Hotel on Fire Sydney
Oaks Hotel, at the Oaks, near [?] was destroyed by fire early this morning. The inmates were compelled to flee, clad only in pyjamas…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Victoria Suffers Disastrous Bush Fires
Damage amounting to thousands of pounds was caused by bush fires in Victoria on Sunday. Houses, fences baystacks, orchards, and valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Toll of the Bush Fires
In Victoria yesterday damage amounting to thousands of pounds was caused by bush fires. Houses, fences, haystacks, orchards, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Moree Blaze Visible for 20 Miles
A fire which destroyed Tara boarding house at Moree on Friday night could be seen 20 miles away. The damage done is estimated to be about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Arcade Fire
There was a sequel to-day to the five which occurred ia Sydney Arcade yesterday morning, when Hairy Oleinikoff (24), a chirpodist, was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Disastrous Blaze in City
A fire broke out in Sydney Arcade yesterday morning, causing, damage estimated at £16,000. Later a man was arrested and charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires Big Blaze at Bombay
Early on Wednesday. urgent calls for help were received in Braidwood for assistance in saving Mr. S. Crowne's woolshed at Bombay. First…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burned in Bush Fires
William Underhill (66) was assiting to extinguish grass fires near Springdale, in the Bega district, yesterday, when he tripped on a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires on Wane
The bush fires in many parts o Victoria appear to be gradually on the wane as the result of a sudden change in the wind. Many refuges…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cause of Bush Fires
Mr. E. H. F. Swain, Commissioner of Forests in N.S.W.. said last night that the major bush fires in Victoria and N.S.W. were the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Menace Fresh Outbreaks in Victoria MELBOURNE
A strong northerly wind blew up this morning and caused forest fires to break out afresh in the Erica district, while the whole eastern half of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Extinguishes Bush Fires
Misty rain on the Blue Mountains extinguished fires at Springwood, Valley Heights and Katoomba…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wax Matches Banned Bush Fire Precaution
In the fight to prevent bush fires the sale, distribution or use of wax matches will be prohibited in New South Wales. A proclamation to that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fire Damage in Mittagong District
It is estimated that damage amounting to £100,000 was caused by bush fires in the Mittagong district. Scores of farms were destroyed and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Toll of the Bush Fires
MELBOURNE.—The huge death roll as a result of the bush fires was added to yesterday, when the bodies of 14 people were found at a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Bush Fires Braidwood Township Menaced Gallant Battles to Save District Homesteads
THE most serious bush fires for very many years menaced the town of Braidwood on Saturday last, the position at one stage assuming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nelligen's Black Saturday Seven Residences, Church, and Bark Factory Razed to the Ground. Worst Bush Fire in History of the Town
A TRAIL of desolation followed on the wake of the most disastrous fire on Saturday the little township of Nelligen has ever experienced. On…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Started Fire Man Gaoled
At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday Cyril James Hay ward, aged 39 years, was sentenced to three months imprisonment on a charge of having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Poultry Losses Through Recent Fires SYDNEY
Mr. W. Baker, secretary of the Poultry Farmers Association, said to-day that about 200,000 fowls had perished within the area extending from Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Under Fire Recruiting Meeting Retreats According to Plan
There was to have been a recruiting rally in Crawford Street on Saturday night, but with insistent calls being made for men to fight the fires raging…
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