Fire at Leeton
The Soldiers' Memorial Hall [?] Leeton was severely damaged by fire early yesterday. It is believed that the fire started…
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Wall of Fire Defence of Britain
LONDON, Sunday.--A wall of fire at the Channel approaches was part of Britain's defence plan in 1941…
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LONDON, Monday.--German troops never tried to invade England late in 1940, but if they had British defences would have turned many miles of Dover Straits into flaming infernos…
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LONDON, Monday.--The Germans did not try an invasion of England by sea during 1940, and so were never entrapped in flames which spread over the water…
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LONDON, June 3.—One of Britain's secret anti-invasion defences was a wall of flame, it is now revealed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Carnage of Japs in Burma Goes on 32,000 Slaughtered By 14th Army In Fire Months Drive Hopeless Flight Through Jungle
COLOMBO, Monday. -- The British 14th Army in Burma killed 31,364 Japs and took 683 prisoners between January 1 and May 27…
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FIRST RADIOPHOTOS of Britain's anti-invasion fire barrier, secrets of which were revealed for the first time last Sunday. Above: Oil from hidden pipes rises at the Channel approaches. IGNITED OIL forms an impenetrable mass of flames and smoke…
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GUNNEDAH, Monday.--Tractors which had not been properly serviced had set wheat crops on fire, Mr. Norman Swain, of Carrol, near Gunnedah, said today…
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One of Britain's most potent secret weapons against a German invasion by…
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Further news from Brisbane states that, using breathing apparatus because of the dense smoke, Brisbane firemen extinguished a…
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GUAM, Tuesday.-- Three thousand tons of fire bombs were rained on Kobe, Japan's greatest port, by between 450 and 500 Super fortresses,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Refuge for Japs on Okinawa Last Positions Under U.S. Fire
NEW YORK, Monday.--U.S. guns and pianos are blasting all remaining Japanese positions in southern Okinawa. Advance U.S. patrols are now within 5½ miles…
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WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--Nearly 500 "Supers" dropped 3000 tons of fire-bombs on Kobe, Japan's principal port, today…
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VERTICAL FLAMETHROWER installed on British ships in the English Channel and East Coast to repel attacks by low-flying air craft The flamethrower was one of Britain's anti-invasion weapons, details of which were released for the first time last…
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Mr. Jacobus von Boss, Sydney electrotherapist, is convinced that British plans for a wall of fire at the Channel approaches in 1941 resulted from a proposal he submitted in July, 1940…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Protection for Castle Hill Transfer of Station
Extension of fire protection to the Castle Hill district, and the transfer of the Baulkham Hills station thereto, was announced by the…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday.--A big force of U.S. Super-Fortresses today dropped nearly 4000 tons of fire bombs on Kobe, big industrial city and Japan's main seaport…
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Penrith Fire Brigade answered a call to a very serious outbreak of Are on Penrith Speedway at 3.15 p.m. on Monday, thought to have been caused…
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Fire destroyed the tailoring shop at Parramatta Gaol early today. Prisoners were last In the…
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GUAM, Wednesday. -- American airmen who parachuted from a crippled Super-Fortress were machine-gunned by…
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