Two Fires To-day Dwelling House Destroyed
There were two fires early this moraine. At 5 o'clock it was reported to the Fire Station that there was a fire, in Lone-street.Disrict Officer Smith…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
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Fire at Rrewarri[?] Brewarrina,Monday
The whole of a block of buildings. comprising the Council Chambers, a tinsmith's and saddler's shop, and the lands office, were completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victoria Fire on a Steamer Melbourne
A Crock steamer with a cargo of wheat from Sydney to Alexandria, put into Port Melbourne on Suturday with a fire in the bunkers. The lire brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires (Continued from Page 1.) Death Roll in Victoria Has Now Reached 32 Many Others Missing Melbourne
Thirty-two persons are known to have lost their lives in the hush fires and many others are believed to be dead…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Bush Fires 28 Lives Lost in Victoria Many People Are Missing and Hundreds Are Homeless Townships Are Wiped Out Damage in S.a. Totals £200,000
Victoria is now in the grip of bush fires that are causing destruction that at present it is impossible to estirante, but which it is considered will run into hundreds of thousands of pounds. Alrendy the loss of life is beary it being reported that 28 persons have been burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inspector Mattin, of S.a. Talks of Mt. Pleasant Fire
"Mount Pleasant was under a sheet of flame, said Inspector Mattin, of police headquarters, who returned from the scene of devastation yesterda…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Fire in Cheshire (Two Men and Women Are Burned to Death Firemen Die of Injuries (Reuter's Message.) London, February 14
There were four fatalities at a fire which destroyed Oulton Hall near Tarporley, Cheshire, the ancestral home of Sir Philip Grey Egerton, burning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Miner. Wednesday, February 17, 1928. Bush Fires
DOTIING the last few weeks newspapers have recorded accounts of the bush fires ravaging large tracts of country in Victoria and New South Wales.The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In New South Wales Serious Blaze at Young. Sydney
A bush fire which broke out at Young was the most devastating that has occurrcd in the district for over 20 years, Fully 20,000 acres were burnt. One…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →False Alarm of Fire
At 12.15 o'clock this morning a call came to the Fire Station from the alarm at the corner of Hebbard and Bonansa steers.The South motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fined for Starting Fire Sydney, Wednesdsy
At the Albury Police Court yesterday Walter Henry Read (l8) was charged with having left a fire burning in the open at Wymah. Evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire in Cheshire Death Roll Now Six (Reuter's Message.) London. February 15
The death roll from the fire which destroyed Oulton Hall, near Tarporley Cheshire, the ancestral home of Sir Philip Grey Egerton, has now Itcen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires More Towns Threatened by Fresh Outbreaks 30 Reported Dead; 3 MISSING Melbourne
Although there is a [?]ull in the bush fires in the Warburton district fresh outbreaks have occurred in the Plenty Ranges and the town of Whittlesea is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Yallourn 300 Men Are Fighting Burning Coal Fire Melboarne
A fire at Yallourn where the ereat State fields of brown coal are situated has assumed tremendous proportions. The open coal face is alight and 300…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buse Fires (Continued from Page 2.) Relief Funds Swelling Melbourne
The amount of damage caused by the bush fires is gradually being ascertained and it will not, it is thought, fail far short of £500.000 which does not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires All Persons Accounted for Many Children Homeless Melbourne
All persons who have been reported as missing in consequence of the bush fires are now accounted for. lt is estimated that 83 children are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Mother to Save Baby Covers It with Mud Melbourne
Thrilling stories of fights with the flames during the Victorian bush fires are still coming to hand. One tells of a mother who to protect her infant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Former Fires Recalled
Of the hundreds of bush fires that have previously occurred in Victoria only two have been sufficiently disastrous to compare with the present (says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yallourn Mine Fire Now Under Control. Melbourne
The fire at the Yallourn coal mine has been got under control after an all-night fight. Severe damage has been done and it is expected that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires £84,000 for Relief Melbourne
About £84,000 has been contributed to the various funds opened in Melbourne for the relief of distress caused by the bush fires which swept the…
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