Horses Saved in Stable Fire
IN a stable fire at the establishment of Flemington trainer, R. Sinclair, the horses were saved by the trainer’s daughters…
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Biggest Fire- Raid Smothers Tokio
GUAM, Thursday.-- Greatest force of Superfortresses ever sent out-- more than 550 of them-- smothered Tokio with 750,000 fire- bombs early today. In a 105- minute attack, they dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Red Paint, Glistening Brass For Sydney's Fire Brigade
Sydney's fare engines win soon be seen on the streets in their former red point and glistening brass fittings, and the firemen will once more wear the familiar brass helmet…
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TOKIO is thinking harder than ever these days, according to that silver-tongued hisser of soft…
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NEW YORK, May 24 (A.A.P.).— Before dawn to-day more than 550 Super-Fortresses from Marianas bases dropped 4,500 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Transfer to Pacific Begins Tokio Gets Its Biggest Load of fire-Bombs
MOVEMENT of large Allied forces the European zone to the Pacific has begun, according to this week's cables. The offensive against Japan is increasing in intensity. Bombing of Japanese cities from bases recently acquired by the Americans is now a daily occurence…
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WASHINGTON, Saturday.--Superfortresses yesterday dropped 4000 tons of bombs on Tokio, still flaming from Wednesday's giant fire…
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ON cold nights I like to sit and gaze into the fire, there to see many beautiful pictures…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Emperor Hirohito's Palace is one of the blazing signposts pointing to the almost complete destruction of Tokio, now a raging inferno and a funeral pyre for thousands of Japanese. WITH smouldering ruins sear-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tokio "Scorched to Ground" in Raid 70 m.p.h. gale sweeps fires through city
NEW YORK, Sat. -- A raid by 500 Super-Fortresses on Tokio today "literally scorched the city to the ground," says Tokio radio. A 70-mile-an-hour gale swept through the city just after…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tokio Ablaze: 70 m.p.h. gale in war's greatest fire-raid; Emperor's Palace destroyed LONDON
TOKIO, once the world's third largest metropolis, has been almost burnt to the ground, the city's radio says. A 70-miles-an-hour gale spread flames from last night's terrific fire…
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Fire gutted the two-storey pottery works of Eric Lowe Pty Ltd., Marrickville-road, Marrickville, today, destroying stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Damages Pottery Works
A fire which burned out the greater part of two floors of Eric C. Lowe Pty.'s pottery factory. Marwickville Rd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Turf Club Is Under Fire
Sydney Turf Club expects to hold its next meeting at Canterbury on June 30 It is to be hoped there are no more "slip ups." S.T.C. committee should see to it that there is a second course in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Heart of Tokyo Destroyed in Fire Raid
NEW YORK, May 27 (A.A.P.).—Following the record Super-Fortress raid on Tolcyo on Thursday and Saturday, in which more than 8,500 tons of incendiary bombs were rained on the city, the Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Loss at Pottery Works
Severe damage was done by fire to a section of the pottery works of Eric Lowe Pty., Ltd., in Marrickville Road. Marrickville, yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Bombs Shower Yokotalma Blow By Superforts First Attack on Naval Base
WASHINGTON, Tuesday. -- Escorted by fighters, 450 Superfortresses today showered the great Japanese naval base of Yokohama with 3000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Fires on Tarakan
Holocaust: Terrific fires on Tarakan send up great billows of smoke, interlaced with streaks from phosphorus shells as US Navy units supporting the Australian invasion of Tarakan strike shore installations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Millions May Have Died In Tokio Fires
GUAM, Wednesday.--A million Japanese, possibly twice that number, may have perished in the six great fire-bomb raids on Tokio, says the Guam correspondent of the "New York…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yokohama Ablaze After Fire Raid Japs Routed By Chinese
WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- Yokohama, fifth Japanese city and port of Tokio, is a blazing inferno after yesterday's massive raid. In two hours more than 450 Superfortresses…
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