Victorian Bash Fires: Man Loses Life
MELBOURNE, Sun.--A 78-year-old pensioner, Richard Love, lost his life when trapped by a grass fire which broke out at Bentleigh,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
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Plane Caught Fire At Landing
LONDON, Sun.--Reuter's Lisbon correspondent says it is reported that a plane for Lisbon, carrying 20 boxes of British films…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--Thieves who broke into three shops at Parramatta road, Concord, early this morning are believed to have…
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BRISBANE, Tues.--Detective Sergt. Bischof told the Coroner, Mr. Leahy, to-day that the explosion and fire at Grovely on June 7 last year, probably…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--A small fire broke out in the storeroom of a ship in the harbor to-night. A quantity of hessian, hats and…
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ADELAIDE, Wed.--George Bryant, 61, was burned to death at Mount Gambier when some tar which he was heating boiled over…
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When the matter of the distribution of kits for bush fire brigades was under discussion at yesterday's meeting of the…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.—Bush fires again threaten the outback country of Victoria, endangering many townships…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.—Twelve people are dead, about 150 houses have been destroyed and thousands of sheep and cattle have been destroyed by the outbreak of bush fires in Victoria. A train of 50 trucks caught alight at Yallourn and is still…
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LONDON, Mon.—German reserves are being rushed up from the rear, it is reported, to defend Pskov, the gateway to Estonia and Latvia, on the approaches of which, according to Reuter's Moscow correspondent, the battle to decide the fate of Latvia and the Gulf…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.—Owing to the damage done to the State electricity undertaking at Yallourn, where the open coal cut…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.—Reports now being gleaned by the police in Gippsland areas indicate that the bush fire damage…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.—Convicted on a charge of having caused a fire which damaged another person's property, Albert Green, of…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.—Applications received from more than 1000 persons who suffered in the western districts and the…
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LONDON, Sat.—The Germans last night failed in their biggest bid since the big raids of 1911 to set London ablaze…
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LONDON, Sun.—Bombs were dropped on the London area to-night when high flying raiders, whose course could be…
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ADELAIDE, Tues.—Eight, hundred fire-fighters hastened from the city to-day to a blaze which menaced the £300,000…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.—The efficiency engineer at Yallourn power house, Mr. K. Habich, said to-day that a 40 miles an hour…
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SYDNEY, Fri.—Following the recent bush fire outbreaks in various parts of the State, a revised list of places where wax…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.--The Governor, Sir Winston Dugan, has refused to grant a petition presented to him by the Labor party,…
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