Soldiers Fight Bush Fires
SYDNEY Sat.—Soldiers assisted firemen to fight a number of bush and grass fires. At Mosman a house was threatened, and at…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
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Bush Fires Delay Trains
NEWCASTLE. Sat.— The recent dry spell and prevailing hot winds gave portent to the danger of bush fires, which eventuated…
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SYDNEY Sat—Police offered are now watching specially for any breaches of the Car[?] use of fire Act or the Bush and…
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NEWCASTLE, Sat.—Spectators at Newcastle races to-day had added excitement when the alarm was given that the…
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FIRE and Rood and drought have always been triple terrors in this country, and probably the worst of the three is…
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SYDNEY, Monday—Heat wave conditions developed over practically the whole of the State during the week-end, and in the…
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SYDNEY Tuesday.—Bush fires are raging in many parts of tho Blue Mountains, but none at present is threatening any inhabited…
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Police officers are now watching specially for any breaches of the Careless Use of Fire Act or the Bush and Rural Fires Prevention Order. This…
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SYDNEY Tues.—Dealing with the bush fire menace, the Chief' Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, said that great amount of work had been…
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Dust and topsoil from the parched centres of Australia carried along on strong westerly winds, yesterday and to-day gave a vivid impression of the seriousness of the drought now causing, immense losses throughout Western New South…
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Bush fires are still raging in many parts of the Blue Mountains, but none at present is threatening inhabited places. Damage, however, is estimated…
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When a double-decker bus, owned by Rover Motors Pty. Ltd., was travelling between Kurri Kurri and Maitland on Friday, the conductor noticed flames…
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NSW forecast: Isolated showers with thunder squalls developing in the north-eastern corner of the State, otherwise fine…
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GOSFORD ' Wed. — Settlers homes were threatened yesterday afternoon by extensive bush fires different places for 30 miles…
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Soldiers and civilians were called out to fight an outbreak of fire at Ravensworth on Monday, the conflagration being quelled after about…
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NSW Forecast: Fire and warm to hot, with northerly winds becoming fresh to strong and squally over the western inland…
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WOLLOMBI Thursday.— Bush fires have been burning for the last two days in the Laguna Ranges, beyond Wollombi and St…
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West Maitland Fire Brigade was called out to a grass fire, near the Horseshoe Bend this afternoon. The fire was quickly…
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There have been several outbreaks of bush fires during the past few days, one only of which has caused any material damage…
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SYDNEY Friday—William Edwards, 50, whose homestead on his pig farm was destroyed in a bush fire near Menal, was hadiy…
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