Terrific Black Forest Fire Intense Heat Ignites Clothing MELBOURNE
Fierce fires yesterday raged on a three mile front throng the black forest between Macedon and Woodend, destroying one house…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
115 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 6
Narrabri Free From Fires Brigade Has 16 Calls During Year
Sixteen calls (an increase of eight on the previous year's figures), were received by the Narrabri Volunteer Fire…
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A message from Melbourne this morning states that the many people whoso lives wore endangered in bush fires which swept…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires. Two Houses Destroyed
A fire occurred in a cottage In Auburn Street, East Moree. at about 2 o'clock on Thursday morning. December 29. but fortunately the outbreak was extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local & General. Grass Fire
A grass fire started on Saturday evening on Mr. G.J.H. Clyne's property, 'but fortunately it was got under control. we understand, by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sequel to Fire Sydney
There was a sequel to-day to the fire which occurred in the Sydney Arcade this morning, when Harry Oleinkoff, 24, chiropodist, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Telegraphic and Cable News Bush Fires. Shall Holders and Campers Criticised. Commissioner's Caustic Remarks. Sydney
Mr. E. H. F. Swain, Commissioner of Forests in N.S.W., said last night that the major bushfires in Victoria and New South Wales were the result…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Fires on Wane Change of Wind SYDNEY Thursday
Bush fires in many ports of Victoria appear to be gradually on the wane as the result of a sudden change of wind…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loss Through Fires £300,000 In South Australia ADELAIDE
Although so far no loss of life has been reported in bush fires. Damage is estimated at approximately £300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Relief Yet! Old Man Fatally Burned Possible Change at Week-End SYDNEY Thursday. Fell Into Fire SYDNEY Thursday
The acting Divisional Meteorologist, Mr. Newman, said to-day that an extensive low pressure system was moving steadily eastward from South William Underhill (66) was assisting to extinguish fires near Springdale in the Bega district yesterday, when he tripped on a tree trunk and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Bushfires. Heroic Efforts. Federal Governments Sympathy. Sydney
Mr. Lyons, on behalf of the Fede-ral Government, last night expressed deep sympathy for those who suf-fered such tragic bereavements in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires in Victoria. Big Death Toll
Eighteen more people to death in Victorian b[?] yesterday, bringing the total to 20 since the fires started…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires. Sydney
Ten houses were reported burned with all contents, and at least 25 others endangered, when bushfires, driven "by a 50-mile-an-hour wind,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£100,000 DAMAGE Caused by Bush Fires SYDNEY
It is estimated that £100,000 damage was caused by bushfires in the Mittagong district. Sheep farms were destroyed and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Wires Bush Fires Quelled Rain To Rescue SYDNEY. Monday
Misty rain on the Blue Mountains extinguished the fires at Springwood, Valley Heights and Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Inquiry
An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire which destroyed a cottage in Auburn Street. East Moree. on Friday morning. December 30. will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires at Moss Vale. Sydney
Flames which threatened Moss Vale have been extinguished. Many residents have now returned to their homes…
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The village fire brigade at Torrlesa used its new fire-engine for the first time, and not to fight a fire, but to succour on expectant mother who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tullibegeal Fire Sydney. Thursday
Detectives believe a fire which menaced the entire business bloc at Tullibegold in the Wagga district on Tuesday, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Auburn Street Fire. Magisterial Inquiry
An Inquiry Into the circumstances surrounding the fire which destroyed a cottage In Auburn Street. East Moree early on Friday morning, December 30,…
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