German Vessels Set on Fire
LONDON, Wednesday: Off the Norsweg[?]an coast Royal Air Force Mosquit[?] and Bea[?]ighters yesterday attacked fiver German merchant ships and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
575 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 27 of 29
Fire at Winburndale Originated on Rifle Range
In a report to Bathurst Council last night the City engineer recommended that a claim the judged with the Defence Department for damages in respect to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat Wave Increases Bushfire Peril
SYDNEY. Friday: The Acting Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Newman issued a warming today that heat and threatening will had greatly increase…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Compensation to Bush Fire Fighters
Both Houses of the N.S.W. Parliament have passed a bill giving compensation to bush fire fighters who were injured and to their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Black Sunday Two People Perish Bush Fires and Dust Storms SYDNEY
Bush fires took a heavy toll throughout N.S.W. yesterday. Two people were burned to death and 40 homes, two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Bush Fire FLAMES 70 Ft. High House and Stock Destroyed
A bush fire, which has had disastrous results, started in the vicinity of Budgee yesterday morning and, fanned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in Suburbs
SYDNEY, Sunday: Sydney fire brigades today received over 100 calls to local bush and gras fires. In one suburb RAAF men helped fight the fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Brickworks
Fifteen tons of firewood was badly damaged by a fire which started about 10 a.m. yesterday at the Bathurst brickworks, on the Orange Road. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Captain Burnt
SYDNEY, Sunday: While fighting a fire at Toongabbie on the western line today the captain of the local fire brigade was cut off by a pocket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dust Pall Over State More Fires on Mountains
SYDNEY, Sunday: Thick dust storms wore retorted over all parts of N.S.W. today. They were especially severe in the central and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stuart Town Sensation Explosion and Fire
A mysterious explosion which occurred in the laundry of the hotel at Stuart Town set fire to the building…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire And Drought Scorch Fertile Hartley Valley
Drought, fire and frost have combined to destroy practically all production in Hartley valley this year. Under normal conditions Hartley is one of the richest agricultural districts in the Mountains area,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Check on Careless Use of Fires
SYDNEY. Monday: Drastic restrictions on the lighting of fires in the open today were announced by the [?] Secretary Mr. Baddeley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Athens British Troops Clearing Suburbs
LONDON. Monday: More British troops are on their way to Athens. There are some 25,000 ELAS in and around the Greek capital Other left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Bombs on Tokio
NEW YORK. Monday: Two Super-fortresses from the Marianas dropped many incendiary bombs, and caused fires in the capital last night says Tokio…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Still Racing Many Mountain Homes Lost Hospital Quarters Burnt at Dungog
SYDNEY, Monday: Bush fires continued in many parts of NSW today and once more there was dancer to lives and properly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Fire Danger Passes Relief for Sufferers
SYDNEY. Tuesday: Immediate fire danger throughout most areas of the State has passed, and relief organisation for sufferers has commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clothing Coupons Bush Fire Losses SYDNEY
The Rationing Commission states that people who lost clothing and household linen in bush fires may make application for coupons to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grass Fire
A grass fire broke out at the railway yards on Sunday, 10th. The flames, fanned by a strong wind, rapidly spread to Mr. J. H…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rain Eases Fire Menace Light Falls on Mountains
SYDNEY, Wednesday : The menace of further bushfires has been reduced by light rain which has fallen on the State's bushfire areas, said…
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