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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
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SYDNEY, Monday—Two big bushfires around Walgett and Brewarrina, in north-western New South Wales, hove been brought under control, but more then 100 fire fighters are standing by in ease of further outbreaks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday. — Drastic action to try to prevent further bushfires In New South Wales was taken to-day by the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When smoke was seen Issuing from an electric motor at Sargents Cake Shop. High-street, about 6 p.m. yesterday Maitland Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires in the Brewarrina district are still smouldering and squads of firefighters are patrolling a huge area to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The bushfire spotting service of the RAAF was to-day alerted for the first time this summer. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. FORECAST: Hot to very hot weather in the west and south-west sections, extending to the central and southern sections on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The bush fire danger has again leaped into prominence with the destruction of large tracts of grassland in the northern part of he State. Annually, bush fires are responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The wireless use of fire, a cigarette not properly stubbed, or a still-burning match unwittingly dropped, could set…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GRAFTON,- Friday.—The post master at Daimorton, awakened by his cat last night, found his permission so well alight that he escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A four-and-a-quarter litre Rolls-Royce engine powers this new-style fire engine going into service in the Essex. (England) town of Ilford. At 3,500 revolutions per minute, the engine develops 160 horse power. The vehicle carries a 50…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Fire Brigade, was sailed to E small fire in the laundry of , a residence at 14 Bonar-street, Maitland at about 5.30 yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MADIUM (Java).—Two Indonesian Are. brigades were “invited” three days ahead of the event to attend a fire recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday—Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by fire in a factory at Petersham early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fire officer and 11 firemen from Maitland and East Maitland. fire brigades were quick to answer a call to a fire in a weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →PERTH; Monday.—“When a bough shed caught fire at Salmon Gums, a baby girl, Jennifer Tucker. 23 months, was burnt to death. She…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—firemen yesterday abandoned the search for other possible victims of the fire which destroyed the three-storey mental ward of the Mercy Hospital at Davenport, Iowa, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Firemen have recovered the bodies of 37 women from the ruins of a three-storey mental ward of the Mercy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The packed audience sat quiet and expectant. The lights dimmed. The curtain rose and a great drama unfolded—a drama that neither the audience nor actors were prepared to see…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six more deaths from fires were reported yesterday. A mother, her two children, and an adult baby-sitter died in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A family suffered a heavy loss when their home at Dartbrook was destroyed by fire on Friday night, The occupants were in…
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