Police Fire After Fugitive. Sydney
After chasing a suspect for a considerable distance at Kogarah to-day, police fixed two shots, but the man did not stop. However, when he…
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Liner on Fire in Middle of Pacific. Sydney
Following a wireless message that fire had broken cut aboard the liner [?]mutake, the American motorship Yomach[?] to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Water to Fight Fire Furniture and Papers Removed. £3000 in Damage Causeed
In the early hours of yesterday morning a destructive fire broke out in Weethalle, and caused damage estimated at £3000. A detective has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Huge Fire in Kiewa Valley Tawonga Nearly Engulfed. Rough Mountain Country Ablaze. Roads Board Men Forced From Camp
Anxious days are confronting landholders in the upper Kiewa Valley at Tawonga, and on Monday the whole township was threatened by a bush fire, which swept along the foothills beneath the Tawonga Gap. At one stage the fire passed close to the Tawonga Hotel, but fighters…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Bush Fires in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
Thousands of acres of bushland were destroyed by raging fire in the Hawkes Bay district to-day. A change in the wind saved a large sawmill and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Walwa Surrounded by Bush Fires Electricity Commission’s Camp Kiewa Valley Fire Sweeps Many Families Forced to Vacate Their Homes House Destroyed Near Dederang
Fanned by a fierce hot wind on one of the hottest days the district has ever experienced, bush fires raged through the hill country of North-Eastern Victoria and the Upper Murray. Two fires, which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£4000 Fire in Country Town Yesterday
Three buildings at Cullibigeal, near Lake Cargellig[?]. were destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Residents turned out to lend assistance in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prime Minister As Fire-fighter Launceston
Joined by fo[?] of his daughters, his son, his publicity officer (Mr. C. C. Dawson), and secretary (Mr. F. Schneader) the Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Houses Destroyed by Fire Near Sydney Poultry Also Burnt to Death Sydney
Many outbreaks of fire occurred in the scrub country surrounding Sydney to-day, and fire brigades went through strenuous periods saving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Causes £300,000 Damage in S.A. Worst in State’s History Several Instances of Heroism Adelaide
A new estimate of £300,000. trebling the earlier estimates of the damage caused by the Mount Torrens bushfires, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires’ Terrible Toll in Victoria 18 Lives Lost When Flames Envelop Eleven Bodies Found at Rubicon at Narbethong Missing Believed to Be Safe Tragic Discoveries Made Yesterday Morning MELBOURNE
The death roll of the bush fires reached terrible proportions this morning when the bodies of 19 victims, men, women and children, were found in the bush, eleven at Rubicon and eight at Narbethong. At Rubicon a man, his wife and child are missing, but they are believed to have left; the district. The latest tragedies were discovered in the Rubicon Forest, near Alexandra, where the bodies of 1 1 men were recovered after a fire had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rural Bank Uses Radio Against Bush Fires
The Rural Bank's serial "The Red Terror," is proving very popular with radio listeners, who are, even though many do not realise it, learning much…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires Now on Wane Melbourne
The bush fires in Various parts, of Victoria; appear to be gradually waning as the result of a sudden change of wind…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Follows Explosion Newcastle, Thursday
A fire followed on explosion at the factory of Samtarium Health Foods Co. at Cooranbong late to-night. It is reported that one man was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fearful Fires. Twenty People Perish. Victoria's Worst Week. MELBOURNE
Twenty people have perished in the forest fires which have swept the mountain districts of Victoria. The bodies of 18 men, women, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Fires Sweep Over Victoria Twenty-one Die in Flames
A result of the intensive heat has been the outbreak of fire in many of the forest regions in Victoria and in addition, there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-Day's Latest. Fires Break Out Afresh. MELBOURNE, Friday Noon
A strong northerly wind, which blew up this morning caused forest fires to break out afresh in the Erica district, while the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Tragedy at Bega Sydney
William Underhill 66, was assisting to extinguish grass fires near Springdale, in the Bega district yesterday, when he tripped on a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relief Fund For Victorian Fire Victims
"The Argus" opened a fund for the relief of the Victorian fire victims, and in three days £8,929 has been sent in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ten Shops Destroyed £15,000 Fire in Sydney Arson Suspected
There was a sequel to a fire which occurred in the Sydney Arcade on Sunday morning, when Harry Oleinikoff, 24, chiropodist, was charged at…
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