Those Bush Fires
The year 1926 has opened ominously with its bushfire experiences, which, it is to be hoped, are now closed. That hope was, however, felt last week, when the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1926
571 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 29
Martinsville. Bush Fires
Fires have been raging oil the highland between Martinsville and Cessnock and Wollombi districts, but fortunately have been confined to grass and forests. The…
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EDITHVALE'S TURN.—The ruins of the two houses which were burnt to the ground at Edithvale. This was the fifth serious suburban fire to occur within a few days. ONE THING ABOUT A FLAMINGO is that when it wants to ro to sleep…
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Reports show that nearly all the forest fire have died down, but the absence of rain is causing anxiety in district which were not touched, by the…
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Honey continues to pour in for the various bush-fire relief funds, which this morning totalled approximately £83,643. Details of the various funds…
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If the Northern Hemisphere has been visited by one of the worst winters ever known, floods devastating whole provinces, and cold taking scores of lives,…
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Bush fire relief funds continue to grow, and this morning totalled £94,749. It is expected that the £100,000 mark will be passed to-day…
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Hamilton Fire Brigade turned out at half-past ten o'clock on Saturday morning to a scrub fire at Merewether West, near the rifle range. About two acres…
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At 1.24 o'clock this morning, Newcastle Headquarters Fire Brigade was informed that there was a fire in a stacK of timber near the power-house…
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Newcastle fire brigades were summoned to a fire in Zara-street at 1.20 p.m. to-day. It was found that flames had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Wallsend. Fire Brigade Matters
Interpreting a resolution of Wallsend Council at its last meeting, in relation to the local fire brigade, as something bordering on a vote of consure on the…
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There is a blackened trail left by the bush fires in Victoria. And on portion of that trail, are the few charcoal-coated beams and twisted sheets of iron, and re-baked bricks which made up the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Smith, and their children at Warburton. It was Smith who drove a motor lorry through a wall of flame, with his children packed under the seat for safety…
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While attention has been largely concentrated upon the disastrous bush fires that have taken place in Victoria, destroying several small…
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About 300 points of rain along a 25-mile front at the fire on Bago State Forest yesterday stopped the advance of the flames. The fire fighters, most…
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Yesterday was another towards a quota which is making the present month the hottest February within the memory of the oldest residents. At ten o'clock the record…
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Sir,—I notice in your paper, mention made of two or three instances where the fire brigades had been called and could not attend, as it was not in their…
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The bush fire relief funds now total £103,624. This amount includes two donations of £10 each sent by cable from Switzerland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Sea Vessel Ablaze Near N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
The Public Works Department at Wha[?]gare, 15 miles north of Gisborne, reports that at 9.5 a.m. to-day a vessel was seen on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Fiend Bush Outbreaks Recur 'Phones Cut Off Another town Wiped Out MELBOURNE
The heavily timbered areas of Victoria are once more being swept by bush fires. The township of Kingslake…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Successful Tour Migration Campaign Fear of Bush Fires London
Lord Apsley and Mr. Barnes, of the Australian migration staff, have returned to London after an extraordinarily successful provincial tour…
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