Bush Fires Again Fresh Outbreaks in Victoria Sydney
A message from Melbourne this morning started that fresh bush fires had been reported in the Otway Ranges…
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Bush Fire Havoc Again 27 Houses Destroyed Four Shops and a Garage Victorian Townships Suffer Melbourne
A bush fire, which caused considerable damage at Selby, in the Dandenong Ranges yesterday, broke out again this afternoon and,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Extending. MELBOURNE
Huge fires last night destroyed ten homes at Lavers' Hill, Crowes and Wyelangta. A number of families were compelled to beat a hasty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires on King Island. LAUNCESTON
Half of King Island was swept by bush fires yesterday. At least eight homes and two schools were destroyed. Thousands of acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Match Factory
Starting in the diping room, a fire broke out in Duncan's match factory. Abbotsford on Saturday and destroyed five million matches. The heat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Fires. Recurrence of Bush Outbreaks. MELBOURNE, Monday Night
Owing to hot northerly winds, a recurrence of the bush fires is feared at several Victorian towns. A fire in Belgrave Hill country, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News Grass fire at “Delaware”
Eight acres of grassland were destroyed and five haystacks, narrowly escaped the same fate when a fire broke, out on “Delaware,” the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush-fire Relief. Concert and Community Night
There was a good attendance at the Concert and Community Night, organised by the local branch of the C.W.A., and held on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News Bush Fire Relief Fund
Subscriptions to the Albury bush fire relief fund have brought the total to £813. made up as follows: Previously acknowledged, £840 11/1; L. and C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Bush Fires and Their Origin “Mostly Due to Human Agency” Forest Officer Tells Royal Commission Melbourne
When the Royal Commission inquiring into the origin and effects of the recent disastrous bash fires in Victoria was opened this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seven Fires in Four Weeks at Coolamon General Store Destroyed
Several thousand pounds’ worth of damage was caused when the general store of W. A. Iverach and Sons Coolamon, was destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Change Checks Fires Danger Still Feared Hot Northerlies the Danger Melbourne
In the Dandenong Ranges and the Otway forest, the fire danger has temporarily eased, as the result of the cool change which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →King Island Ravaged by Fire Residents of Village Have to Flee Into Sea Launceston
At least eight homes and two schools have been destroyed by bush fires which swept half of King Island. Communication was established by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Allegedly Fire on British Airliner Melbourne Man on Board Husband of “Smithy’s” Widow Hong Kong, January 31
Captain Wilson, pilot of the Imperial Airways plane Delia, which was route to Honoi from Hong Kong, wirelessed, that the Delia was fired on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Appeal Now £875
Subscriptions to the Bush Fire Relief Fund at Albury yesterday, including £26/16/ from Coles’ Dance, brought the total to £875. The amount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Facing the Bush Fire Menace
As it is apparent that the States affected by bush fires will make the attempt to minimise the evil, it is to be hoped that the problem will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Only Own Clothes They Stood Up In” Plight of Upper Murray Settlers Sequel to Bush Fires Government Charged With Dilatoriness
The President of Wodonga Shire (Cr. M. Martin) has given a lead towards providing assistance to settlers in the Upper Murray, whose holdings were swept by the bush fires, to feed their starving stock. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Council, when the plight of these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Allegedly Lighted 22 Persons Charged with Offences Melbourne
Determined to take all possible precautions against bush fires, the police have summoned 22 people to appear at the Fern Tree Gully Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury’s Most Prolific Fire Centre
A revealing picture of the Albury rubbish tip opposite Billson Park. Harbor for rats, cockroaches and other vermin, it is source of annoyance to nearby residents. It has also been the scene of many outbreaks of fire, necessitating the attendance of Albury firemen for considerable Periods of time. This picture provides a convincing argument for the early provision of an incinerator…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Weather Chef’s Grave with Fire Warning Melbourne
A grave warning to Forest Commission officers and bush fire brigades was issues by the Commonwealth Meteorologist (Mr. Watt)…
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