EDITORIAL Won't light the fires of victory
LONDON, Sat. -- The official mind all over the world is carefully arranging details of the European…
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Nazi warships open fire on Copenhagen, kill many
LONDON, Sat. -- German warships in Copenhagen Harbor this morning opened fire with machine-guns and anti-aircraft guns against several sections of the city, states the American Associated Press Stockholm correspondent…
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Police, ambulance, and fire brigade officials have taken special precautions for VE-Day. Sydney Harbor Patrol units will watch for mishaps on ships during the celebrations…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Wewak, last enemy coastal stronghold in New Guinea, is now within range of our artillery…
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Hundreds of King's Cross revellers were drenched by water from a broken fire hose in Springfield Avenue at 1 a.m. today. Thousands were still celebrating VE-Day in the streets, and…
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AT 8 o'clock this morning,the complete capitulation of Germany took effect, and Europe was at peace after five and a half years of war. Every official announcement of the end…
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The rear portion of a house at no 8 Albert St., Petersham, was severely damaged by fire this afternoon…
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LONDON, May 8 (A.A.P.).—Mr. Churchill announced in the House of Commons to-day that hostilities would cease in Europe at one minute after midnight to-night…
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A five-roomed fibrolite cottage and contents, owned and occupied by Mrs. Louisa Usher, of 46 Anthony Street. Fairfield, and her son, was burned to the…
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A Royal Navy Corsair fighter in flames on the deck of H.M.S. Illustrious after a crash landing on return from a mission over enemy territory. Fire-fighters are playing foam on the fire, some working close in, dressed in asbestos suits…
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LONDON, May 9 (A.A.P.).—With all its memories of big events, London has probably never known a day or night like those it has just had. The historic celebration was focussed on Buckingham Palace, Whitehall, and Piccadilly…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--At midnight last night--hour of the Cease Fire in Europe--the excitement of millions of Londoners celebrating in the streets of the bombed capital…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--Less than 12 hours after the cease fire in Europe, German planes bombed Prague (Czech capital)…
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A fire which destroyed £2000 worth of uninsured catalogues and an employee's defalcation of £2000 were blamed for his bankruptcy by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Fire Engines Set Alight By Oil From Burning Shed
BRISBANE, Thursday.--Five fire engines attending a fire at Maine Junction early this morning were set alight by oil from a burning shed. The firemen had to move the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--Shopkeepers in Regent Place, Melbourne, estimate that they will lose £1000 worth of trade a week because the Regent Theatre is…
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A soldier was burned in bed today when he fell asleep while smoking. He is Gordon Miles, 26, of…
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Guam, Monday.--Five hundred Superfortresses rained fire bombs on Nagoya (Japan's third city) in daylight today. The attack was made by the largest force of Superfortresses yet used in a Pacific operation, 100 more than were used in last…
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WASHINGTON, May 14 (A.A.P.).—Three thousand five hundred tons of incendiary bombs rained down on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Signal Fire Leads to Lost Student
Lost in the dense scrub country at Wollomombi Falls, in the Armidale district, since early on Sunday, Alexander Linton (21), student at New England University, has been found. HE had kept himself warm at…
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