State Forest Fires
Richmond Range State Forest was still burning on Wednesday afternoon, but mill employees and a Forestry foreman were keeping the fire in hand…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
298 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 15
Bush Fires Extensive In Queensland Storms Help Fighters. Brisbane
Storms in parts of South-east Queensland have been assisting fire-fighters to control some of the bush fires which have been burning over extensive tracts…
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Fatal burns were received by Mrs. Nellie Silk, 69, when her apron caught fire while she was cooking at her home on Moree common. The other…
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The Forestry Office at Casino reported on Thursday afternoon that all forest fires were now under control. The fires had been so severe during…
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Drought conditions continue to prevail over practically the whole of the State. Sixty properties in the Gooyar district have been swept by bush fires…
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Bush fires have raged along the coast from Cooktown to the New South Wales border, and the smoke has extended miles out to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Fire Petrol In Basement Desperate Fight Succeeds Sydney
A desperate fight against fire and time was made by firemen to-day, when the second floor of a two-storied building in East Sydney was gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire and Pank Rumanian Earthquake Bucharest May Collapse Damage on Oil Fields London
Fire is adding to the havoc caused by Rumania's two ear[?]quakes, the second of which occurred to-day, and caused further panic among the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Fires! Worst Year on Record for Dorrigo
According to Mr. Jack Simpsod, local Forestry Officer, the present year has already gained the distinction of being the worst one on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tornado of Fire by Ground Batteries Dive Attack On Britain BY 600 Junkers Raiders London
The south-east coast this afternoon saw one of the biggest and most spectacular air battles of the war. Raiders, variously estimated at 600, Junkers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Kempsey
About 10 o'clock last Wednesday night flames were noticed rising from a wooden building at the rear of W. Harvey & Sons furniture warehouse…
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A fire occurred in the operating box during the screening of Allen's pictures at Seaview Hall, Woolgoolga, last Saturday night. The last of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Picture Theatre Fire Incident At Woolgoolga 2000ft: of Film Destroyed. Woolgoolga
The Woolgoolga picture entertainment in the Sea View Hall came to an abrupt termination on Saturday night when a fire broke out in the operating…
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Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done to-night when a fire gutted the general store of A. T. C. Seymour Pty., Ltd., at Marrickville…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Inquiry House At South Grafton Cause of Outbreak a Mystery
"The property was destroyed by fire, but how the outbreak originated' whether accidentally or otherwise, the evidence does not enable me to say,"…
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A fire broke out in the hold of a 10,000 ton overseas finer in Sydney Harbor to-night. Portion of the engine room was damaged, in addition to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tanker Escapes From Pocket Battleship After Being Set on Fire. London
After an encounter with a pocket battleship, which left her on fire and her crew in the boats, the British tanker, San, Demetrio, has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forest Fires Dorrigo's Record Year
Mr. Jack Simpson, forestry officer at Dorrigo, informed Dorrigo "Gazette" that this year has been the worst on record for fires in the State…
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A fire which would have threatened a whole block of shops at Bowraville was luckily averted last Saturday night by the prompt action of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Gone with the Wind" Seven Technicolor Cameras to Film Fire Scenes
Seven technicolor cameras were used to film the fires of Atlanta in duplicate of the actual scene of 75 years ago. Flames 500 feet high leaped from a set…
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