Pig Used Brains In Bush Fire
Although sheep in the same vicinity were burnt to death, a domestic pig, which dug in on a farm near Tidbinbilla, escaped…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
682 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 35
Ruined Hat In Fire, Council Pays Up
Something new in compensation claims came before the last Nymboida Shire Council meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fears of Further Bushfire Damage in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Monday:—It is feared that if strong winds rise, the two bushfires still burning in Victoria will threaten further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bushfires Fund Disbursements By Govt. SYDNEY
The State Government will be asked to accept full responsibility for distributing money collected for the Lord Mayor's New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Qld. Prepares Bushfire Prevention BRISBANE
Serious losses in southern bushfires, had been revealed and steps were being taken for the prevention of fires by the Queensland Forest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£40,000 ALLOCATED Repair Bushfire Damage In Victoria MELBOURNE
The State Cabinet to-night decided to spend £40,000 on roadworks in the areas devastated by bushfires. The roads will be built mainly in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Royal Commission on Fires Appointment of Chairman
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—Judge Stretton, of the County Court, has been appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission which will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer's Death Bushfires in Tasmania
LAUNCESTON, Tuesday:—George Clarence Wagner, farmer, of Winnaleah, was killed to-day when fighting a bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Bushfire Areas Employment of 600 on Roads
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—After discussion with the Country Roads Board, the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) announced that the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£12,000 For Bushfire Victims SYDNEY
The bushfire appeal launched by the Macquarie broadcasting network in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Royal Commission Victorian Bushfires MELBOURNE
A deputation which waited on the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) to-day suggested that the royal commission which is to investigate the recent Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →65 Burned to Death in State Wide Bush Fires
Sixty-nine people—men, women and children—lost their lives in the terrific bush fires which raged throughout Victoria. Many others are in hospital as a result of the fire—suffering from burns or from exhaustion, and collapse caused by days and nights of fighting with the flames. Bush fire areas in Victoria are outlined in white in this map. Figures underneath names of towns indicate the number of deaths reported since January 13. Twenty-one deaths previously reported in Rubicon, Narbelhong and Toolangi are not shown…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Spreading in Tasmania Hobart
There are no prospects of controlling the fires at Mawbanna, according to reports received to-day by the Forestry Department. The fire is spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Open Finding £65,000 Fire in Sydney SYDNEY
The entire works of Australian Glass Manufacturers Pty. Ltd., at Waterloo, valued at £700,000, were saved from destruction on January 11 by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bushfires in Tasmania Destruction of Govt. Timber
HOBART, Wednesday:—Driven by a 20 mile-an-hour wind, a bushfire which broke out at Mawbanna on the north-west coast this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Escaped Death in Bushfires, But Killed at New Job
MELBOURNE, Wednesday:— Daniel Cusack (42), of Powelltown, and father of four children, who escaped the fires which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heroic Woman Saves Home and Babe From Bush Fire
During the recent strenuous fight to save homes from bush fires on the Hastings back country the honors for heroism were handed to Mrs. W. Blackwell, who…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Critic Draws Fire a Hot. Barrage, Too
Elsewhere reference made to the wail of a Tenterfield elector. Concerning the way the municipality there is slipping. Our old friend, Mr. P. G…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Committed for Trial Alleged Statement Regarding Fire
MOREE, Thursday:—"I melted four candies and made a big candle out of them, which I placed in the drawer of the wardrobe,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmanian Bushfires Hobart
Fires are still smouldering in many areas, and damage to forests is estimated at several thousands of pounds. Rain is forecast, but none has…
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