Talgarmo Threatened by Bush Fire Good Save by Brigades
A bushfire, which at one stage, threatened Talgamo, broke out yesterday afternoon about 6.30. The timely arrival of the Bethanga and Talgamo…
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Wangaratta Bush Fire Appeal Passes £500 Mark Over Week-end
Donations towards the Wangaratta bush fire appeal, which has been running for some time, passed the £500 mark during the weekend. Donations…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The heat and high winds of yesterday caused a further outbreak of bush fires in Victoria and great areas of country…
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Sir,--The Red Cross Society has been doing magnificent work in assisting those who have suffered in the recent bush fires, and heavy inroads…
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A bush fire broke out in the Mulwala State Forest yesterday, about midday, and fanned by a hot north wind, rapidly spread amongst the pine…
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Hereunder is a copy of a letter from a young signaller, at present in camp in Southern N.S.W. and addressed to his father in Sydney…
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News of the appeal being conducted on behalf of the victims and dependants of those killed in the Wangaratta bush fires has readied New Guinea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Alarm of Fire An Exciting Week-end
Dr. Bonwick had an exciting week end. In the early hours of Sunday morning, an hour or so before dawn…
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During the weekend residents of Griffith and Temora noticed a ball of fire flashing across the sky and later there were numbers of loud explosions lasting about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Die in Fires in Victoria Town in Flames; Many Houses Destroyed MELBOURNE
Dangerous fires today threatened the electric power centre of Victoria at Yallourn, and tonight were blazing in the nearby township of-Morwell. Danger to the town of Yallourn seemed to have passed when darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Newcastle Fire £30,000 Damage at Iceworks Newcastle
Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused to-day by a fire in Dark's leeworks. The fire followed an explosion in…
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Bush fires swept a wide area of suburban and near Sydney districts today. The outbreak included a fire at St Mary’s, some miles west of Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest About the Fires Devastation in Gippsland MELBOURNE
A fire which was burning towards the township of Yarram in south Gippsland was brought under control tonight after it had…
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When a truck taking water to bush are near Queanbeyan today overturned. William Talbot, aged 47, married, was killed instantly. Foster Scott, an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fires Sweeping Lithgow District Lives and Homes Endangered LITHGOW
H[?]e bush fires, the [?]est in the history of the district, are now ra[?] around Rydal, [?]valls and Tarna, and rapidly [?] on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death-roll in Fires Rises to 12 Serious Electricity Position; Severe Damage at Yallourn MELBOURNE
Twelve persons are known to have perished as the result of fires south of Morwell on Monday. Several people are still missing, and the police are touring the countryside endeavoring to trace them. Eleven person…
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Fire brigade yesterday attended a small grass fire at the year of the Convent. There was no damage to fending or other property…
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With cooler, windless weather, the bush fire danger has passed temporarily, but a close watch is being kept on Umbered and [?] country…
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A recommendation was made by the engineer (Mr Sar[?]), at Albury Municipal Council meeting on Wednesday night that the Controller of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gippsland Fires 12 People Lose Lives
The death roll in the Gippsland disastrous fires now totals 12 and at least 12 other persons are in hospital, some in a critical, condition…
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