Thousands of Stock Lost Whole Properties Swept Wagga District Fires Cover Over 40 Miles
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 10
The most serious fires In the history of Wagga district are sow raging between Tarcutta and Batlow. It is estimated that the flames have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Victims of Fire Man and Wife Die a Victorian Tragedy Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 1
Trapped by a grass fire which swept their property at Eagle Point, [?]s from Bairnsdale, Mr. and Mrs. Alee Woodman were so…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ravages of Leneva Fire
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 6
All that was left of a large bay shed on the property of Mr. Cecil Parnaby at Leneva after Thursday’s destructive fire had swept through. Over 60 tons of hay and some pressed straw were destroyed. The fire jumped a mile from the main blaze on to this property in the high wind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ruin and Death in the Trail of the Fire Fiend
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 1
In the top picture the grim ruin that was once the Leneva Post Office is seen, while in the lower picture the distorted bodies of sheep, huddled against the ruined fence on the property of Mr. L. Fietz, at Leneva. bear aw tut testimony to the terrible speed of the fire which swept the area on Thursday last,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Appeal for Help Bushfire Sufferers Wodonga and District a Terrible Toll of Losses Indicated
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 6
The bushfires which swept the near North-Eastern Victoria on Thursday caused almost crippling losses in many Instances, and it has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Last Week's Disastrous Fires The Victorian Outbreaks Under Control
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 4
News from Gippsland at the week-end indicated that the forest fires were being brought under control. Thousands of acres of grass lands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Brobenah District
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 4
A Leeton message says that a fire which had been raging on a five-mile front in the Brobenah district, and was advancing on the town, was got…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Careless Use of Fire A Good Save
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2
Prompt action yesterday by the manager and employees of Cobran Station prevented a fire spreading in heavily grassed country…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Pine Forest Endangered by Fire Bathurst
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2
The State pine forest at Kiroonel narrowly escaped destruction by fire last night and this morning the bushfire. swept along by a high wind,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Help Is Wanted Bushfires Hit Settlers in N.E. Fine Response to Appeal
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2
The appeal for aid for the settlers who sustained serious damage in the fierce bushfires which swept North. Eastern Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires Cause Abandonment of Train Excursion
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 2
The annual Yackandandah school’s excursion to Melbourne, which this year would have gone to Williamstown beach, has been postponed because of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scenes of Bushfire Desolation at Wodonga
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 1
These photographs provide further evidence of the destruction of farmland and property in the path of the all devcuring bushfires which have marred the north-eastern countryside…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inspecting Destruction Done by Bushfires Near Wodonga
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 February 1940 · page 4
Misses S Bartle and E. Horsfall. who reside in the area affected by the bushfires of last week, made cycle tour through the Leneva valley to fully examine the widespread damage done by the roaring flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Rages Near Racecourse Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 2
[?] racer were in progress at [?] to-day a huge bush fire was burning near the course, but it did [?] interrupt the programme. At one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Help Wanted Fund Reaches £97 Bush Fire Sufferers in Wodonga District
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 4
The appeal launched by Wodonga Shire Council to aid bushfire sufferers in the district has met with a ready response, and the total in money…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Militiamen Collapse Fighting Fire Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 February 1940 · page 6
A party of militiamen assisted fighting a bushfire which jumped George’s River and swept towards the Glenfield camp. Several of them…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Money Pours in Wodonga Bush Fire Appeal £120 Now in Hand
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 3
Residents of Albury and Wodonga districts are making a fine response to the Wodonga Shirt Council’s bush fire appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Day’s Bag—15 Birds Seven Species Protected Victorian Regulations; Bush Fire Warning
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2
Simultaneously with NSW the Victorian open season for wild duck will begin to-morrow and continue for a period of one [?] closing on March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rubbish Fire At The Public School
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 February 1940 · page 2
Shortly after 11 o’clock last night, the Albury Fire Brigade was called to quell a small outbreak in the playground of the boys’ department of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires; Now Winter
Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 March 1940 · page 4
Last week dense smoke from sweeping bush fires enveloped Gundowring and Yackandandah districts. Yesterday morning a sharp frost lay on the…
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