Burnt to Death Fighting Bush Fires
The bush fire which broke out yesterday in the Peak country, a few miles west of Bega, had a sad sequel, Mr W. T. Underhill (Brassy) dying…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
81 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 5
Bush Fire Call From the Seven Mile Beach
On Thursday afternoon the Berry Fire Brigade was called to fight a fire which had occurred in the bush along the Seven Mile Beach, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire. Hundreds of Acres Burnt in the Peak Country
A bush fire started yesterday forenoon on Mr C. Warren’s property at The Peak, which comprises so me of the best bill grazing land in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire In Town What Might Have Been
About 2.30 yesterday afternoon the sounding of the Pi re station siren caused great excitement in town. A fire had broken out in a wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Kangaroo Valley
Quite a little excitement prevailed at Kangaroo Valley, at the rear of Wilkinson's buildings, on Wednesday last, between 12.30 and 1 o'clock. By…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Current Topics. Bush Fires
After a lapse of ten years the district has again been menaced by bush fires, and considerable damage has resulted, although not so had as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Peak Fire AND Mr Billy Underhill’s Death
All but an acre or two of Mr J. G. Hergenbanâs farm of 180 acres was burnt in the fire on Wednesday last. The fire appeared to come from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kangaroo Valley Bush Fires
Severe bush fires swept through the southern and eastern portions of Kangaroo Valley on Saturday last, fanned by a scorching westerly wind,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Help for Bush Fire Sufferers Public Meeting To-night
At the Nowra Council meeting, on Monday night, the Mayor (Aid. F. P. Ryan) said it had been suggested to him, following Saturday’s disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dapto Show Opened Very Successfully On Friday Bush Fires on Saturday Cause Curtailment
The 82nd Dapto Show, which opened under auspicious circumstances on Friday, was brought to a sudden termination on Saturday when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appalling Bush Fires Historic Old "Eastgrove" Home Totally Destroyed Whole District Threatened, When Southerly and Rain Saved the Situation
Saturday, January 14, will go down in history as the Berry districtâs blackest day. Practically the whole of the mountains and bush surrounding the town were burning fiercely, and homes were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fires
In New South Wales five persons were fatally burned in fires at the week-end and 40 more people lost their lives in fires in Victoria,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires At Candelo. (From our correspondent)
On Saturday, at 10.30 a.m., a call for fire fighters came to town. A fire had started on Mr W. L. Bower’s property at the foot of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cobargo Fires. Mr Neil Bown Big Loser of Cattle
Mr Neil Bown, of Quaama, who has a dairy on Mr Ben Tarlinton’s property, known as “Caroon,” west of Cobargo, suffered badly in Saturday’s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kangaroo Valley. Bush Fires
Last Saturday was indeed a black Saturday for Kangaroo Valley, when the whole of the area except Barrengarry was swept by a devastating fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Disastrous Fires Cobargo Threatened
Never in its history has Coborgo known the combined intensity of heat and fire as on Saturday last. On Friday night the…
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At the public meeting convened by the Mayor (Dr. F. P. Ryan) at Nowra School of Arts, on Wednesday, the Mayor explained that the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrific Bush Fires Cause Death and Desolation. Shoalhaven District Residents In The Throes of Intense Heat and Dense Volumes of Black Smoke. Flames of Fire Licking the Tops of Giant Trees. Yalwal Hamlet Wiped Out. Destruction of Other Homes, Stock, Fencing
It was no figure of speech to say that the 14th January, 1939, was black Saturday in the Shoalhaven district. Early morning, little after 6…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hell and High Timber a Story of Fire in the Big Timber in U.s.a
"OUR forests," states Mr. George Spelvin to his wife, exhaling a cloud of cigarette smoke and waving his arm at the scenery, "are a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfire Risk. Some Suggestions
Speaking at a meeting of the Goulburn Chamber of Commerce, the secretary, Mr C. P. Adams said he had heard that the Government intended…
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