Federation members, in their determination to maintain coal production for war, have waived their deep-seated objection to working the afternoon shift. Demand for rich Maitland coals is too great for production…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushfires Round Sydney
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 August 1943 · page 9
Firemen during the greater part of yesterday were fighting 11 bush and grass fires in Sydney suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →'Millionaire Was Set on Fire'
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1943 · page 6
NASSAU (Bahamas), August 5 (A.A.P.).—Evidence that Sir Harry Oakes, a multi-millionaire, was set on fire while lying on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushfire Menace
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1943 · page 7
KEMPSEY, Thursday.—bushfires [?]aged in the Macleay district this week. A fierce fire swept through Mr. Johnston's property at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Maliciously Caused
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 August 1943 · page 12
The City Coroner, Mr. Oram, yesterday found that a lire which broke out on June 10 on the third floor of factory premises at 194 Chalmers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Caledonian Collieries' Fire Loss
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 7 August 1943 · page 13
IF any holder of ordinary shares in Caledonian Collieries has been harboring a secret hope that war will bring his wait for a dividend to an end he can allow his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wife Rescues Actor From Fire
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 August 1943 · page 10
NEW YORK. Aug. 6 (A.A.P.).— The formor film actor. Harold Lloyd, was rescued by his wife. Mildred Davis Lloyd, in an explosion and five which…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wife Saves Film Actor From Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1943 · page 3
LOS ANGELES, Friday (A.A.P.).-- Harold Lloyd, film actor, was rescued from a fire on his Beverly Hills estate yesterday by his wife. Mildred Davis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys M.H.R.'s CAR
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1943 · page 7
THE GAR in which Sir Earle Page, M.H.R., and his secretary were travelling when it caught fire near Wauchope on Thursday. When smoke first appeared in the car, the occupants thought it came from a near-by bushfire, but a few…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Germans Fire Catania Before Retreating 8th Army Finds Houses Demolished, Bridges Blown Up, Roads Mined
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1943 · page 2
CATANIA, Friday.--The approaches to Catania were a mass of destruction as Eighth Army forces marched into the city yesterday. Great fires had been started by the Germans when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sure-fire trio in Hockey
The Sun · Sunday 8 August 1943 · page 12
THERE young members of Ryde B Hockey team -- K. Lance, N. Cargill and A. Knox--have scored in every…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boy wounded by bullet in fire
The Sun · Sunday 8 August 1943 · page 2
Brian Derrin, 3, of Rothsay-avenue. Ryde, was shot in the mouth when a cartridge exploded in a fire he had lit in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Face Death When Explosives Catch Fire
The Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1943 · page 2
On a blazing motor launch filled with heavy explosives, detonators and incendiary bombs, three naval men figured in a dramatic exploit in a harbor in north-west Australia. The men were Chief Petty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Two-day Salamaua Raid 227 Tons On Jap Positions Bombs Cause Widespread Damage, Many Fuel Fires
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1943 · page 5
JAPANESE positions of Salamaua, in New Guinea, have suffered 227 fans of bombs in two days this week, it is revealed in General MacArthur's communique today. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Two-day Salamaua Raid 227 Tons On Jap Positions Bombs Cause Widespread Damage, Many Fuel Fires
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1943 · page 5
JAPANESE positions at Salamaua, in New Guinea, have suffered 227 tons of bombs in two days this week, if is revealed in General MacArthur's communique today. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Two-day Salamaua Raid 227 Tons On Jap Positions Bombs Cause Widespread Damage, Many Fuel Fires
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1943 · page 5
JAPANESE positions at Salamaua, in New Guinea, have suffered 227 tons of bombs in two days this week, if is revealed in General MacArthur's communique today. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Two-day Salamaua Raid 227 Tons On Jap Positions Bombs Cause Widespread Damage, Many Fuel Fires
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 August 1943 · page 5
JAPANESE positions of Salamaua, in New Guinea, have suffered 227 tons of bombs in two days this week, it is revealed in General MacArthur's communique today. This is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prevention Against Bush Fires
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 August 1943 · page 6
Because of the danger of early bush fires in the coastal area, arrangements were being made by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee for the issue of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£1500 Damage Bag Factory Fire
Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 August 1943 · page 3
A DELAIDE, Thursday.--Spontaneous combustion in 13,000 empty sodium nitrate bags caused a fire which damaged machinery and 23,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£1500 Damage in Bag Factory Fire
Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 August 1943 · page 3
A DELAIDE, Thursday.--Spontaneous combustion in 13,000 empty sodium nitrate bags caused a fire which damaged machinery and 23,000…
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