Petrol for Bush Fire Brigades
The problem of petrol supplies for 700 bush fire brigades throughout. New South Wales has been solved…
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Fires & bushfires, 1942
480 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 24
Bush Fires Are Still Burning Singleton Volunteers Spend Week-end in Firefighting Roles
Bush fires arc still burning at various centres in the district, although the danger which threatened during last week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Losses in Shire President's Hands Visit of Mr D'arcy Rose and Departmental Officer
In connection with the visit of Mr D'Arcy Rose and an officer of the Treasury Department, for the purpose of going into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Fighting at Gresford
GRESFORD Monday.—A public meeting, presided over by Mr. L. W. Lawrence (president of the Agricultural Bureau), was held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Damage at Maerannie
SINGLETON Monday.—Maerannie has suffered heavy losses through bushfires over the last four days. Miles and miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Damage at R.c. Church
BRISBANE Monday. — More than £8000 damage was done to the Sa[?]red Heart Roman Catholic Church, Rosalie, Brisbane,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Grain Fire In U.S.A.
NEW YORK Jan. 10.—A fire at Superior (Wisconisn) destroyed an elevator and 1,500,000 bushels of grain It is estimated the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire Near Brisbane Over £8000 Damage to Church. Brisbane
Damage estimated at more than £8,000 was done to the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Rosalie, Brisbane, by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Much Damage
Bush fires have done considerable damage to culverts and bridges In Stroud and Wallarobba Shires and to bridges used in the forest country by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Firemen Burned To Death Big Brisbane Blaze
BRISBANE Tuesday —fighting a fence blaze which destroyed a three story grocery warehouse in tobok it Brisbane early to-day three firmness were burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Perished in Fire
LONDON Jan 12 seventeen persons perished in a great the aluminium company's construe from camp at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Set Fire To Herself
BRISBANE Tuesday.—At an inquest at Cairns it was stated that after locking herself in a bathroom a women rubbed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Precautions at Local Hospital
A firebreak was burnt around the Dungog Hospital on Thursday evening last in order to ensure that the buildings would not be endangered in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Firemen Burned to Death. Disastrous Brisbane Fire. Brisbane
While fighting a fierce blaze which destroyed a three-storey grocery warehouse in Turbot-street, Brisbane, early to-day, three firemen were burned to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Fires Yesterday Little Damage Caused
Five fires were reported throughout the Maitland fire district yesterday, two of them taking place at Kurri Kun i. AH the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Systematic Burning Off Counter To ’Fire Menace
East Maitland Council's health inspector, Mr. B. L. Volkmann, last night's council meeting, drew attention to the bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Assistance Claims in Writing to be Forwarded to Shire Clerk
At yesterday's meeting of Patrick Plains Shire Council the bush fires which have caused a tremendous amount of damage in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian in Action in Malaya Japanese Repulsed Bombers Cause Large Oil Blaze (Australian Associated Press)singapore, Jan.15
Australian troops have gone into action in the eastern Negli Sembilan State, in Malaya, states the Australian Associated Press correspondent in Malaya, Ray Maley…
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Tea Gardens had another day of fires last Thursday. All men available were beating out the fires that were approaching homes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Highlights of Broke Bush Fires
Impressions. Value of [?] and cars on these occasions, Speed of re[?] dinners left—rush for begs force [?]…
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