Bukkulla Fire Wine Cellar Destroyed £30,000 DAMAGE
Over £30,000 worth of damage was caused by a fire which broke out in the cellar of the Bukkulla vineyards late on Friday…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
351 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 18
To Fight Fires
The Project of forming a bush Fire Brigade was discussed at Tuesday's meeting of Gostwyck Shire Council Mr. H. M. Croft…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TRAWLERS Return Fire Plane Damaged London
Trawlers which were attacked by two Nazi planes yesterday returned fire and it is believed one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Yass & TARCUTTA Huge Area Covered SYDNEY
Considerable damage was by a huge fire which broke out in the Yass district yesterday. Fanned by R strong westerly wind…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Victims Elderly Couple Succumb MELBOURNE
Two persons have already lost their lives in Victorian bushfires. They are: Mr. and Mrs. Alec Woodman, aged respectively 66 and 61, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trapped in Fire Elderly Couple in Hospital MELBOURNE
When an eldedly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Net Woodman, were trapped in a lire between Parkesville and Balranald. they were, seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Loss of Stock and Property SYDNEY
It is believed that the bushfires which yesterday caused great loss of stock and property in the Tarcutta district arc now under…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday's News Flying Doctor Crashes—Japan and Philippines—Lowson Resigns—Cool Trouble—Bush Fires—Wool Values
Dr. Clyde Fenton, the "flying doctor," crashed as he was taking off from Hodgson Downs Station. Roper Valley, with a patient. The machine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Fighters Collapse Exhausted by Terrific Heat BATHURSST
More than 100 men to-day, succeeded in getting control, of a fire which broke out yesterday on the property of Mrs. A. Austin,near yetholme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Order Reversed Fire To Brigade Motorist's Initiative
When the upholstering of the rear seat of his car caught fire 10 miles from Glen Innes about 1 p.m. to-day Mr. Frederick H…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Blue Mountains Considerable Damage SYDNEY
Two hundred firemen, Policemen ans civilians fought two bush fires in the Katoomba district last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires 200 Fight Flames Near Katoomba Smoke Obliterates Road Katoomba
Two hundred firemen, policemen and civilians fought two bushfires in the Katoomba district last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Found in Fire LEETON
With his throat cut and a deep wound on his left wrist, Arthur Herbert Wilson (29) was found in a fiercely burning bush fire. He is given…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guyra News Shires Lighting and Fire Brigade Rates Slight Increases Imposed General Levy Remains at 2d
Increases of ½d in the lighting rate and ½d in the fire brigade rate were approved at a meeting of the Guyra Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Emmaville
On Sunday at about 6 O'clock the from? of Mr. G. Cecil was entirely destroyed by file. All the family were cut at he time, and the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bush Fire Miners in Danger Narrow Escapes SYDNEY
Twenty miners were endangered in the Tongarra mine near Dapto yesterday, when a bush fire swept up a gully to the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Sweeps Up Gully; 20 Miners In Danger SYDNEY
Twenty miners were endangered in Tongarra mine, near Dapto, yesterday, when a hush fire swept up the gully to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.M. Reserves Decision Damages Claim From Ebor Car Catches Fire Near Bowser
The Police Magistrate (Mr. F. T. Scroope) reserved his decision in an. unusual case told before him in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trapped by Flames Licensee, Wile and Boarders Hotel Blaze at Mackay BRISBANE
Several persons had narrow escapes in a fire which destroyed the Hotel Sarina at Mackay early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Destroyed by Fire Police Seek Man In Bush
An old model Chevrolet car, owned by Mr. Leslie Deidrick, of "Fleetwood," Boorolong, was destroyed by fire on Saturday…
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