SYDNEY today heard the banshee wail of air-raid sirens in the first daylight raid test of Australian history. Streets emptied like magic and a deathlike hush hung over the city. With the news of the bombing of Darwin the trial took on a new significance. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,066 wordsAir raid sirens at Victoria Barracks sounded five minutes after the N.E.S. alarms. THIS was in accordance with ...
Article : 205 wordsMany a person knew a moment of panic when the banshee wail of the siren pierced Sydney's quiet air at 11 o'clock this morning. For a moment people stopped dead in their tracks. The siren was a little too convincing, and the person has not ...
Article : 345 wordsEVIDENCE that Clarence Edward Young, Bridge Road, Forest Lodge, obtained an official permit of admission to an enclosed wharf and ...
Article : 111 wordsThe air-raid alert brought litigation to a sudden halt in the Supreme Court today, but in No. 1 Jury Court the alarm was not heard and Mr. Dwyer, K.C., continued his address with Mr. Justice Street listening. ...
Article : 99 wordsLONDON, Thursday.--Mr. J. G. Winant, American Ambassador to London, before returning to England today, paid a visit to the American ...
Article : 50 words"PENALTIES will be heavily increased if offenders persist in breaking N.E.S. regulations," said Mr. Wood, S.M., in the Traffic Court ...
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Daily Mirror (Sydney, NSW : 1941 - 1955), Thu 19 Feb 1942, Page 2
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