Motor Car Hits Electric Light Pole And Causes Minor Fire
When Mr. Gilbert Braim, manager of the Border Wool Company was driving his car around the S-bend in Young st. late on Wednesday evening it…
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The Heat Wave. Victoria's Experiences. Fire Demon Still at Work. Sydney
New heat records were established in N.S.W. yesterday. At Bourke, the temperature soared to 119 deg., an all time record. The temperature…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Later News. General Position Easier. Fires Still Smouldering; Rain Needed to Extinguish Them. Twelve Men Still Missing. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night
Although large tracts of country in Victoria were still in the grip of the fire demon to-day, the general situation was easier…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Walwa Fires Take Heavy Toll Property and Stock Lost in the Flames State Electricity Commission’s Camp Destroyed Men Forced to Flee for Their Lives Losses Sustained at Welaregang
The bush fires in the districts adjacent to Albury yesterday continued unabated, except that calmer, conditions gave firefighters an opportunity of checking their spread…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →First Victim of Bushfires in N.S.W. SYDNEY
First victim of bush fires in N.S.W. was William Underhill, aged 66, who trapped and fatally burned in a balze near Springdale late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Electricity Suffers Maintained Under Difficulties Fires Cause Breakdown
Caused by the bush and forest fires which are sweeping Victoria, Albury electricity supply failed last evening between 8 and 8.45 o’clock, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Corryong Threatened by Fierce Fires Position at Walwa Still Serious Volunteers Arrive From all Sides Desperate Efforts on All Fire Fronts
With a strong wind blowing unabated last night, fires in the Upper Murray assumed serious proportions, and calls were made for volunteers to assist the residents on a dozen different fronts. Walwa was encircled with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Fires in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
Fierce bush fires are sweeping through the Hawses’ Bay district and settlers have gone through many arduous hours saving property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allegedly Cut Fire Hoses. Sydney
The cutting of the fire hoses while firemen were extinguishing bonfires in Surry Hills streets on New Year’s Eve had a sequel in the Central Police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Plight of Corryong Serious Last Night Tow Big Fires Threaten Town Latest Position More Hopeful
Residents of Corryong spent a night of terror with the town surrounded by fire. Volunteers were called for from Albury, Wodonga and Tallangatta and left early in the evening, while the roads were still open, to go the assistance of the hard-pressed citizens…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jindera Family’s Misfortune Home Destroyed by Fire All the Contents Destroyed
The home of Mr. Alfred Wood, Jindera, was bunt to the ground about 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Woods was working at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Noojee Wiped Out; Hundreds of Homes Destroyed; Eight More Burnt to Death Day of Terror in the Hill Country Bush Dwellers Retreat Before Fires Torrid Northerly Spreads Flames Fears Entertained For Safety of Several Persons MELBOURNE
Helpless before a scorching northerly wind, which carried the fires from ridge to ridge, residents in the bush country of the Dividing Range retreated to-day into Warburton and Healesville, which were ringed with flames…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scientists Join in Fighting Fires Big Canberra Blaze Capital Threatened £250,000 Damage Done to Pine Forests Canberra
With a raging- fire on a 45-mile front, sweeping towards the national capital, and reaching to within two or three miles of it in one sector,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dora Fire
A fire broke out on the property of Mr. Phil Lees, and before it was got under control, much grass country was swept…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Corryong Safe Immense Losses Upper Towong Suffers Fire Sweeps Biggera Valley
At Corryong, Saturday was a terrifying day, but yesterday was nice and calm, and in the late afternoon drizzling rain helped the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sixty-one Persons Known to Have Perished in Fires Like a Hill Illuminated with a Myriad Lights
Mt Elliot, between Towong and Corryong, appeared to be illuminated with a myriad of lights on Friday night. The fire burned right to the Murray Valley Highway. Thousands of head of cattle, sheep and horses were turned on to the roads. The glow in the foreground was caused by the burning of haystacks, outbuilding and yards on Mr. Charlie Waters’ property The house was miraculously saved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3500 Acres of Pine Plantations Burnt Devastating Fires at Bright 200 Soldiers Brought From Seymour Town Saved After Vast Destruction
Two lives, between 3000 and 4000 acres of pine plantations, unknown and unguessed at thousands of acres of rough timbered country, three homes and very large numbers of stock are die toll of a great fire which aged around Bright from Friday until Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Burnt to Death Han and His Nephew Tragedy at Fire Near Bright Nature Devastates a Valley
No more shocking verdict of the fires has been heard than that which came on Saturday from Bright. Those hundreds of people who regularly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires in New Zealand AUCKLAND--Monday
Gales are sweeping the Hawkes Bay district, and bush fires are raging in many parts. At times the wind reached a velocity of 75 miles per…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carnival for Bush Fire Fund
A swiniming carnival will be held at: the Edwardes street pool on Thursday right next. It was originally intended that this function should be in aid of…
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