£10,000 Damage at Hotel Fire Brisbane
The Tewantin Hotel, a large two-storied building at Tewantin, was burnt to the ground early this morning. The damage was estimated at £10,000. The eight…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
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Heat Waves in Three States Bush Fires in Adelaide Hills ADELAIDE
When the thermometer reached 108 degrees in the shade to-day, Adelaide had the fifth successive day over the century…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Power Pole Fires Are Costly
Twenty-eight poles will need to be replaced, and many others repaired, at a cost of about £450, as a result of the recent electricity pole fires, the Electrical…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inquest on Car Fire Comment By Kurri Coroner
"I don't know what the Attorney-General will think when he sees these papers. Someone is not telling the truth," said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Front Waking Up Prolonged Artillery Fire Headquarters Alert (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 11
Evidence that the Western Front is really waking up after the long winter spell was given yesterday when the British troops, fighting alongside the French…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fire Warning Sydney
A warning that fresh northerly winds and sultry temperature will probably cause bushfires was issued to-day by the Acting-State Meteorol[?] (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Residents Escape 10 Mills Are Abandoned Melbourne
Gravely menaced by bush fires ten timber mills in the Tangil area, Gippsland, have been abandoned and more than 60 women…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grate Fires In Suburbs
New Lambton Brigade was called to a small grass fire in Cromwell-street. New Lambton. to-day and Hamilton Brigade attended an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kurri Open Verdict Fire Which Destroyed Car
An open verdict was returned at Kurri Kurr Courthouse yesterday by the Coroner (Mr. A. W John), who inquired into a fire which destroyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bushfires Hamper Man's Rescue Marooned Since Sunday KATOOMBA
Meeting seven bush fires on the way, and so thirsty that twice relief parties had to be sent back for water, rescuers early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Town Almost Destroyed Fierce Fires in Victoria Many Families Homeless Melbourne
The town of Torquay is threatened with complete destruction by bush fires. The greater part is already burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Worst Over in Vic. Fires Man's Amazing Escape He Fell Down Well with Bagpipes Melbourne
Running from his blazing house, blinded by smoke during the bush fire which swept over Glen Ormiston (Western District), yesterday afternoon, Leslie Forbes, an elderly man, fell down his well…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Die in Fires Torquay Wiped Out Victoria's Best Pasture Land Destroyed Melbourne
Two lives were lost in the bush fire which wiped out the seaside resort of Torquay last night. Damage is estimated at £70,000…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stock Eat Fodder in Flames £3000 Fire at Flemington Moved to Safety Sydney
A fire which swept through a fodder conservation shed at Flemington Saleyards to-night destroyed 120 tons of oaten hay, valued at £700, and two…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Checking Fires
Sir,—Gras and bush fires are still likely. It would surprise many people to see the big fires that one can extinguish with a bucket spray pump and a bucket of water…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Cause of Fire Mystery Sydney
The City Coroner (Mr. E. T. Oram) returned an open verdict to-day after an inquiry into a fire at Nicholson's, George-street, on February 4. He said the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lit Fire; Gaol for Six Months Melbourne
Alleged to have lit a fire which swept across 500,000 acres of country from Mortlake to Camperdown and caused £250,000 worth of damage, James Healey, 47, of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Baronet's Home Razed by Fire London, February 20
Fire recently destroyed We 25-roomed country home of Sir Walter and Lady Scott at Balcombe, Sussex. Lady Scott, her 21-year-old son…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Workless Man Set Fire to His Wife New York
An unemployed milkman, Rudolph Flury, driven mad by worry, threw kerosene over his wife while she was sitting in her night dress and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forests Chief Warns Victoria Bush Fires Threaten Timber Supplies MELBOURNE
The Chairman of the Forests Commission (Mr. Galbraith) said yesterday that if the bush fires of the past two years were allowed to continue Victoria would…
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