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Fires & bushfires, 1944

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Victoria Bash Fires Ex-coolamon Residents’ Terrifying Experiences Letter From Mrs. J. GUTHRIE

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4

Mrs. J. (Kath) Guthrie, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. P. J. Dwyer of Coolamon, in a letter to her mother, written from Macedon (Vic) on 16th January…

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Bush Fires Warning of Risk

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: The following is a statement issued by the State meteorologist (Mr. Mares) to-day: Temperatures are expected to increase…

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Suspicious Fire at Temora

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 2

Detective H.J. Cloke, of Wagga, visited Temora at the week-end to assist the Temora police in occurred at Temora early on Saturday morning…

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Alexishafen Bombed Many Large Fires Destroyers Bombard Solomons Positions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 2

General MacArthur's Headquarters, Friday: The adverse weather which on Tuesday and Wednesday slowed down the…

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Cowabbie Woolshed Burned Fire Fighters' Good Work

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon the Cowabbie woolshed with engine and machinery for eight stands together with wool and skins, was…

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Fires Around Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: Sydney was practically ringed by bush fires to-day. Damage was only of a minor character, as brigades were on the…

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Suspicious Fire at Temora

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 2

Detective H. J. Cloke, of Wagga, visited Temora to assist Temora police in inquiries into a suspicious fire which occurred at Temora…

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Victorian Fires Man. Burned to Death in Suburb

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A 76 year-old pensioner, Richard Love, lost his life when trapped by a grass fire which broke out in Bentleigh, a…

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Gaol Terms Possible for Fire Reaches

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—The police will press for severe penalties for breaches of the law controlling fires. This will be done at the request of…

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French Battleship on Fire Hit During Toulon Raid London. Sunday.(A.A.P)—

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 2

The French battleship Dunkengue which was hit in the Allied raid on Toulon on Friday, is now On fire at the docks, says the Vichy…

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Bush Fire at Gilmore

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

A fire broke out at the southern end of Mr. Noel Harris's property, "Oxley," Gilmore, last Tuesday, at noon, just after the goods train…

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Bush Fire Brigades Seek Financial Assistance

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 3

The Shire President, in this issue, makes an appeal to landholders and institutions interested in the protection of properties against fire, for…

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Local & General Bush Fire on

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

The bush fire alarm rang on Sunday afternoon for an outbreak on Mr. John Martin's place on the Ironbong road…

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Wee Jasper Bush Fire Nearly 8000 Acres Burnt and 800 Sheep Lost

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

The fire at Wee Jasper referred to in our last issue broke out on Wee Jasper Station at mid-day on Monday of last week in…

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Fire at "Karoopa"

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

Alter successfully avoiding destruction of his property during the recent bush fires, Mr. V. P. Bragg, of "Karoopa," Crowther, had the misfortune…

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Thieves Cause Big Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Thieves who broke into a shop in Parramatta Road, Concord, early this morning are believed to have been…

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Grass Fire at S.h Hospital

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 2

The town fire alarm was Given on Friday afternoon for a grass fire on the Sacred Heart Hospital grounds. The brigade was quickly on the…

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The Red Hand is Clutching in Five Directions Rings of Fire "Never-ending Rain of Shells"

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Having already out off ten German division in the Kancy pocket and five others in the Nikepol area, the Russians have now…

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Bush Fires Councils Urged to Use Powers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Shire councils are strongly urged to use the emergency powers which have been given under the National…

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Bush Fires Councils Urged To Use Powers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 3

Shire councils are strongly urged to use the emergency powers which have been given under the National Security Regulations concerning the…

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