Combating Menace Of Bush Fires 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…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Bush Fire Sufferers Red Cross Appeals for Help
The Red Cross Society is organising a special appeal on behalf of the sufferers in the recent bush fires. Clothing is urgently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Presence of Mind Saved Home and Baby Mother's Heroic Fight Against Bush Fires
Women of the bush frequently figure in heroic roles when contending with flood, fire, and drought, and often their deeds go unsung. News has just been received of a heroine of Telegraph Point. A farmer's wife, Mrs. W. Blackwell, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires in Tasmania
HOBART, Thursday:—Bush fires burned fiercely in all parts of Tasmania yesterday. The position' was most serious in the Huon district,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday:—Giving evidence before the Royal Commission on Bush Fires to-day, A. E. Kelso, of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Milla Milla Damage Estimate £7,500
CAIRNS, Thursday:—Damage estimated at £7,500 was caused by a tire which destroyed two stores and a picture theatre in the main business…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain Brings Relief to Fire-fighters Melbourne
A fall of rain relieved the anxiety of the fire fighters in Otway forest to-day. Rain is falling steadily in Melbourne, and from appearances…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£100,000 Damage by N.Z. Fire Wellington (N.z.)
Begun 18 months ago and on the verge of completion, a four-storied building which was to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroys Building Being Erected in N.Z. for New Social Security Dept. INCENDIARISM?
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday:—Damage estimated at £80,000 was caused by a fire to-day which destroyed a four-storey wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Control Burning Off to Prevent Bushfires Melbourne
The burning of scrub by inexperienced people was the principal cause of bushfires, said the president of the Hardwood…
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SYDNEY, Following urgent calls for assistance, volunteers were engaged throughout the night fighting bushfires in the Wimbledon…
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Fanned by a strong wind, fires burnt strongly on the Byron Bay heath yesterday. It is believed that burning off operations were being carried…
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MELBOURNE, Friday:—One man was sent to gaol and 10 ethers, including a schoolboy were fined heavily in Ferntree Gully…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Heath Byron Bay
Fanned by a strong wind, fires burnt strongly on the Byron Bay heath to-day. The flames moved on a wide front and the smoke was dense about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Appeals Ballina
A local appeal as part of the Sydney appeal launched by the Lord Mayor to provide relief for bushfire victims has been started in Ballina by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner's Pointed Comment Bushfire Inquests Melbourne, Friday. j
Stating that the person who had caused the fire might yet find himself charged with manslaughter, the City Coroner (Mr. Tingate) to-day adjourned his inquests into the deaths of nine bushfire victims…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday:—For the second time in 11 days mysterious fires last night menaced a block cf buildings comprising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lismore Apex Club. Fire Fighting in New South Wales
(At the Lismore Apex Club's dinner at the Hotel Canberra Mr. M. Steele (chairman) spoke on "Iron and Steel in Australia."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nuns' Courage in Face of Fire Save Foundlings MELBOURNE
Great courage was shown by nuns last night when they rescued babies in a fire which broke out in St. Joseph's Foundling Hospital. Wrapped in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal Aid for Relief of Bush Fire Sufferers
HOBART, Monday:—To-morrow, the Federal Cabinet is expected to agree to a grant of £25,000 for the relief of bush-fire sufferers…
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