Bushfire Risks Now Menacing
SYDNEY.—With grass many feet high all over the State and the bush fire risk approaching its zenith, it is not only necessary…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
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Stock Losses in Victorian Fires
CANBERRA.—"Stock losses in the recent bushfires in Victoria and other States have been variously estimated at between 200,000…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fires almost surrounding Binalong were brought under control when only one mile form the town…
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SYDNEY.—Freakish winds are threatening further destruction by bush fires in the Young district, where an army of settlers…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—More than 500 men are fighting bush fires in the Young district as they approach the head of the Lachlan Valley…
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If serious bush fires broke out in the Newcastle district, N.E.S. would immediately offer its services, the Chief Warden (Mr. Patterson) said…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—In 100 miles of burnt-off country between Cressy and Lismore in the western districts an…
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LENINGRAD,—This spring and summer in Leningrad enemy artillery gave us no peace. May Day was tragic. The bombardment that day had evidently been planned with unusual sadism…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—When bush fires damaged a house at Hamilton, 12 pennies on a shelf were melted, but a 10/ note was not…
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Firemen from Waratah and Hamilton were called to a small fire which broke out in the linings of a weatherboard cottage occupied by…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—At Moyhu, in King Valley (North-eastern Victoria), a fire is burning in scrub country, but more than 500…
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CANBERRA.—Spray pumps, hose and rakes axe to be released for bushfire fighting in NSM. Dr. Evatt. who is acting for the…
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MELBOURNE.—Mrs. Agnes Ethel Godfrey. 39. wife of Mr. W. J. Godfrey, of Dunkeld. died in Hamilton Hospital to-day…
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MELBOURNE.—The Weather Bureau issued a warning to-day that strong northerly winds may be expected in the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—New outbreaks of fire between Gembrook and Pakenham were reported by air patrols to-day. So far, at least three…
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MELBOURNE.—Bush and grass fires are burning in many parts of Victoria to-day and with high temperatures and…
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GOSFORD, Sunday.—The whole of the mountainside of Blackwell, in the Woy Woy district, is on fire to-night…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—New outbreaks of old fires in the Western district, and outbreaks in Melbourne bayside areas, were reported…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) said so many reports had been received regarding the danger of gas producers while the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The following bush fire warning was issued by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares): "Temperatures over New South…
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