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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fires were still burning in isolated places in the Riverina and on the South Coast today. Firefighters, aided by a very light wind, have gained control on all outbreaks. The most serious fire today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CORAXI, Wednesday.—A fire which started at New Italy on Monday has since spread over a number of properties in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—If the wind changes, several homes near Bega will be threatened by bushfires which sprang up today on the Murnbulla Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A freak storm, which caused heavy damage in Casino, and new outbreaks of bushfires in Lismore, Coraki and Woodburn districts, were sequels to a heat wave yesterday in which temperatures in some centres soared to 106 degrees. It was 102.6…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Fanned by strong westerlies, several bushfires broke out again today in N.S.W. A Melbourne report says residents of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—Police are investigating fires which broke out in two suburban homes today, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Thousands of forestry workers and Volunteers today fought bushfires in 14 State forests in New South Wales. By tonight, four forests had been wiped out, seven were still…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Firemen and the driver of a utility truck had narrow escapes from serious injury when a fire engine crashed into the guard rails on the Wilson Creek bridge in Lismore yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fanned by blistering winds, and aided by temperatures of up to 108 degrees, bushfires raged throughout the Richmond district yesterday. They caused extensive damage to pastures and property. One house was destroyed at Bungawalbyn and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firemen on Saturday afternoon used water from South Lismore sewerage treatment works to stop a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Although bushfires throughout the Richmond district were reported to be under control last night, the danger of renewed outbreaks remains acute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—Five homes and three garages were destroyed at ins, today in one of the worst bushfires in the town's More than 3000 firefighters fought the blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE STAGGERING toll of bushfires throughout the State in the last week has again brought official attention to causes of the outbreaks and the methods used to combat these recurring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, said tonight that first hand reports from devastated bushfire areas in N.S.W. show that immednate relief has alleviated distress in nearly all known cases…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Monday,—A jeweller at Burnley today fired three shots at a man who allegedly grabbed a diamond…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A public meeting will be held in Lismore City Council Chambers tomorrow night at 8 p.m. to launch an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Bushfires broke out afresh today in the Blackheath and Shirley districts, Blue Mountains, but were under control tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, today announced a total prohibition on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thousands of volunteers were engaged in fighting bushfires raging today in Riverina, Blue Mountains and South Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Thousands of square miles of property throughout Victoria were ravaged or threatened by bushfires today. The fires were the worst in Victoria in the last decade…
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