Over Million Pounds in Bushfire Claims
MELBOURNE.—[?] for insurance po[?] on [?]ngs and contents, [?] sheep and [?]encing in recent Victorian [?] estimated…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 18
Fire Officer's Leave
District Fire Officer G. Gilmour, of Central Station, will leave on Saturday for Sydney on a month's annual leave, Mrs. Gilmour will…
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At the South Fire Station on Friday night the new Sub-Station Officer. Mr. W. McDonald, was welcomed and a farewell was given to Sub-Station…
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Thieves who broke into three shop, on the Parramatta Road. Concord early this morning are believed to have been responsible for the fire…
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MELBOURNE.âFines of £50 each, in default two months, were imposed at the Beauforte Police Court yesterday on Desmond James, shearer,…
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Detective-Sergeant Bischaf told the Coroner, Mr. Leahy, today that on explosion and fire, at Grovelly on June 7 of last year probably was the work of a…
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District Fire Officer Milledge is expected to arrive from Sydney tonight to act as relieving officer in charge at the Central Fire Station while…
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A strange fire, which District Fire Officer G. Gilmour described as unique, and which strikingly illustrates the necessity for keeping a…
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At 7.40 this morning Central Fire Brigade received a call to the Buffalo Club building, Blende Street, where a fire had broken out in a cupboard…
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A fire which occurred yesterday is thought to be from circumstances which will cause wide spread attention from electrical engineers, firemen, and…
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At 7-40 a.m. on Saturday the Fire Brigade was called to the Buffalo Club in Blende Street where a small the had started in a cupboard under the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Youth Charged with Causing Fire Wondonga, February 13
After a fire had destroyed the home of Mr. R. T. F. Heinze, Main Street Tallangatta, police arrested a youth and charged him with wilfully setting fire to…
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NEWCASTLE.—Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by fire at Dark's ice works. The fire followed an explosion in which three men were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jap Positions Damaged Bombing Attacks Over 240 Miles Large Fires Also Started in Timor Attack
Japanese positions on the New Guinea coast north-west of Yagamai, where the Australian and American ground troops joined forces were greatly damaged from the air on Saturday The attacks were carried out from Cape Iris, eight miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Bushfires Homes Burnt and Threatened Melbourne, February 14
Bus fires again threaten the outback country which are endangering many townships. Several homes have been destroyed. A strong northerly…
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MELBOURNE.—Three women and a man have lost their lives in fresh outbreaks of disastrous bushfires in Vic. toria. Several other persons have been critically injured, while outbreaks have also set fire to brown coal deposits…
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WITHIN a matter of a few weeks another series of disastrous bush fires has broken out in Victoria and New South Wales. The death roll is…
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Bush fires swept a wide area of suburbs and near Sydney districts today, the outbreak including a fire at St. Mary's, some miles of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Rage Near Lithgow LITHGOW, February 15
Huge bush fires, the severest in the history of this district, are raging around Rydal, Sodwalls, and Tarana, and probably sweeping on towards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →12 Dead in Vic. Fires At Least 150 Homes Destroyed MELBOURNE, February 15
Twelve people are dead, about 150 homes have been destroyed and thousands of sheep and cattle have been destroyed by an outbreak of bushfires in Victoria. A train of fifty trucks caught alight at Yallourn and is still…
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