Clean Up After Fires Carcases to Be Burnt Melbourne, January 18
Armed with picks, shovels and oil supplies. 70 men left Ballarnt today for district swept by the recent disastrous bushfires. Their mission is to assist in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 18
Lorry Catches Fire Brigade Called
The South Fire Brigade was called to Piper Lane at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon when a Ford V8 motor lorry loaded with firewood caught alight. The…
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Slight damage was done to the decking of a lorry and some of the wood with which it was loaded when the vehicle caught fire in Piper Lane,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cassino Under Allied Fire Approaching Last Water Barrier Before Pescara Hundreds of Guns Pave Way for Canadians London, January 18
Cassino, the great German bastion barring the 5th Army's advance on Rome, is now under Allied shell fire, says Morocco radio. Canadians of the British 8th Army, are reported to be nearing the Arielle River, the last water barrier on the way to Pescara…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Damage Estimated At £5 Million Appalling Losses Reported Melbourne, January 19
Estimates by some members of the State Bushfire Relief Committee are that the bushfire damage may total £5 millions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires In N.S.W. Under Control SYDNEY, January 19
Bushfires which swept forty square miles of country between Young and Boorowa have been brought under control by 500 civilians and 200 soldiers…
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CANBERRA.—It was learned officially today that the Commonwealth Government has informed the Victorian Premier (Mr. Dunstan) that…
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Appalling losses of life! Livestock pastures homes and material have been suffered in bush fires that have swept various parts of Victoria since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Determined Opposition in Italy Germans Throwing In Substantial Tank Forces British Being Raked By Machine Gun Fire From Strongpoints LONDON, January 20
Germans north from Garigliano are offering determined exposition to the British advance, and are throwing substantial tank forces into their repeated counter-attacks. The British are also being raked by machine-gun and [?]…
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Australia must face the grave facts of the menace of bushfires to its timber and Brazing industries. Already, in a season when fullest production is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Relief SYDNEY, January 20
The State Government has planned to give relief to people who may be rendered homeless by bushfires. The Premier, Mr. McKell, said today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfires' Aftermath Destroying Heaps of Dead Stock Melbourne, January 21
Stock killed by recent tragic fires are being placed in huge heaps, and are being destroyed by fire. Three air force tenders laden with oil and other…
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ADELAIDE.—More than 500 men, including servicemen, are fighting a bush fire which has been raging at Mt. Gambier since 4.30 p.m…
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MELBOURNE.—Extensive fires are now raging in areas between Gembrook and Pakenham. At least three houses have been burnt and many others are in serious danger at Toomuc Valley…
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SYDNEY.—Ram in southern New South Wales extinguished a number of fires at the week end, but many grass and scrub fires started in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires in Victoria Rain And Change Of Wind Check Flames MELBOURNE, January 23
Bushfires burned yesterday in Gippsland, Dandenong Ranges and at Rosanna, Cheltenham, and other near city districts with loss of homes, but no serious…
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A fire which occurred near Sutherland yesterday menaced a number of properties, and the flames were not brought under control until 200 fire fighters took…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Started Deliberately Alleged MELBOURNE, January 25
Suspicions that the Victorian bushfires had been caused deliberately to interfere with the war effort were voiced by delegates at a conference at Camperdown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gas Producers Bush Fire Dangers Melbourne, January 24
The Premier, Mr. Dunstan, said today that so many reports regarding the danger of gas producers whilst the country was in such an inflammable state had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Victims Governor's Plea MELBOURNE, January 27
"I appeal to the press not to allow the plight of bush fire sufferers to be overshadowed by the more exciting news which is bound to occur." said the State…
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