Close Call From Bushfire at Blacksmiths
A bash fire swept along by the wind went within 15 yards of houses at Blacksmiths this afternoon. It started about 200 yards from…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22
Bush Fires at Lake
Parties of volunteers from Toronto fought two large fire which threatened poultry farms at Awaba Road today…
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EXTENSIVE bush fires between Fassifern and Morisset yesterday and last night caused delays to trains and put telephone…
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Sparks from a chip bath-heater blew on to paper and caused a fire in a boardiniz-house in King Street this afternoon…
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Newcastle Fire Brigade made a good save of the main public stand in the saddling paddock at the Newcastle…
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Brigades in the Newcastle fire district were fighting bush fires up till 10.20 last night. Swansea brigade receiving the…
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Bush fires which swept through lakeside areas on Saturday subsided generally yesterday, though a small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Broadmeadow Grandstand
Fire broke out in the booth beneath the public stand at Board meadow racecourse on Saturday when the Great Northern Cup meeting was conducted. Patrons left the bar in advance of billowing clouds of black smoke. Flames began to lick through the flooring of the of the stand. Fireman soon got to work and the flames were beaten. Top picture shows a fireman waiting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Navy Launch Explodes Starts Fires Near Sydney Harbour
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A terrific explosion shook the foreshores of Sydney harbour about 5.30 this afternoon when a naval auxiliary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Stand at Races Butt of Cigarette Blamed
A CIGARETTE butt was blamed for starting a fire between the flooring of the public stand and ceiling of the publican's booth in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toronto Ringed by Bush Fires Southerly Turns Flames from Houses
Toronto late last night was the centre of a huge ring of flame. Danger which threatened property several times during the day was averted when a southerly breeze blew last night…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Dense clouds of red dust swept from the dust-bowls of the drought stricken inland by hot searing winds have now reached practically the whole of the coastal area…
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New South Wales Bush Fires Advisory Committee, operating under control of the Chief Secretary's Department, has issued this poster, emphasising that the care of the individual is needed to prevent bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stop Press Maitland Grass Fire
The Maitland Fire Brigade was summoned to a small grass fire on vacant Ind off Carrington Street this afternoon. No property was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fighting Bush-fires In Holmesville Area
Volunteer fire-fighters made a good save against fierce bushfires near Holmesville hist night. They were still blazing today,…
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A bush fire which began on a mile front at Ladysmith threatened Holmesville as it swept on in the direction of Barnsley. Top picture is a close-up of the flames racing through bush growth. Holmesville presented a dejected picture (lower) as the flames advanced on the township…
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LONDON, Thursday: Casualties among V2 crews during the first fortnight of the offensive against Britain were so heavy that the German High Command refuses to allow regular artillerymen to fire the new weapon. Triggermen behind the V2 now…
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Grass and bush fires raged in practically every part of Newcastle district yesterday and last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barnsley Saved From Fire By Sudden Change Of Wind
The destruction of the township of Barnsley in the West Wallsend district by a bushfire which swept down on the township on a wide front this morning was averted by the change in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dust and Smoke Again Cast Pall Over State Drought and Fires Spread to New Areas
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Red dust swept by parching westerly winds from the inland drought areas again settled over most of the coastal areas of the State to-day…
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