Bushfires Cause Vapour Lock
MOTORISTS should proceed quietly through areas affected by bushfire. Speeding up may overheat the engine…
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242 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 12 of 13
Scrub Fire
A grass and bush fire in land at the rear of the Hit or Miss Foundry, Bligh St., Wollongong, yesterday…
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Wollongong firemen yesterday fought to stop a bush fire in Gilmore St., Wollongong, burning into…
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The bush fire risk position on the South Coast has deteriorated and a public warning is necessary says a statement from the Chief Secretary's Office…
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Yesterday, the day after a Brownsville house was sold, it was gutted, and the occupier arrived home from work to find it an inferno, and all his belongings…
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Advices to hand indicate that there is a developing bush fire risk in the region between Nowra and Bega…
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Advices to hand indicate that there is a developing bush, fire risk along the coast, particularly in the region between Nowra…
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The hot dry windy weather of last week increased the bushfire danger. During the week four calls to…
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One wall of a fibro house in Farmborough Rd., Unanderra, was severely damaged by fire late last night…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—A garage and two cottages were destroyed today in a timber-yard fire at…
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SYDNEY, Mon.—A chain of bushfires on the South Coast of New South Wales today extended over 50 miles. Five fires almost encircled the towns of…
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Quick work by the Bush Fire Brigade at Albion Park on Monday eliminated any risk of spreading when a grass fire started in a local…
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EACH YEAR around the Christmas period large areas of New South Wales are wiped out by bushfires, with widespread loss of grazing and agricultural properties, and, still more…
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Five minutes after he had issued a warning against the high risk of fire, the Captain of Kiama Fire Brigade was called out to attend an outbreak…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—Fears are held for the safety of seven families in the Newnes area, where a bushfire is raging uncontrolled. Nothing has been heard…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Rain on the South Coast, fire areas has eased the immediate danger. Cooler weather on the…
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Bushfire fighters have been kept busy throughout the holiday period fighting blazes at the…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.—A huge fire early today roared through the main Stadium at Wirth's Olympia in South Melbourne, causing damage estimated at more than £70,000. The fire broke out…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—A southerly buster today turned a dangerous bushfire when it was within a…
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Two New Australian families, with seven children between them, lost all their belongings within 10 minutes when fire razed their homes at Warilla yesterday afternoon. Neither of the homes (a…
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