Six Found Dead Trapped In Vic. Fire
MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Two cars which had been destroyed by fire were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Bushfires in Victoria Flames Sweep Through Town
MELBOURNE, Wednesday; bushfires are still burning fiercely in many districts in Victoria. Weary fire-fighters, working in…
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On Sunday, responding to a call from “Haranna,” Byalla, the home of Mr. M.J. Heffernan, the Gunning Bush Fire Brigade, shire employees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Bush Fires Causes Big Loss at Binalong Swept Through 800 Acres Wheat and Oats Destroyed
Three hundred men from Binalong, Galong and Bowning spent Saturday night fighting a serious bush fire which caused…
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H. Creamer, 14, of 94 Grafton Street, narrowly escaped serious injury in an unusual accident at Mr. R. Corby's duce workshops…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: William Underhill, 66, was assisting in fighting a grass fire at Springdale, near Bega, yesterday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Holocaust Claims 20 Lives Victoria Experiences Tragic Week Bushfires Cover Wide Area Scores of Homes Are Reduced to Ashes in Fierce Blaze
MELBOURNE, Thursday: Eighteen people were burned to death on Tuesday night and yesterday in the disastrous bush fires which are seeping over of 20 others who are missing. Including the two men who lost their lives at Toolangi on Sunday, the known…
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Property worth thousands of pounds was threatened in the Towrang and Braidwood districts yesterday, when bush fires, which had almost been isolated, broke out with renewed fury, ravaging miles of sun-scorched pastrures and…
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Damage estimated at about £250 was done by fire which occurred during the evening session at the Coronation Theatre,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: Disastrous bushfires are raging in the Hawkes Bay district, New Zealand, where thousands of acres of bush have been…
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Reports from Towrang this morning indicated that the bushfires which have been menacing properties between Towrang and…
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A reward of 200 is being offered for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons believed to have been…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Bushfires are still burning fiercely in many parts of the State, but it is not thought that further loss…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The homes of six families have been destroyed by bushfires in the Begs district. The occupants escaped to safety…
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Volunteers were called yesterday to go to Wee Jasper, where it was thought the township was in danger. A large number of men spent the…
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The Goulburn Fire Brigade was called out to a grass fire in Hoskins Street on Saturday morning. About five acres of grass were destroyed…
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Bushfires menaced houses and other property on the Middle Arm Road within two miles of Goulburn on Saturday and a large…
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AUCKLAND, Monday: Gales are sweeping the Hawkes Bay district and bushfires are raging in many parts. At. times the wind reached a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Worst Bushfires in History of Yass Devastate Large Area Holdings Burnt Out Completely; Stock Perish; Miles Of Fencing Down Several Homes Destroyed; No Lives Lost, But Some Very Narrow Escapes
The worst bushfires in die history of Yass raged through a large tract of country at the week-end, leaving a terrific trail of damage which it is impossible to accurately estimate at the present time. Practically the entire western…
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Bushfires bordering the Hume Highway delayed a Goulburn District Ambuiance car with an urgent case aboard for several hours on Saturday. The patient, a Boorowa man, who was suffering from brain trouble and was in…
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