Predicts Extension of Bushfires
SYDNEY, Thursday.—An extension of the dust storms to Far Northern parts of the State and an increase in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 22
Wind Change Saved Homes From Fires
The southerly which sprang up just after midday yesterday stopped fires menacing hundreds of homes in the district. A…
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"It's about time some householders in the Lake area did a bit of cooperating with the fire brigades," declared the Captain of the Toronto Fire Brigade (Cr. E. Gain) yesterday, after a southerly wind had saved an area at Kilaben Bay…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Bushfires are completely out of control in the Blue Mountains. Whipped by a strong westerly wind they have beaten weary fire…
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CANBERRA, Friday — Additional petrol allowances will be granted to license holders in areas where State Governments consider it necessary…
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DESPITE their grim record bush fires fail to impress their sesson of preventable factors. It is almost impossible to prevent and control…
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The only fire reported to Newcastle Fire Headquarters yesterday was at Wallsend, where a small area of blackberries caught alight…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Probably never in the history of the Williamstown Cup has a race been run that stranger circumstances than…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Bush fire risks are increasing in many parts of New South Wales, including the Newcastle district, Weather Bureau forecasts warn to-night…
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SYDNEY.—Fires at Lithgow and Little Hartley have been controlled. Last night nearly 400 volunteers fought fires at Menai…
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SYDNEY.—Bushfires in the Manning River State forest have destroyed 800 acres of re-growth timber, including much black butt and other…
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LONDON, Monday.—Two German convoys sailing in opposite directions in the Mediterranean opened fire on each other in panic when they saw Allied light naval forces approaching. The Allied force saw the convoys…
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Weary after a night of fire-fighting and standing by in case of further danger, soldiers and civilians at the seaside township of Nelson's Bay had to turn out again this morning to fight a fresh outbreak which brought danger to the township from a new…
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Houses facing the beach at Nelson Bay were in danger from a bushfire which swept down the hill and threatened the township at…
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GOSFPORD.—Detective R. Bodel, of Newcastle, is seeking the cause of the fire that destroyed the totalisator building at the Showground The…
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GRAFTON.—Missed when a fire swept Woolgoolga banana farms today, an Indian employee was found sitting in the centre of a still smoking plantation…
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SYDNEY Wednesday.—Men who were being taken from factories and other jobs to relieve soldiers in the front line with three years' oversea…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Bushfires would have a serious effect on coal production in the hunter River district said the Minister for…
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We equip our soldiers with every implement of modern warfare. The bushfire in Australia has proved itself to be Public…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Police fired shots at two men who made off from a stolen, car abandoned in Simpson-street, Bondi, late to-night…
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