Fewer Fires at Cessnock
CESSNOCK Sat—There were [?] serious fires In the Cessnock. district in 1943. There were 45 calls, including 12 false alarms…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
454 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 23
Burnt to Death in Bushfire
ADEL[?] Sat—While fighting a as [?] at Melrose 120 miles from Adelaide Frederick William Gifford 75 became…
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MELBOURNE Monday —Between 1500 and 2000 acres of grassland hundreds of sheep fencing and hey were destroyed…
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SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA Tuesday—The final objectives have been secured by the American ground troops at Saidor, New Guinea, where elements of the 6th Army landed on Sunday…
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SYDNEY Wed.—Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire at Merchants & Co. Pty. Ltd., printers, of Broadway, early…
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MELBOURNE Thurs.—When fire broke out in' the laboratories of E. P. Keoith Pty. Ltd., South Yarra, hundreds of pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day’s Leader: “Pay-as-you-Earn” Bushfires in New Zealand
AUCKLAND (NZ) Thursday. —Bushfires have caused considerable damage in Taupo district in the past two days, and many…
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Shilliday Bros., a large store, was destroyed in one of the worst fires in Mildura's history. Oil and petrol at the rear of the building ignited…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fight for San Vittore Devastating Fire by Allied Artillery
Devastating Allied artillery fire last night was being made on that half of San Vittore in Italy still in German hands. The Americans are preparing to sweep in to complete the capture of this mountain village…
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LONDON Jan. 6—Devastating artillery fire to-night is ranking the half of San Victore, which is still in German hands, says Reuter's correspondent at Allied headquarters. The Americans are preparing to sweep in to complete…
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SYDNEY Sat.—A bush fire warning was issued by the Acting State Meteorologist, Mr. E. W. Newman, to-day…
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MELBOURNE Sat.— Referring to newspaper comment in Melbourne urging that soldiers be trained in fire fighting, the…
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MELBOURNE Monday. — Eighteen homes and a public hospital, mush stock and fodder and timber were destroyed in the Clunes…
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Part of the township of Clunes, northern Victoria, was destroyed by a bush fire on Saturday night. A hundred People are homeless…
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SYDNEY Mon.—A bush fire warning was issued by the Acting State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman), He said:…
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Commencing on Friday, January 14, a hush fire exhibit will be on display at Winn’s store in Hunter Street, Newcastle…
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A meeting of the Dartbrook Bushfire Brigade has been called for Saturday next, at 10.30 a.m., at Mooby Bridge. This will be…
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MELBOURNE . Wed.— Huge fires are raging in heavily timbered country in north-eastern Victoria, 170 miles from…
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SYDNEY Wed—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, stated today that for some time past he and the Bush Fires Advisory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Victoria Another Flare Up in Wangaratta District
After a destructive week-end, fires in the Wangaratta district flared up again on Monday, when the town fire bell called flre-fighters…
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