200 Fight Fire
MELBOURNE, Friday: Two hundred men are fighting a grassfire blowing in the direction of Mirboo tonight. The fire broke out early in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1944
328 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 17
Dunkerque Hit by Allied Bombs and on Fire
LONDON, Saturday: Vichy Radio says: "The French battleship Bunkerque was hit in an Allied raid on Toulon yesterday and is…
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Damage estimated at £150 was caused to a house and contents at Currumbin on Sunday evening by an outbreak of fire. The house,…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Thieves who broke into three shops at Parramatta Road, Concord, early this morning are believed to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jealousy Possible Motive For Fire, Explosion
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—DetectiveSergeant Bischof told the Coroner (Mr. Leahy) to-day that the explosion and fire at Grovelly on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans in "Pocket" Face Last Hours "Every Yard Under Fire"
LONDON, Friday (AAP).—All messages from Moscow to-day report that the remnants of the 10 German divisions trapped in the Kaney region are now facing their last hours as S oviet forces close in from all sides of the pocket. Thousands of Soviet guns are pumping a screen of shells into the German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Again Rage in Vic
MELBOURNE, Monday. — Bush fires again threaten the outback country cf Victoria, endangering many townships…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: Several people are believed to have been burnt to death in bushfires which swept…
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LONDON, Monday (AAP).—The Germans sent over more planes than usual to London last night, apparently attempting a fire raid,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Rage In Two States
Bushfires which are sweeping districts of Victoria and New South Wales have left a new train or devastation and death in their path. CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Federal Government takes the…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday: Huge bushfires, the severest in the history of the district, are now raging around Rydal, Sodwalls and…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesdays: At least 12 persons are reported dead and 40 are in hospital in a serious…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Prime Minister (Mr Curtin) and the Minister for Munitions (Mr Makin) late tonight were awaiting…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) announced tonight the appointment of Judge Stretton to set up a Royal Commission to conduct an inquiry into the outbreak of fires in the…
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LITHGOW, Wednesday: After an all-night battle, Lithgow Fire Brigade is still trying to quell one of the State's worst bushfires…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Financial relief for bushfire sufferers will be made available at once. Announcing this tonight the…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Reports now being gleaned by the police in the Gippsland area indicate that the bush fire damage on…
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Tweed Shire Council decided yesterday to ask the police to take action to prevent motorists using gas producers from running them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sentimental Value Forgotten Jacaranda Trees Destroyed by Fire
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever." And what is more beautiful and picturesque than the jacaranda tree…
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The N.S.W. Bush Fires Advisory Committee has issued a new busb fires prevention order, which stipulates that a certain space must be…
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