Bush Fires Cause Two Deaths Melbourne, Friday night
Bush fires which broke out in Eastern Gippsland yesterday were responsible for two aged persons being so badly burned that they died in hospital…
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Fires & bushfires, 1940
213 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 11
Elong Bush Fire Quickly Controlled
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Yeo and son, Bryson, who have been holidaying at Manly for the past three or four weeks, arrived home last week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News Dripstone Good Save From Serious Fire Fighters' Prompt Action
The dry weather is still with us, also summer in a genuine way. Changes have come up, but we are all disappointed when they clear…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ballimore Bush Fire Damage at Mr. Woodley's
A fire broke out on Mr. H. Woodley's pheperty last Tuesday, and destroyed about 70 acres of stubble feed, as well as the cow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District News Ballimore Bush Fire Quickley Controlled
Mr. and Mrs. F. Cook and their daughter, Nancy, returned dhome last week after a month's holiday in the city…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Destroys Victorian Township Two Dead - Scores Homeless Melbourne
Two men are dead, others are missing, dozens of people have been injured, while scores are homeless because of the bush and forest fires which swept Victoria yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Bush Fires. Sydney
Melbourne.—Two men are dead others missing and dozens of people injured, and scores homeless, because of bush and forest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Blackheath Hotel
After a loud explosion a fire broke out last night in Ivanhoe Hotel, Blackheath, and destroyed the greater portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Fires First Shot in War Sydney, Friday night
A shot was fired by a coastal battery gun across the bow of a Norwegian freighter as she was clearing Sydney Heads this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Dubbo Coroner's Inquiry Car Destroyed
That the fire in the garages at the rear of the Club House Hotel, Dubbo, on the morning of February 11, caused the accidental…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire Follows Mystery Explosion Sydney
A fire which followed a loud explosion, destroyed most of the [?]vanhoe Hotel at Blackheath last night. The flames spread so quickly that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Months Gaol For Starling Fire Melbourne, Friday night
Alleged to have lit a fire which swept across 500,000 acres of county from Mortlake to Camperdown and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Western District Centres NARROMINE Two Houses Destroyed by Fire Shooting Fatality School Concerl
Noticing smoke issuing from his home, Mr. A. E. Hughes, of "Eire," Narromine, hurried home from the paddock, but was too late to cheek…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Huge Petrol Fire Sabotage Suspected Melbourne
Thousands of gallons of petrol, kerosene, crude oil and lubricant oil were lost last night when a fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petrol And Oil Destroyed By Fire Suspicious Victorian Outbreak Melbourne
Thousands of gallons of petrol, kerosene, crude oil and lubricating oil were lost last night in a fire which broke out at the Vacuum Oil Company's depot at the Spotswood railway siding, near the mouth of the Yarra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destructive Fire. Sydney
Melbourne.—Thousands of gallons of petrol, kerosene, crude oil and lubricating oil was lost last night in a fire which broke out at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Show Pavilion. Sydney
A lighted cigarette dropped beneath the floorboards on the first tier of the Coronation Stand at the Royal Agricultural Showground…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Belgians Fire on Unknown Plane London
Belgian anti-aircraft guns opened fire against n plane of unknown nationality flying at a great height, south from Brussels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires Change of Wind Saved Townships
A sudden change in a strong westerly wind saved the townships of Mulgoa and Wallacia from bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narromine Bush Fire Sweeps Wide Area Pastures and Fencing Destroyed
A serious bush fire, which swept through the Wallaby Hills, out from Webb's Siding, on Tuesday, did considerable…
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