Fire Outbreaks Black Mountain Farmer's Loss
Mr. W. J. Kirby, of Renhold, Black Mountain, suffered a severe loss on Wednesday when a fire destroyed a-large crop of oats on…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
416 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 21
Fires Break Out Afresh! Twelve Hundred Square Miles of Forest Destroyed MELBOURNE
A strong northerly wind which blew up this morning caused forest fires to break out afresh in the Erica district, while the whole eastern half of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fourteen More People Perish in Bash Fires More Deaths Bush Fire Victims Four Children in One Family MELBOURNE
The death roll in the Victorian bush fires rose to 27, with the report early this morning of the death of six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Heat Tragic Deaths Fatal Bush Fires
The death roll in Victoria as the result of heat and bush fires last week was brought to 64 when the charred remains of 43 people were discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Much Damage Bridge Destroyed SYDNEY
Misty rain on the Blue Mountains extinguished fires at Springwood Valley Heights and Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£100,000 Bush Fires at Mittagong SYDNEY
It is estimated that £100,000 damage was caused by bush fires in the Mittagong districts. Scores of farms were destroyed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Rain to the Rescue Fires Exthguished in the Mountatins SYDNEY
Misty, rain the Blue Mountains exting[?]ished fires at Springwood, Valloey Heighs and Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush-fire Fighter Hon. D. H. Drummond In New Role
When the Hon. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A. (Minister for Education) arrived in Newport on Saturday, to open a conference at the W.E.A. College he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Threaten Properties in Enmore District Volunteers From Armidale and Uralla Join Local Residents in Grim Fight
Flames rising 50 feet in the air, showers of sparks flying hundreds of yards, and thick smoke obscuring the sun were experienced by Enmore residents yesterday when the properties of Messrs. Bevis Finlayson, W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Hill Blaze
Bush fires have been burning in eastern-areas for some days, and the blaze on the Big Hill, Armidale-Kempsey road, became serious when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ten Houses Destroyed Blaze in Galston Gorge SYDNEY
Ten houses were reported burned, with all contents, and at least 25 others, endangered when a 50 miles an hour wind drove bush fires from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destructive Busk Fires Serious Loss of Life
The death roll in Victoria as a result of heat and bush fires last week was brought to 64 when the charred remains of 43 people were discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire Near Hospital
Quite a commotion was caused shortly before noon yesterday, when a fire broke out on the common at the rear of the hospital. The fire brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beardy Street Blaze White Spirit Ignites Damage to Dry-Cleaning Plant
Employees of A. McDonald and Son, tailors and dry cleaners, were startled. late this afternoon to hear a muffled explosion, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Glen Residence Fire. Evidence at Enquiry Committed for Trial
Mr. V. H. Wells, P.M., as a Slate Coroner, held an enquiry at the Court House on Monday of last week concerning the outbreak of fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Billy Fire Sets Country Ablaze Man Sentto Gaol Swift Retribution GOULBURN
Allegations that the actions of a man in failing to put out a fire after boiling a billy had resulted in the township of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush-fire Fighter Hon. D. H. Drummond In New Role
When the Hon. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A. (Minister for Education) arrived in Newport on Saturday to open a conference at the W.E.A. College he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£2,000,000 Bush Fire Damage SYDNEY
Police report that damage caused by bush fires in New South Wales will approximate £2,000,000. Thousands of people have been left…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fighting Modern Appliances
Little is ever said of the huge annual savings made by fire fighting brigades, owing to the time saved in getting to conflagrations, due to fast…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →500 Claims For Fire Insurance SYDNEY
As a result of last week's bush fires more than 500 claims for fire damage have been made on Sydney insurance companies, and it is…
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