£6000 Damage by Fire Na[?]row Escape Of Couple
SYDNEY. Tuesday.—A fire which gutted a block of three shops at Walgett today was responsible for damage estimated at £6000. Jim…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Generous Response to Bush Fires Fund
IN the unavoidable absence of the A Mayor (Ald. G. Lambert) the meeting of the local Bush Fires Relief Committee held last night was…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—In admitting in the Mansfield Court that he ignited grass fires, Raymond. Joseph Wright, laborer,…
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A permanent fire-fighting organisation, under which 700 men, drawn from three source, will be available for duty…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£80,000 Fire In N. Z. Wellington (N.z.), Feb. 3
Damage estimated at £80,000 was caused by a fire early yesterday which destroyed a four-storey wooden building being erected for the new…
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JUDY, born In the darkest hours of the fire peril in Omeo, Victoria, and her mother, Mrs. Charlie McN amara, 24, who was a patient in the midwifery ward of Omeo Hospital when fire engulfed the building in the early hours of Saturday, January 14. Helped by Sister…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Bush Fires Coroner's Inquiry Into Nine Deaths MELBOURNE
John Alexander Blackmore, Forest Commission employee at Toolangi, told the coroner at Healesville today that he had a strong suspicion of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All Quiet On Bush Fire Front MELBOURNE
With the coming of the cool change "all quiet" was reported on most fire fronts today. Rain fell on…
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ORANGE, Saturday.—After having emptied the petrol tank of a Klemm Swallow aeroplane in his private aerodrome, Wilton Thompson tripped and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Factory Set on Fire 48 Times— by Ghost
THE mystery of the forty-eight "phantom" fires which have occurred within eight days at a Leeds factory-has been solved…
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Early this morning a fire destroyed the low voltage switchboard of the County Council sub-station at Surry Hills, as a result of which parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Fund Growing
Additional donations have increased the local Bush Fires Relief Fund to nearly £340. lndications are that there are many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Demonstrating Fire Fighting
A demonstration of the methods used to fight bush fires, in whichever 600 men from all parts of the State will participate, will take place at…
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LONDON, February 6.—Fires caused by toy balloons filled with nitric acid broke out in several Coventry shops last night. The…
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The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Mr. Norman Nock) has written the Mayor (Aid. G. Lambert) requesting Council to organise an appeal on behalf…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—When the inquest was opened today into the deaths of 28 persons who were incinerated by the bush fire which ravaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fishermen In 1941 Will Curse 1939 Bush Fires
ADELAIDE, Thursday.— Anglers who cast their flies in the quiet waters of the Onkaparinga, Torrens, and other South Australian streams…
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ART SCHOLARSHIP winner Dou glas Welsh's first painting from England. It is being displayed at the exhibition of paintngs which will be auctioned in Adelaide on Tuesday in aid of the Bushfire Fund…
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QUEENSTOWN (Tas.), Friday. Lord Nuffield has given £10,000 for the relief of bush fire sufferers. Advice of the gift was received last…
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LEETON, Friday.—The Bank of New South Wales at Leeton was gutted by fire yesterday. Three firemen collapsed and were carried from…
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