Help for Bush Fire Victims
Residents of Albury and district have responded liberally to the appeal for help for bush fire victims, and up to last night £918 had been subscribed…
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954 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 48
Bush Fires Relief Funds Urgently Needed Quick Response Requested
Funds are urgently required to assist victims of the tragic bush fires in New South Wales and Victoria, and donations received will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Claims £125,000 Sought From Insurance Firms Melbourne
The associated fire and accident insurance companies operating In Victoria have received claims aggregating £425,000 in respect to losses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FIRE Mrs. Costelloe's Dress Salon
This afternoon at 1.45, the fire bell clanged. The scene was the Ladies' Dress Salon, in Wallendoon street; opposite the "Cootamundra Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Keep Going
Bush fires continue to rage in the [?] and Adelong districts with devastating results, say a the Tumut “Express” [?] and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cootamundra Sympathisers To the Bush Fires Relief Fund, Wagga
Please accept the enclosed 10/ postal note from two sympathisers, with regrets that we are unable to send more. "TWO SYMPATHISERS."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Inquiry Death of 28 Persons Graphic Evidence Melbourne
How in the recent Victorias bush fires it had been a case of "every man for himself" was told to-day at the inquest. into the death of 28 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lord Mayor's 1939 Bush Fires Relief Fund, City of Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, February 7. 1939
The Manager, "The Daily Advertiser," Wagga. Sir,—Enclosed please find City…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Towns in Danger Raging Fires in Tasmania Launceston
Four townships some miles from here an to danger of being swept by disastrous bush fires and a large body of volunteers left Launceston this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Cootamundra Dress Salon Suffers
A fire broke out in Cootamundra, yesterday afternoon in the Ladies' Dress Salon, in Wallendoon-street. Dense smoke was seen issuing from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Fire Stables Behind Albion Buildings
It is unusual for Cootamundra to hear its fire bell twice in two days. Yesterday the stock of Mrs. Costelloe's shop was burnt out today, stables…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pearls Thrown in Fire Woman on Theft Charge Wellington (N.z.)
A string of pearls, the property of lady Allen, was, according to evidence given in court to-day, believed by Elizabeth Ellen Goodnue to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clothing for Bush Fire Sufferers
The secretary of the Wagga branch of the Red Cross Society (Miss Sly) reports haying forwarded six large parcels of men's clothing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Inquest Deaths in Matlock Forest Not Sufficient Precautions, Says Witness MELBOURNE
An allegation that proper safety precautions had not been observed in connection with the fire which destroyed the Fitzpatrick Mills in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Mr. R. Longford's Residence Destroyed
Shortly before 10 o'clock on Monday evening last residents were startled by the sounding of the fire siren. As there was practically no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Fire at Cootamundra
Stables at the rear of the Albion buildings adjoining the Albion Hotel, Cootamundra, were destroyed by fire yesterday. They had been leased by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor's Ruse to Raise Fire-fighters
The Mayor of Bathurst (Ald. Martin Griffin) is nothing if not original. The other night he sent the fire engine, with siren screaming, through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Leeton Firemen Collapse LEETON
A fire broke cut in the Bank of New South Wales yesterday afternoon, at 5.45. Dense clouds of smoke were issuing from the building when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire-fighting Demonstration 100 Brigades at Katoomba
A demonstration of the methods used to fight bush fires, in which over 600 men from all parts of the State will participate, will take place…
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