Fires Under Control In N.S.W. Six Dead
SYDNEY, Monday:—Light rain fell to-day in many districts where serious loss occurred during bushfires over the week-end, and with…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
682 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 35
Fire Outbreak at Mullumbimby Residence Saved
A good save was effected early yesterday morning when an outbreak of fire occurred at a residence occupied by Mr. and Mrs…
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How an unattended camp fire was the cause of the destruction of a township was related in Goulburn Police Court, when Cyril James…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Cyril James Hay ward (39) was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor when he pleaded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Left Fire Unattended: 3 Months' Gaol Goulburn
How an unattended camp fire was the cause of the destruction of a township was related in the Police Court to-day when Cyril…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lost For Hours After Fighting Fires Woodenbong Man Caused Anxiety Forest Outbreaks Under Control
LOSING his way when returning after fighting a forest fire in the Woodenbong district late on Saturday, J. Masey, a forestry employee, caused fears for his safety until he was located by a search party about four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Checks the Fires in Victoria 1,500 Homeless and £3,000,000 Damage
MELBOURNE, Monday:—Cool weather and rain at all danger points has checked the Victorian bushfires. In most…
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Fears were at first entertained for the safety of J. Masey, a forestry employee, when he became separated from his companions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six More Deaths In Bushfires In N.S.W. SYDNEY
The death roll from bushfires in New South Wales was increased to six to-day when the charred body of a man was found by two boys in a scrub near Penrose. Yesterday, the township of Penrose was wiped out, but to-day, heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Near New Brighton Residents Alarmed, But Blaze Almost Disappears
Some residents in the New Brighton district had anxious moments with a fire that has been burning there, and they took steps…
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A fire which started in the front bedroom of a house at 36 Zadocstreet, Lismore, about 3.15 p.m. Yesterday severely damaged the room and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Egg Price Rise in Sydney Poultry Farmers Suffer From Fires
SYDNEY, Tuesday:—As a result of the heat wave and bushfires the retail prices of eggs have risen by an average of 3d per dozen to 1/9½ or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Protecting Life More Safeguards in Fire Areas in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—The State Cabinet at a meeting on Monday probably will agree to a proposal of the Forests…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£300,000 DAMAGE: N.S.W. BUSHFIRES Govt. Assistance SYDNEY
After State Ministers had been informed to-day that the police estimate of damage by bush fires throughout the State was £300,000…
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A bushfire which burned across a four-mile front on the Pacific Highway between Woodburn and Mororo since Friday, was almost under…
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The Lismore Chamber of Commerce decided last night to donate £5 to the fund opened by the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Ald. Nock) to assist families…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday:—A cottage occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Starr and family, used as a post office at Dairyville, was destroyed by fire to-day…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday—Victoria's death rail in the bushfires which ravaged the State last week is expected to reach 68. Hope…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drought and Fire M'bah Travellers Tell of Havoc Wrought
Tales of hardship and suffering, of loss of fortune and property and of terrible conditions through drought and bush fire in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Lord Hampton, the Chief Commissioner of Boy Scouts in England, in tracing the history of the scout movement at a…
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