Racing Boats Lost in Fire
MELBOURNE, Friday.—One of the best fleets of racing boats in Melbourne was last this afternoon. A fire destroyed thc Albert Park Rowing…
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Great Fire Raid on Jap Capital
GUAM, Saturday.-- Tokio arsenal districts were set blazing after midnight last night by a very strong force of Superfortresses. Between 300 and 400 bombers…
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NEW YORK, Sat. -- The Japanese Imperial Palace was set on fire in a great raid on Tokio early today by U.S. Super-Fortresses, Tokio radio says. "The Imperial Omiya Palace,…
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If a Harvard (US) chemistry professor had not battled with crab grass on his suburban lawn, there might have been no…
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Two firemen, were Injured this afternoon when a fire salvage vehicle overturned on its way to a fire at Lever Bros.' factory,…
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BROKEN HILL, Monday.--J. H. Bowden, former flying Doctor pilot, suffered heavy loss by fire this morning when a shed housing two…
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NEW YORK, April 15 (A.A.P.). —Shortly before midnight on Saturday Super-Fortresses in very great strength made an…
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German infantry and tanks this morning strongly counterattacked from north and south the Americans' remaining…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Waggon Overturns Two Firemen Hurt
Two firemen were seriously injured on their way to a fire when, a heavy salvage fire waggon swerved off the road,…
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THE Fire Brigades lunch-hour rally in Martin Place today raised £2000 for the Third Victory Loan within a few minutes…
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Firemen using 100-foot extension ladders will climb up the wall of the Commonwealth Bank building to-day and "rescue" a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Iron Causes Fire in Manly Flats
A FIRE which badly damaged two apartments in a block of flats in Addison Rd., Manly, yesterday, was caused by an electric iron which…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Leading air war planners are elated and amazed by two…
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LONDON, Wednesday. -- British Eighth Army long-range guns today began shelling the railway station at Bologna, big communication centre in northern Italy…
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REGULATIONS recently gazetted require all farmer to fit spark arresters to the exhausted of motor portable engines used in the open…
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"I remember screaming something and asking my mates if I was on fire," said Reg Cook, one of the injured survivors of the Balmain explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News Berlin Reported Under Fire Russians Close In
LONDON. April 1[?] (A.A.P.).— Russian artillery has begun to shell Berlin, according to Paris Radio…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Dead, Two Injured in Terrific Colliery Explosion Lighted Match Fires Methane Gas; Mighty Blast Shakes Balmain
METHANE GAS ignited by a lighted match is believed to have caused an explosion which killed three men and severely injured two others, at the old Balmain coal mine, Birchgrove Road, Balmain, at 10.15 this morning…
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ROME, Sat. -- Allied forces in Italy are using a new firebomb which cannot be extinguished, says Ed. Johnson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London's fire pumps going to Holland to combat floods
LONDON, Sat. -- Fire pumps which fought the blitz in Britain's cities are being rushed to northern Holland to fight floods. Floods are sweeping across…
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