Bushfire Threats to Victorian Towns
MELBOURNE.—The township of Beckworth is threatened by a rap[?] approaching bushfire. Fire fighters[?] who vainly attempted to fight the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 18
Bush Fires Town Threatened From Three Sides Melbourne, January 12
Huge fins are raging in a heavily timbered country in north-eastern Victoria 170 miles from Melbourne, and the town of Beechworth is in grave…
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Terrific bush fires are reported from Victoria. They have been and are ragging in many places. The hospital at Clunes has been destroyed, as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Under Control MELBOURNE, January 13
Fire fighters at Beechwort[?] now have the bush fires under control. Big breaks separate the fires from the town and there is no likelihood of any danger…
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IN the biggest conflagration seen in Broken Hill for several years, premises at the corner of Beryl and Iodide Streets used as a fruit and produce warehouse, were destroyed by fire shortly after 1 p.m. today. Rear portion of the…
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MELBOURNE.—At least 14 persons were burned to death in bushfires which swept many parts of the State yesterday. Big fires raged on three sides of Melbourne and as close as 10 miles from the city. Many of the victims…
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Weaknesses in the fire defence were detected from the air yesterday by Chief Fire Officer Lawrence, who made a fourhour flight over the bush fire area near…
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About forty bugs of potatoes were destroyed at the fire which gutted a fruit and produce store owned by Brenton & Sons at the corner of Iodide and Beryl…
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Bush fires in Victoria this year are having a devastating effect and are accounting for numerous lives. They are dreadful and dreaded…
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Huge areas hove been devastated, several townships wiped out and hundreds of people rendered homeless by bushfires in Victoria on Friday. Most of these are now under control. Near Skipton, however, three fires broke out yesterday. Two of these…
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In the big fire on Friday which damaged Brenton's warehouse and the Red Cross salvage depot, the total amount of water used to put…
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SYDNEY. —Aided by soldiers equipped with mobile fire fighting equipment and water tanks, thousands of residents in the…
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Only eight out of a consignment of 57 bags of potatoes were destroyed in the fire at Brenton's warehouse at the corner of Iodide Street and Beryl Street…
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Three additional deaths today were reported, which brought Victoria's fatal [?] to 20, with [?] other [?] in hospital…
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When a fire started in a laundry at 322 Thomas Street this afternoon both the laundry and an adjoining garage were severely damaged, and…
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A fire [?] front in the B[?] near Junee destroyed prot[?] about [?] and 15,000 [?]…
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SYDNEY.—On his return to Sydney last night after a tour of the Riverina areas stricken by bush fires. Mr. W. F. Sheahan, M.L.A., said that…
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Soldiers, with mobile fire fighting units and thousands of Millers today continued to fight the extensive bush fires in the Cootamundra district. Many…
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Two private garages and a laundry attached to one were severely damaged by fire early yesterday afternoon. A motor car in one garage was pushed out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cassino, In Italy, Under Allied Fire
LONDON, January 18.—Cassino, the great German bastion barring the 5th Army's advance to Rome, is now under Allied shell fire, says Morroco radio. On the east Adriatic front. Canadians of the British 8th[?]Army, are reported to be nearing the Arielle River, the last water barrier on the way to Pescara, after having…
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