Record Heat Wave 114 at Taree State-wide Fires
The worm heat wave in the history of New South Wales and Victoria reached a terrible climax on Saturday when bushfires spread over wide areas in both…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Seven Reported Burned to Death. Bushfires Encircle Sydney. Many Houses Burnt: Fire Brigade's Worst Day
Sydney on Saturday was ringed with bush and grass fires, which have destroyed many homes and caused enormous damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in Forests Tuncurry Pine Plantation Destroyed Fighters Save Buildings
The heat wave on Saturday resulted in the outbreak of fires in practically every part of the district The most serious damage was done in the pine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Heat Wave. New Maximums In Many Towns. Sydney Reaches 113.6. Disastrous Fires
The heat wave which has prevailed over the State, Victoria and portions of South Australia for the last few weeks reached its highest point of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Sweeps Seaham. School, Church and Houses Go. Seaham
Fanned by a scorching westerly wind, a raging bushfire is sweeping through Seaham. The public school and residence, Presbyterian Church,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Death Roll of 70 in Victorian Fires. 38 More Victims Found. Towns Abandoned in Race for Life. Melbourne
There has been further appalling loss of life from disastrous bushfires which swept mountain areas of Victoria. At least 38 more victims have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires. Control of Areas. Change Urged
The transfer of the control of bush fire areas from the Land Administration to the joint administration of the Forestry and Water conservation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfire Relief Fund. Sydney
The Lord Mayor's fund in aid of suffererers in New South Wales and Victorian bushfires now amounts to £965. Contributions from Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallamba Notes the Bush Fires
Saturday last will be a day long remembered by young and old in the history or the district as probably the most trying day in a decade, although…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat Wave Breaks. More Bush Fire News
Says Kendall "Courier".-- At about 10 o'clock on Saturday, a fire started on Mr. A. J. McPhec's properly near the cemetery, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£100,000 for Bush Fire Sufferers Sydney
The amount of money collected by various relief fluids for the relief of bushfire sufferers in Victoria now exceeds £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Blaze at Krambach
Last Saturday morning, Mr. Justice Lynch, motor dealer. High Street, Taree, went out to his farm at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Telegrams. Victoria and Bush Fire Victims. Melbourne
The State Cabinet has decided to spend £40,000 on roadways in the areas devastated by bushfires. Employment will be provided for about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bushfire Relief Fund. Sydney
The bushfire appeal fund launched by the Macquarie broadcasting network in N.S.W., Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia now…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fought Bush Fire. Woman's Heroic Effort
The story of a heroic fight put up by a lone woman to save her home and four-months-old baby from raging bush fires is told by the Telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Law and Bushfires
General surprise was caused last week by the conviction and sentence of a man. near Goulburn, following a charge of having temporarily left…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Organised Bushfires Prevention Proposals
Proposals have been made by Federal Ministers and forestry experts for the building up of an efficient organisation to control bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Prevention. Activities of Advisory Committee
The Bush Fires Advisory Committee, which was formed in 1937, has been very active in bringing before the notice of the general public the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Activities of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee
The Bush Fires Advisory Committee, which was formed in 1937, has been very active in bringing before the notice of the general public the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Danger of Car Fires
Not a great number of motor vehicles catch fire nowadays, but the N.R.M.A. technical department points out that the risk of fire can be promoted by…
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