Most Fires Are “Deliberately” Lit
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: There appeared no doubt that most of the fires which bad caused devastation over wide areas of…
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Prohibition on Lighting of Fires in the Open Air
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, announced to-day that a prohibition had been imposed on the lighting of all…
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Albury Fire Brigade was yesterday called to extinguish a small grass fire in Hovell street at 10.20 yesterday morning. No…
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The people of Springhurst and district have made a splendid contribution towards helping Barnawartha farmers who had their properties burnt cut in the recent bush fires…
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Following the Public Meeting held in the School of Arts, Henty, on the 4th February, the Committee appointed have received offers of agistment, fodder and cash donations. These offers of assistance have accordingly…
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The “Mail” yesterday received a cheque for £10 for the Barnawartha Bush Fire Appeal, from Mr John P. Bourke North Wangaratta…
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A public meeting in the Albury town hall on Monday morning will set up a committee to deal with the bush fire relief funds, it was jointly stated by the Mayor (Ald. Bunion) and the…
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A 76 year-old victim of the disastrous bush fires which swept through Holbrook last month had died as the result of burns…
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Farmers of Buckland Valley have shown their sympathy in no small measure with the victims of the recent disastrous fires in the Moyhu-Greta-Hansonville areas. although there are not more than a…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Volunteers checked a serious bush fire only a mile from Wyong last night. The volunteers had been celled…
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ADELAIDE, Sun.: Damage may exceed £80,000 in a fire which destroyed the offices of the large factory of Pope…
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Leather type fire beaters and buckets supplied by the Bandiana Military Fire Brigade to firefighters’ during the recent bush…
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Albury Fire Brigade attended a small grass fire in Smollett st., next to the Olympic Pool, yesterday morning. Firemen used knapsack…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.: The £20,000 Soldiers’ Memorial Hall at Yarra Glen was completely gutted by fire which broke out…
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CANBERRA, Mon.: Investigation officers of the Taxation Department have begun visiting centres in NSW to personally…
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NEW YORK, Mon.: Fires in two homes in the United States killed 11 persons, nine of them children, and 11 persons died in…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Sixty-eight houses were destroyed in Victoria in the recent bush fires. Biggest loss was at Glenrowan,…
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A fire, believed to have started in the pantry, destroyed the Tchelery Station hamestead on Friday. The homestead was a total loss…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: The rain which fell over much of Victoria during the weekend removed, at least temporarily, the danger of…
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“Mokoan Park, the homestead of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert McCardel, about four, miles north of Benalla, of the Midlands Highway, was completely destroyed by fire portly after 11 a.m. yesterday. Benalla and District Fire Brigades, although…
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