Petrol Fire In Sydney Laundry Woman and Rescures Burnt. Sydney
Two brothers, their mother and a friend were treated in hospital for severe burns when a fire broke out in the laundry of their home at…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
445 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 23
Bush Fires
A severe bush fire was raging on Sunday between Oyster Channel bridge rind the reserve this side of Yamba. Much grass in the paddocks adjoining…
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The very dry weather has dried up everything so much that grass and bush material are like tinder and ignite very easily. The result has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forests Ablaze in South Burnt to Death Two Forestry Officers In Victorian Bush Fires Flames Sweep Wide Area Melbourne
Caught in a bush fire at Glendale, last night, two forestry officials, Charles Demby and John Hartley Barling, were burnt to death…
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A Chrysler touring car, the property of Ernest James McNellee, of 154 Prince street, Grafton, was destroyed by fire on the old Casino road, about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arson Charge Follows Sydney Fire Ten Shops Gutted. Sydney
Harry Oleinikoff (24), chiropodist, was charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having on January 7 entered the shop of Josephine. Pty., .Ltd,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Yenda Extinguished By Rain Several Shops Destroyed. Yenda
Damage to the extent of £3000 was caused when a fire destroyed several shops in the main street yesterday. The extent of the fire would probably have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frontier Posts Attacked By Czechs Houses Set on Fire Commission Investigating. Budapest
It is officially stated that Czech troops and irregulars again attacked Hungarian frontier posts in the vicinity of Ungvar. setting fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Towns Menaced by Raging Bush Fires. People Leaving Homes Victorian Position Serious. Melbourne
Towns and homes are still imperilled by raging bush fires, and desperate attempts are being made to rescue many trapped families…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship on Fire Rimutaka in Pacific 300 Passengers On Board. Motor Ship Standing By. Sydney
Following a wireless message that a fire had broken out aboard the liner Rimutaka, the American motor ship Yomachichi to-day reached her, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rural Bank Uses Radio Against Bush Fires
The Rural Bank's serial, "The Red Terror," is proving very popular with radio listeners, who are, even though many do not realise it, learning much…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →18 Lives Lost in Victorian Bush Fires Blackest Day in State's History Car Parties Trapped By Flames Holacaust Kills 11 Trying to Save Mills Shocking Injuries Sustained by Others Vast Area Of Country A Blackened Ruin MELBOURNE
Trapped by bush fires, 18 people perished in Victoria to-day. The death toll has now reached 20 since the fires commenced. At least ten others are missing. To-day was the blackest day in the tragic history of the Victorian bush…
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On Wednesday afternoon the Fire Brigade was called to the Red Hill, where a bush fire was raging. It got into the abutments under a culvert…
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Tragedy was associated with a bush fire which swept through the thickly timbered country in the Springdale district yesterday…
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More than £3000 worth of damage was done when three buildings containing a billiard room, a butcher shop and ice works and a mercery store…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Follows Explosion Outbreak Near Newcastle. Newcastle
A fire followed an explosion at the factory of the Sanitarium Health Food Co. at Cooranbong late to-night. It is reported that one man was seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires Burning At Lower Bucca Outbreaks in the Rapfville District
Bush fires in the Lower Bucca district have been raging during the past few days and yesterday the past fighters were at work on Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flames Devastate New Areas[?] Danger Revived Victorian Bush Fires Towns Ringed By Flames Families Flee From Homes Melbourne
A hot northerly gale has fanned the dying bush, fires into flames, and this afternoon the situation was again serious in several districts…
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Little is ever said of the huge annual savings matte by fire fighting brigades owing to the time saved in getting to conflagrations, due to fast motor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lightning Starts Fire Near Gunning
Set alight by lightning, a fire broke out on Mr. M. J. Heffernan's property at Biala, near Goulburn, on Sunday morning and spread over an area of about…
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