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295 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 15
On Tuesday an appeal for clothing, blankets and bed linen for bushfire victims was initiated by the Greater Wollongong Branch of the Red Cross in conjunction with the Greater Wollongong Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Members of Wollongong Apex Club will conduct a drive for funds for the victims of last Friday's bushfires over this…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →MELBOURNE, Thurs.—It is believed at least two lives were lost as fire swept through the tiny township of Barnawartha, 16 miles from Albury, this afternoon. Residents of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Thurs.—Lithgow State coal mine has been idle since Monday, due to bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Members of Port Kembla Firer Brigade fought a grass fire for two hours yesterday afternoon before…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Captain of Farmborough Fire Brigade (Mr. A. K. Langlands) has suggested to the City Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a meeting of the Council of Churches, held in St. Michael's Hall, yesterday, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NOWRA, Fri.—Fanned by southerly winds, new outbreaks of fires continued today throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Panorama Hotel was threatened by bushfire last night for the second time in two days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A grass fire threatened homes at Dunmore last Thursday but Was brought under control by volunteer fire—fighters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A hundred square miles around Bega are a desolate blackened wasteland dotted with the swollen carcases of cattle killed in last week's fire. According to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush fires, which had swept through sections of the Illawarra and South Coast districts ten days ago, flared up again last Thursday and many places have reported fires during the past four days. The town of Nowra. was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The bushfires which have been sweeping the Coast claimed their first victim in this district on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sun.—Five homes and three garages were destroyed at Blackheath in the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation from the Farmborough Amenities Committee to the Southern Zone Committee on Tuesday night recommended that a central organisation of mobile fire-fighting units should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollongong Apex Club collected £612, in addition to more than a truckload of clothing, for the Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prompt arrival of the Port Kembla fire brigade to a fire on Thursday morning prevented possible destruction of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Helensburgh coalminer was [?]lled and two other men were injured when a truck on which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The appeal opened Last Friday week by this newspaper with 2WL in conjunction with the Helensburgh Council of Cornbined Organisations, already exceeds £800…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Mon.—A jeweller at Burnley, today fired three shots at a man who allegedly grabbed a…
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