Bush Fire Control SYDNEY, December 30
The public could assist in the control of bush fires by reporting immediately any outbreak which came under their notice to the local police, fire brigade…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 18
Fire Destroys Station Homestead
First day of the new year proved disastrous for the owner of Allandy Station, in the Wilcannia district. During the temporary absence of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toll of Japanese Ships and Planes Cruisers Set On Fire And 31 Planes Shot Down In Combat
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.—In the Kaveng area of New Ireland Allied carrier based bombers and fighters from the Solomons attacked an enemy force of two heavy cruisers and two destroyers. Both cruisers were hit by bombs…
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MELBOURNE.—The chemical laboratories of E. P. Keough Pty. Ltd., at South Yarra, were extensively damaged, and hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£30,000 Fire Sydney, January 5
Fire caused damage estimated at £30,000 at Marchant and Co., Pty., Ltd. Broadway early this morning. The entire photographic and process…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious Laboratory Fire MELBOURNE, January 5
When a fire broke out in the laboratories of E. Keogh Pty, Ltd., Smith Yarra, today, hundreds of of pounds worth of chemicals, manufactured glass and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£50,000 Damage In Mildura Fire M1LDURA, January 5
Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused when a fire today burnt out the general store of Shilliday Bros., Mildura. While thousands looked on, every…
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This general store of Shilliday Bros, at Mildura was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. The damage is estimated at £50,000…
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In the afternoon of last Friday (December 31) a fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the homestead of Allendy, the property of Mr. E. A. Hudson. The house was of weatherboard construction, and as there was a strong wind blowing at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Rubbish on Site of Public Eyesore No. 1
"PUBLIC Eyesore No. 1," a big rubbish dump on the Sulphide Street side of the Courthouse, caught fire last night. Police used a garden hose on it at first, but later the Fire Brigade was called. An ironical touch is that months after an application for the removal of…
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SYDNEY.—A bush fire warning was issued by the Acting State Meteorologist, Mr. B. W. Newman, today, who said: "The general public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War in Italy Devastating Allied Artillery Fire LONDON, January 6
Devastating Allied artillery fire to-night is being made on that half of San Vittore in Italy still in German hands. Americans are preparing to sweep into…
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ADELAIDE.—Soldiers who fought a bush fire at One Tree Hill over the week-end had to rescue one of their mates, Private L.B. Green, who…
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Damage was don[?] to a lounge suite, wireless set a[?] the walls and celing when a fire (curred nt premises at 80 Wolfran Street about…
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MELBOURNE.—The Clunes Hospital, built six years ago at a cost of A £7,500, was destroyed in week-end bushfires. Clunes higher elementary school narrowly escaped the fire, being checked one foot from the walls…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Bush Fires MELBOURNE, January 10
After destructive week-end fires in the Wangaratta district there was a flare-up again today. The town fire bell called fire fighters to an outbreak about 17…
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A lounge suite, wireless set and the walls and celling in a house owned and occupied by Mr. A. Pippet at 80 Wolfram Street were damaged by fire at 11 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Churchill Photo Withstands Fire
MELBOURNE.—When the debris was cleared from the gutted office of Shilliday Bros., which was in the very centre of Mildura's £50,000 fire,…
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MELBOURNE.—Huge fires are raging in heavily timbered country in north-eastern Victoria, 170 miles from Melbourne, and the town of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfires In Victoria MELBOURNE, January 11
Crowds of fire fighters are standing at the ready at Beechworth in case the town is again th[?]ned by bushfires. At midnight last night large fires we[?]…
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