Three Police Cadets Die in Bushfire
ADELAIDE, Fri.: Three police cadets died while fighting a bush fire in the Adelaide Hills today. The cadets were among a…
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Bush Fire Destroys 40 Acres of Grass
When a bush fire broke out on Lewis & R. G. Kiddleâs property, âSteam Plains,â Conargo, on Sunday night, 40…
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During an electrical storm on Sunday afternoon a tree on the property of Mr. A. H. Kennedy, of Mathoura, was…
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A small grass fire started on Eastern Hill shortly before 6 p.m. yesterday evening, but was quickly extinguished by the Albury fire…
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A four roomed cottage and contents were completely destroyed by fire in River Road Cobram, at 9.10 am. on Thursday…
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The fire sirenâ wail on Tuesday day night About 8.30 brought the usual motley crowd people and vehicles fellow…
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At 2.20 p.m. yesterday afternoon the Albury Fire Brigade was called to a small grass fire in Union Lane, North Albury. The fire was…
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PERTH, Thurs.: Fire which destroyed the store of Selfridges `(WA) Limited, in Hay st., early this morning caused damage…
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Albury Fire Brigade was called out to three minor fires at the weekend. On Saturday morning an outbreak occurred in a…
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GEELONG, Moil.: Goods shed at Geelong railway station was almost completely destroyed tonight in one of the most…
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Moama police, assisted by Det. Morley, of Deniliquin, are conducting an intensive investigation in the Barmah district…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Victoria is facing the worst fire danger for ten years. Rural fire brigades and…
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ADELAIDE, Mon. : The Premier, Mr Playford, with 14 other people, was trapped by a bushfire at Cherryville this morning:…
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Using knapsack sprays, the Albury Fire Brigade yesterday extinguished two grass fires—one at the cemetery and the other along…
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Wodonga Fire Brigade took two first, two second and one third prize at the fire brigades' demonstration and competition at…
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Bushfires raging in nearly every part of Victoria threaten to rival those of 1939—the worst in the State’s history—if tomorrow’s temperatures reach the nineties as predicted by the Weather Bureau. Rural Fire Brigades and thousands of volunteer firemen fought…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: If rural [?] and firemen can keep ctoria’s bushfires in check to ght and early tomorrow, the…
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NEW YORK. Wed.: At least 16 persons lost their lives when fire swept a convalescent home for the aged at Hoquiam,…
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The wailing of the fire siren at about 6 p.m. on Thursday last brought most people out of doors. It was ascertained that the fire…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Disastrous bushfires were averted by a cool change which swept the State this afternoon, ending the…
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