Bush Fires. 19 Plantations Lost About Coff's Harbour
In the bush fires which raged at Coff's Harbour and Woolgoolga districts on Monday, 19 banana plantations were destroyed in the latter…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
96 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 5
Refinery Destroyed in Petrol Blaze. Spectacular Mittagong Fire
Flames roared hundreds of feet into the air and burning oil flowed across the ground when a fire broke out at the shale petrol works of…
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A correspondent writes that a terrifying bush fire in the vicinity of Mrs. A. Spurgin's property at the junction of Scrubby Creek and Maria River on…
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On Sunday and Monday week, this district sweltered in heat provided] by hot westerly 'winds which caused fierce fires in many centres, and…
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The Premier, the Hon. W. J. McKell, has asked the Bush Fire Relier Committee to continue to function until June 1945. T[?]s scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables and Telegrams. The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. Allies Moving On in Saar Valley Weight of Arms Irresistible Advancing 2 TO 4 Miles Daily Fires Rage in Tokio London
An advance of seven and a half miles yesterday by General Patton's Third Army has brought the Americans to a point only seven miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Relief. State Government Takes Prompt Action
No more unfavorable combination of circumstances could confront the man on the land in carrying on his industry than that of drought and bushfires,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Bush Fires. Lower Hunter Area in Flames
The Lower Hunter district on Sunday experienced the worst bush fires since January, 1939. Many cattle, several, several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heat, Bush Fires and Dust
The whole countryside, during Saturday and Sunday, sweltered under a heal wave, with bush tires raging in many parts of the State, and to add…
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Drastic restrictions on the lighting of fires' are contained in a notification issued on Tuesday by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires
Until Wednesday afternoon bush fires were burning all around the district, the air being full of smoke and haze from them. A storm that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires About Dungog
At Dungog on Sunday, wind blew at 50 to 60 miles per hour. Fire fighting was very difficult. Dungog brigade and volunteers were called, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ban on Fires
Drastic restrictions on the lighting of fires are contained in a notification issued by the Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, under powers conferred upon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire. Burns Hospital Nurses' Quarters. Main Building Saved
Dungog and district was disturbed on Monday at 12.30 p.m., when the news rapidly spread that the Hospital was on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guns Still Blaze in Greece Athens
Left Wing forces on Monday afternoon from two different directions counter-attacked Aritos Hill. The RAF Spitfires, with cannon and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Plane Centre on Fire, Japs. Admit
Tokio radio admits that in an 18-hours series of raids 70 Superfortresses attacked Nagoya on Monday damaging the aircraft manufacturing…
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