To Investigate Victorian Bushfires Melbourne
Judge Stretton, of the County Court, was to-day appointed by the State Cabinet to act as Royal Commissioner to investigate the recent bushfires…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Fined For Lighting Open Fire MELBOURNE
William Bau, a labourer, was fined £10 with cests at the Cobden Court to-day for having lit a fire in a scrub on January 13. The fire, it was stated, had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Combating Bush Fire Menace Work of Advisory Committee
The Bush Fires Advisory Committee, which was formed in 1937, has been very active in bringing before the notice of the general…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Death From Victorian Fires
MELBOURNE, Sunday:—Rex Habel (10), son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Habel, of Nhill, died in hospital yesterday from burns received when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nature Notes Fires and Heat Claimed Many Victims
The exceptionally high temperatures prevailing during the recent heat wave probably caused the death of many birds and mammals either by direct physical effects, or by making it impossible for them to secure a normal food supply. If the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Renewed Fire Menace MELBOURNE
Alarm was caused by fires which broke out yesterday in the Dandenong Ranges, brigades fighting for hours to save the townships of Selby,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Italy Lays Claim to French Possessions Fresh Fuel To Smouldering Fires Of Europe BERLIN
THE first official intimation that Italy is seeking actual French possessions was given by Signor Farinacchi, Italian Minister without portfolio, who is at present touring Germany, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Fires in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Monday:—Whipped up by strong winds and aided by high temperatures, bush, forest and grass…
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Whipped up by strong winds and aided by high temperatures, bush, forest and grass fires in various parts of Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whirlwind Carried Fire 500 Ft. Into Air
There was an amazing scene at Waikato, New Zealand, when a vast scrub fire was caught in a whirlwind. Volumes of smoke and sheets of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recurrence Of Bushfires Feared In Victoria MELBOURNE
Owing to hot northerly winds, a recurrence of bushfires is feared at several Victorian centres. Men are standing by to fight the flames should the smouldering bushfires be aroused. The fire in the Belgrave Hill country…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in Tasmania
HOBART, Tuesday:—A fire which advanced with hurricane speed threatened the lives of eight men at Vincent Bros.' mill, at Pelverata, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tasmanian Fires LAITNCESTON
At least eight homes and two schools have been destroyed by bushfires which swept half of King Island. Communication was established by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Fires "Caused by Human Agency"
MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—Practically all the disastrous recent bush fires in Victoria had been caused by human…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Walget Two Men Rescued
SYDNEY, Tuesday:—Damage estimated at £12,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a building in the business centre of Walgett…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →57 Homes Lost in Fresh Victorian Bushfires Melbourne
Bushfires in Victoria yesterday destroyed 57 homes, but to-day the wind changed, and further serious damage is unlikely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Tregeagle
A cottage at Tregeagle, owned by Mr. James Moss, of Wyrallah, and occupied by Mr. William Clark and his family, was destroyed by fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ballina Appeal for Fire Victims Ballina
An appeal by the Red Cross Society of New South Wales for clothing and linen to provide relief for the victims in the recent fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tick Employee Convicted "Started a Fire on Clarence"
GRAFTON, Wednesday:—Glyndwar Williams, an employee of the tick control department, was fined £15 in the Grafton Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Menace Bushfires In Victoria MELBOURNE
The Commonwealth Meteorologist (Mr. Watt) to-day issued a general bushfire warning, and on all fronts forestry officers are…
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