Bush Fires Many Big Conflagrations SYDNEY
Great bush fires have been raging on the Blue Mountains for over a week, and many towns are still in danger…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1944
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Bush Fire Damage Several Homes Threatened
Considerable damage was caused to a eucalyptus distilling plant and several homes were threatened by a bush fire which raged in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mountain Fires. Sydney
Dush In the Blue Mountains area now seem to fee under control, but residents still fear changes In the wind may freshen the flames…
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Reports were current in Mudgee at the week-end that bush fires had swept Harding Bros.' property in the Cudgegong district and…
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Although a number of Mountains teams were unable to compete, and despite the fact that owing to weather conditions the attendance was poor,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Local News Fire Alarm
The fire bell sounded on Friday morning last, and the brigade rushed to the hospital where a grass, fire, fanned by the prevailing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Magnificent Work Fire Fighters Save The Day
Bodington Red Cross Sanatorium (Wentworth Falls) was saved after a long fight on Wednesday last against the most spectacular of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires at Glanmire. Outbreak Covers Wide Area Mr. O. S. Webb's Woolshed Has Narrow Escape
A bushfire rages in a big area around Glanmire and Winourndale [?]dam yesterday and last night. when about 300 firefighters including 200…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires Peril Oberon District Checked Before Town Winds Today May Increase Danger
Two bush fires burning in the Oberon district reached serious proportions yesterday afternoon, but late last night the flames were checked at The Reefs one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heat Wave, Dust and Fires Whole State Swelters
SYDNEY. Monday: The greater [?] of N.S.W. today continued to swelter under the worst heat wave on received for this time of the [?]ea[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Hartley Valley
Thousands of [?] of grassland were burnt out. Block killed and crippled, fence destroyed, and orchards damaged as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orchestra Fights Fire As Overture
Bushfires were responsible for the late starting of the dance held in the Pavilion ballroom on Monday night. It was announced that the Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warning To Motorists -- Fire Engine Has Right Of Way
A complaint that Lithgow motorists had failed to observe the traffic rules during the recent outbreaks of fire, and in doing so had endangered life and property, was made by Sub-station Officer E. Judge, of the Lithgow Fire Brigade, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Light Rain in Southern Areas Another Heat Wave Expected Next Week-end Mountain fires Under Control
SYDNEY. Tuesday, The light scattered showers which fell in various parts of the State last night, while having on value from a dodder producing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Estimating Bushfire Damage
Official estimate places the area of bushland destroyed in the Newnes bushfire as 25,000 acres. Fortunately, the fire did not reach…
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A fire believed to have been started by a spark from the exhaust of a tractor resulted in the loss of about 30 acres of valuable sheep…
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Bush fires have broken out in several parts of the district recently, but fortunately up to date no serious damage has resulted from…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →MAN-MADE Disastrous Bush Fires SYDNEY
Returning from the western districts, where big fires have been raging for over a week, Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Disastrous Fire. School Residence at Dunedoo Destroyed Afternoon Blaze
A fierce fire which broke out yesterday afternoon about 3.30 o'clock totally destroyed the school residence, occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roaring Fires Immense Damage Reported Stock Incinerated
Thousands of acres of grassland were burnt out, stock killed and crippled, fences destroyed and orchards damaged…
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