Big fire menacing station homesteads
BRISBANE, Tues.: A bush fire, which has already burnt out 8000 acres, is threatening three homesteads in the Clermont…
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Bushfire Rages in Queensland
BRISBANE, Wed.: The bushfire which has already burnt out 250 square miles in the Claremont district of central Queensland was…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.: Graziers up to 70 miles alone the danger path of the Clermont district bushfire have-been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Children die in fire; mother in hospital
PERTH, Thurs.: While their mother was in hospital recovering from the birth a third daughter, [?]…
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Wangaratta fire engine, which made a desperate dash to help fight the fire in the Beechworth Mental…
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Pictures showing the charred shell of the three Beechworth Mental Hospital wings which were gutted by fire yesterday, and the personalities who figured in the rescue of the patients and in fighting the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minister orders inquiry into mental hospital fire (Earlier Reference Page 1)
MELBOURNE, Fri.: The Minister for Health (Mr Fulton) has ordered an inquiry into the fire at Beechworth Mental Hospital. He will return to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mental Patients’ Amazing Escapes in Big Beechworth Fire £500,000 Damage: Hospital Gutted (By a “Mail” Special Representative)
More than 300 patients had miraculous when fire gutted three main wings of Beechworth Mental Hospital early yesterday morning. Cause of the outbreak is not yet known, but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Forest Fires Burning
SEATTLE, Sun.: Serious forest fires were burning yesterday in the States of Oregon, Washington and the Canadian…
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ADELAIDE, Sun.: Damage estimated at £1000 was caused by fires early today in the Highbury st. Methodist Church at Prospect…
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Because of the likely grave danger of bush-fires this summer, Coreen Shire Council yesterday decided to ask the Local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plot to smash cease-fire talks is suggested
TOKIO, Mon.: An alleged breach of the [?] neutrality zone yesterday may have been caused by a political group intending to support a break-up of the armistice conference. The Communist claimed that in an attack, one of…
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NEW YORK, Wed.: More than 500 forest fires, largely the result of lightning storms, are creating the most dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →[?]Omicidal Maniac-fire Bug Housebreaker at Large May be in Deniliquin District
[?] man who escaped from [?] Beechworth. Victoria, In [?] for the criminal in-may be in the…
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Landholders in Holbrook Shire are to be asked to dear land to a distance of two drains from the road to prevent bushfires. This was decided by the monthly meeting of the Shire Council yesterday when the bushfire danger was discussed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Liquid Fire Goes Brilliantly
SYDNEY, Thurs.: Liquid Fire, a popular candidate for the 3-Year-Old Handicap at Canterbury, sprinted brilliantly at Victoria Park…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Horton Park Homestead Destroyed by Fire Nearly All Personal Effects Lost
MRS. George Cannon, her infant twins, and their nurse, Miss E. Thirkell, were able to escape from the burning building of Horton Park Homestead, in the Booligal district, with only a limited amount of their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discussing Cease-fire Talks
General Mathew R. Ridgway (right) discussing the latest position in Korea with Vice-Admiral Joy, chief delegate of the United Nations forces at the cease-fire talks. Admiral Joy had flown to Tokio to report to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liquid Fire for Three-year-old
SYDNEY, Fri.: Liquid Fire is likely to run in the 3-Y-O Handicap at Canterbury tomorrow, but a decision has been delayed on whether Gallant…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire-damaged liner figures in collision
SYDNEY, Fri.: The fire-damaged liner, Bulolo, collided with the stern of the freighter Marinella during towing operations…
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