Dread fire-bomb found by accident
NEW YORK, Sat. -- The gasoline jelly used in the devastating fire-bomb raids on Japanese cities was…
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Smoky fuel worries circus fire-eater
WILLIAM FAUGARD, fire-eater at Wirths Circus, is worried because he cannot get pure petrol to ignite in his act. He has to use crude oil instead. He said: "Crude oil tastes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Injured woman thinks of pet Faces fire to save dog
THOUGH severely burned when a room heater exploded in her face, a woman last night returned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Worried mother set family on fire Deep River (Iowa)
WORRIED over possible drafting of her husband, 28-year-old Mrs. Elsie Krakow poured petrol over herself and her three children and then ignited it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cottage Damaged by Fire
A cottage in Torrington Road, Maroubra, was damaged on Saturday when a fire occurred in the roof. Neighbours assisted the occupant, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Prisoners Appeal for Cease Fire
WASHINGTON, April 8 (A.A.P.).— An appeal by German prisoners of war in the United States to the German Army and people to lay down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Going Home On Fire -Carts; Red Devils Spoil Posh Dinner Crazy Scenes In Germany
One feels that our amazing advance into Germany is not a war, but some crazy musical comedy. Next to Russians, we see mostly French and Polish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warship Fire Kills 200 Men
WASHINGTON, Tuesday. --The U.S. Navy has revealed that there were 649 casualties, including more than 200 killed, aboard the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in 1,000,000 Gal. Petrol Tank
A fire occurred yesterday in a 1,000,000 gallon petrol tank owned by Independent Oil Industries Pty., Ltd., at Glebe. The tank was emptied recently to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"End of World" Scene in North Germany Retreating Enemy Fires Cities From Our War Correspondents and A.A.P.
LONDON, April 9.—"It looks like the end of the world," said reconnaissance pilots to-day, describing the scene behind the enemy lines as British tanks closed on Bremen and Hanover…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire In Cadiz
LONDON, Wednesday. -- A large part of the harbor area of the Spanish port of Cadiz was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paper Raid, Japs Cease Fire
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. --Two RAAF men are convinced that the pen is mightier than the sword, says…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Synthetic Fire-proof Material
A new fireproof material, produced by British scientists from waste ash, may save millions of pounds annually,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Several Die in Fire at Spanish Port
LISBON, Wednesday.--A large area of the Spanish port of Cadiz was destroyed yesterday by fire. Several people were burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazis Planned Fire Death for Soviet Slave Workers
BRITISH TROOPS at Osnabruck (Germany) treat Russian slave workers for burns after freeing them from a blazing basement, where they had been imprisoned by the Germans. The Germans set the basement on fire with the intention of destroying their captives. NAZI YOUTH.--These three 14-year-old German soldiers were taken prisoner by Allied troops on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Keeps Home Fires Burning
LONDON, Thursday.--Henry Clifford Smith, a conscientious objector, of Bristol, told a court he could not take…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fire Precautions
Although the bushfire danger is over for the time being, the Chief Secretary's Department states that regulations recently gazetted require the filling of spark arresters to the exhausts of motor tractors, power-driven harvesters, or portable enginos used in the open air during all months…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at Prices Commission
A fire broke out shortly after 5.30 p.m. yesterday in a store-room filled with stationery on the ground floor of Dalton House. Pitt Street, city,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rescue In Plane Fire
While firemen were still fighting flames in the tail section of a crashed American transport plane at Mascot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Arrested After Fire
A boy aged 16 was arrested by Detectives Baker and Harris yesterday on a charge of having set fire to the stationery storeroom on the ground floor…
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