Brisbane Fire Damage £60,000 BRISBANE
Damage amounting to £60,000 was done by a fire which destroyed the four-storied furniture manufacturing establishment of Garrick Ltd. in Saul…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
351 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 18
Fire in Butcher's Shop Boiler Room Damaged
A fire commenced in the boiler room of Hillard's butcher shop, at the corner of Rusden and Marsh-streets, about 5 a.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Heavy Toll in Yass District Sheep Trapped Sydney
It is estimated that hush fives which swept through the Yass district on Sunday and yesterday destroyed 50,000 acres, besides…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Fires Outbreak in Shop Family's Close Call Sydney
When a butcher's shop conducted by Ernest Lynch took fire early this morning, in a rear bedroom, Lynch, his wife and their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nanango Fire Hotel Destroyed BRISBANE
At Nanangro last night a fire destroyed the Commercial Hotel and the adjoining eight shops. Most of the occupants of the hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Sugar Refinery Works SYDNEY
A fine broke out early this morning in an elevator at the Colonial Sugar Refinery's works at Pyrmont…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nullamanna Notes Personal—Bush Fires—Dance
Mrs. E. Potts, of Ash Island, Newcastle, has been holidaying with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Turner, "Teringa." Mrs. Ben Smith, who has been the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Charges Repudiated By Grazier Organisations Origin of Bush Fires SYDNEY
Representative graziers and farmers' organisations and fire officials to-day repudiated the charge that carelessness by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALMOST 15,000 Sheep Destroyed Fires in Yass District SYDNEY
Losses from bush fires In the Yass district are estimated at £120,000. Nearly 15,000 sheep have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fighting System Criticised Ministers in Reply SYDNEY
Chief Secretary Tonking has replied to criticism attributed to Forestry Commissioner Swain, of the present system of fighting bush…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guyra News Shire Council Meeting Estimates Submitted Increases in Lighting and Fire Brigade Rating
Presenting the estimates for 1940 the president (Cr. V. L. Green) said at yesterday's meeting of Guyra Shire Council that if…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushfire Losses Stock b PROPERTY £120,000 at Yass SYDNEY
Losses from bush fires in the Yass district are estimated at £120,000. Nearly 15,000 sheep have been destroyed. 5000 of them on one property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hotel Threatened Volunteers Suppress Bushfire SYDNEY
For two hours last night the Panorama Hotel at the top of Bum pass was surrounded by fires. The names got to within 100 yards of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defenceless Ships Bombed and Raked with Machine-gun Fire Ruthless Nazi Warfare Revealed Attacks Continue After Survivors Take to Boats Germans Flee When British Fighters Appear LONDON
The Nazi air force launched a further vicious attack on British coastal shipping, the raids extending 500 miles along the east coast. At least 20 bombers participated, but apparently the much-vaunted Messerschmitt twin-engined escort machines did not appear…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Premier's Appeal Car Travellers Can Help Sydney
The State Premier, Mr. Mair, to-day appealed to motorists to take a few old bags in their car when they were going to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →House on Fire Aged Woman Rescued SYDNEY
Mrs. Calherine Fryer (80) was sitting on the verandah of her home at Barellan last night when a fire occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Under Hail of Fire Reds Forced to Entrench Siberian Ski Battalion Dispersed LONDON
Nowhere have the Finns given the Russians any cause for exultation as they are holding their own on all fronts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dry Season Losses Rain Urgently Needed Heat, Fires and Pests
Fierce heat, bushfires, dustst[?]rms and, in some districts swarms of grasshoppers, have had a serious effect on both stock and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Only Safe Was Undamaged Huge Loss in Music Warehouse Blaze SYDNEY
Damage to Nicholson's music warehouse in the fire on Saturday night is now estimated between £100,000 and £150,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rabbits and Fire Modification in Act Sought
The Manilla Grazers' Association has decided to ask the annual conference to suggest to the Government that the [?]less Use of Fire Act be amended…
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