Bush Fires Producer Gas Further Deaths MELBOURNE
Before being brought under control last night a bush fire, which broke out on Monday in heavy wooded country near Colac yesterday, threatened the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
298 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 15
34 Now Dead Bush Fires Take Heavy Toll MELBOURNE
Before being brought under control last night, a bush fire, which broke out on Monday in heavilywooded country near Colac…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family Shelters in Dam Big Blaze Near Canberra CANBERRA
Mrs. G. W. Wilson and her six children sheltered in a dam on Yass Road. about l5 miles from Canberra, yesterday, when a bush fire…
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YASS Thursday.—Bush firs fighters were rushed from Y[?]s last night to combat two outbreaks which fanned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yass Bush Fires Now Under Control YASS
Bush fire fighters were rushed from Yass last night to combat two outbreaks which, fanned by strong wind, were bearing down on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hot Weather Bush Fire Warning SYDNEY
The Weather Bureau to-day issued the following bush fire warning: “Temperatures are expected to increase in N.S.W. by or during…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Victorian Bush Fires One Dead MELBOURNE
For the second time this year there was a serious outbreak of bush fires in Victoria at the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pensioner Burnt to Death Victim of Bush Fire Fatality MELBOURNE
For the second time, this year there was a serious outbreak of bushfireS in Victoria at the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wewak Whacked! Damage to Enemy Ships Large Fires at Hansa Bay
Sinking at Japanese shipping at Wewak and Hansa Bay (New Guinea) yesterday, Allied planes sank a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Two Men Fined. MELBOURNE
Fines of £50 each, in default of two months, was imposed at the Beaufort Police Court yesterday on Desmond James Shearer and Alan Spender, for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kuriles Bombardment U.S. Task Force Fires 200 Shells WASHINGTON
In a despatch from an advanced Aleutians base, the United Press correspondent says that an American task force fired nearly 200 shells…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£50 FINES Careless Fire-Lighters Punished MELBOURNE
Fines of £50 each, in default two months, were imposed at the Beaufort Police Court yesterday on Desmond, James Shearer and Alan,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Desolation Graphic Picture Painted by Ex-T.A.S. Boy Respirators Used in Burying Stock
A graphic story of desolation following the Victorian bushfires last month is told by Tpr. Bruce McKensey, son of Mr. and Mrs…
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It became so completely and urgently necessary to organise armies to meet the southward surge of the Japanese that one was not surprised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder in Park Police Seeking Clues Pond Being Pumped fey Fire Brigade SYDNEY
The woman murdered in Centennial Park yesterday is believed- to be Joyce Patterson, who resided in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Fire Three Injured NEWCASTLE
Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused to-day by a fire in Dark’s iceworks. The fire was followed by an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four People Lose Lives in Victorian Bush Fires Several Others Critically Injured
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Three women and a man have lost their fives in fresh outbreaks of the disastrous bush fires in Victoria. Several other persons have been critically…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Munition Works Idle Result of Victorian Bush Fires MELBOURNE
With the open cut at Yallourn still ablaze, drastic steps are being taken in Melbourne to-day to restrict the use of electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yallourn Fire Restrictions on Coal MELBOURNE
With the open cut at Yallourn still ablaze, drastic steps are being taken in Melbourne to-day to restrict the use of electricity…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Homes Burned Serious Bushfires in Sydney Streets
Bushfires swept a wide area of suburban and near Sydney districts yesterday, the outbreak including a fire at St. Mary's, some miles west…
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