Floods In Bush Fire Areas
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Noojee township, which was wiped out duvina the recent bush fires, has been flooded and homeless residents who have been…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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7 Fires at Narromine in Week
NARROMINE, Monday.—Residents of Narromine are so alarmed by the work of an incendiarist that they are afraid to go to bed, fearing that…
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The local committee of the Bush Fires Relief Fund met last night under the chairmanship of the Mayor. The chief features or the gathering…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—At the half-yearly meeting of the Victorian Insuronce Company the chairman (Mr. L. S. Miller) stated that his…
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A FIRE which broke out in the hangar of Ansett Airways Pty. Ltd. at Essendon aerodrome early this…
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Considerable excitement was caused in Argent-street at 11.16 o'clock this morning when the Fire Brigade rushed from the Central Fire Station to…
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The Broken Hill Philharmonic and Quartette Clubs will each contribute to the Bush Fire Appeal concert to be held in the Town Hall tonight…
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The local committee of the Bush Fires Relief Fund advises that the fund has reached the splendid total of £500 and it is desired that the…
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SEVEN PLANES were burnt in a big fire at Ansett Airways hangar, Essendon airport, on Monday night. Although the hangar itself did not suffer much damage, the fierce heat from the blazing planes buckled girders and charred beams in the roof. The above picture shows the charred remains of one of the planes. Plane services controlled by Ansett…
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A BEAUTIFUL song delightfully rendered, Mrs. Jean Major's rendition of Goring Thomas's "A Summer Night" at…
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At 11.5 o'clock this norning the Central Fire Station received a call from the automatic fire alarm at Pellew and Moore's Ltd. On arrival it…
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THE audience at Thursday night's Bush Fires Relief Fund concert was provided with a unique programme by the Broken…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), March 6.— Although pathologists have definitely established that the bones recovered from Piha fire are human they are…
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SO stealthily across the hills it crept in deathlike tread; Just like a wolf delaying but the hour, the fatal hour…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The City Coroner (Mr. Tingate) returned an open verdict at the conclusion of the inquest into the deaths of the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Damage estimated at £6000 was caused by a fire in a three-storyed factory at Paddington today. Thirty girls and 10…
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KATOOMBA, Saturday.— Damage estimated at more than £20,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the hotel at Blackheath last night…
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THE Bush Fires appeal concert held recently was the final effort of. the Broken Hill Bush Fires Relief Committee to raise funds for. the relief of those who suffered losses in the recent fires which swept parts of Victoria, New South Wales and…
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AFINDING that a motor lorry owned by John Stewart McGuinness, of 580 Williams-street, had been…
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A ROLE a week was the record Gladys Swarthout, Paramount star featured in "Ambush," which comes on Saturday to…
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