Victorian Bushfires Settlers Start to Rebuild Melbourne
Settlers at Noojec, described as Victoria's hoodoo town, which was burnt out in 1926 and again last week, have already begun to…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Guards Watch for Bushfires in Qld. Brisbane
Because of an excellent watching system, forestry officials have little fear of extensive bushfires in Queensland. The head of the forestry…
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With the death of Mr. Hugh McKinnon, 58, married, of Loch Valley, in the West Gippsland Hospital at Warragul yesterday,…
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MOREE, Thursday:—Leslie Bambury, bookmaker and greyhound owner, burst into tears at an inquiry into two fires at his…
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It is officially estimated that the damage caused in New South Wales by bush fires and the recent heat wave was £300,000…
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At Tumut Police Court, John Joseph Quinan, 30, a swagman, was fined 60 day's gaol, for having left a fire in the open before thoroughly…
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SYDNEY, Thursday:—Fire gutted the large furniture factory of Charles Dickinson, in May, Joseph and Helena Streets…
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BRISBANE, Thursday:—The 35ft. motor launch Marie II burst into flames in Boat Passage about 6 o'clock this morning and was burned…
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More than 90 men working in the furniture factory of Charles Dickinson Ltd., at Leichhardt, to-day raced for…
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SYDNEY, Thursday:—At Tumut Police Court, John James Quinlan (30), swagman, was fined £30 in default 60 days' imprisonment in gaol…
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CANBERRA, Thursday:—The Minister for the Interior (Mr. McEwen) will propose at the Federal Cabinet meeting in Hobart next…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—With the death of Hugh McKinnon (58), married, of Loch Valley, in West Gippsland Hospital at…
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The Premier (Mr. Stevens) last night attributed the curtailment of the area in the recent bushfires in New South Wales to the activities of the…
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The amount of money collected by the various funds for the relief of bushfire sufferers now exceeds £100,000…
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Damage estimated at several hundreds of pounds was caused by a fire which completely destroyed a building at the rear of E. Watman's tailoring…
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GRAFTON, Friday:—Damage estimated at several hundreds of pounds was caused by a fire which destroyed a building at the rear of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Button Sale For Bushfire Victims ADELAIDE
Between £2000 and £3000 was raised to-day by the selling of buttons for the victims of the recent bushfires. The general fund now exceeds £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Appeal for Help for Australian Bushfire Victims London
"In our desire to help foreigners, we sometimes are apt to forget the needs of Britain and the British Empire," says Sir A. R. K. Southby, a…
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The Governor (Lord Wakehurst) and Lady Wakehurst donated £20 to the Lord Mayor's bushfire relief fund. Contributions to the fund now exceed…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday:—No accurate estimate of losses of stock through the disastrous bushfires is yet available, but heavy losses were…
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