Fire on Queensland Express. Mail Bags Burnt
When the Queensland express train was between Braefield and Quirindi last Thursday night it was discovered that a fire had broken put in the mail van. The…
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Fire Fury Sweeping on Township Imminent Danger Melbourne
A week-end house has been destroyed and several others threatened by bush fires at The Basin near Bays water. Fires broke out last night, but…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. BAYSWATER, a small township at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges, about 20 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Flyers Are There --- But Where? "So Near, and Yet So Far" From Their Objective N.z. Airmen Safely Cross the Tasman Last Seen in Windy Mountain Area "Ao-tea-roa" Sighted in Cook Strait Hours Late Flares Dropped: People on Land Light Fires to Guide Aviators Will Their Petrol Give Out?
A MESSAGE received in Sydney at 11 o'clock last night states that the New Zealand airmen's plane had been heard hovering over the Rimutaka Mountains ten miles north of Wellington. Trentham was then sending up rockets endeavoring to assist them to find a landing ground. Time in New Zealand would be 1 a.m…
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At 9 a.m. to-day the temperature was 95 degrees, and at noon had increased to 100. The maximum temperature was reached at 2 p.m., when…
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In the early morning of Monday, January 2, Harry Frederick Johnson was awakened by smoke to find the cottage in which he was living at…
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ALBURY, Wednesday.--Many bush fire brigades have been formed in the Riverina this month as a result of the recent fires…
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A weatherboard cottage in Larmer-street, owned by Mrs. Jessie Bell and occupied by her son Thomas, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Bell and their…
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Mr. W. A. Waite, of Blighty Soldiers' Settlement, was engaged in starting his car in a garage when it back-fired, and through a leakage in the petrol tank, it is supposed, the…
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SIX houses have been destroyed by the fire which is raging in the country between Bayswater and Boronia. Score of…
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A big fire has been raging for two days in the vicinity of Minjary. J. Nichols lost about 2000 acres of grass, and J. Duffy and James Patten about…
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FIRES were burning Mercely to-day in the bush at [?]water. Kangaron Ground. Launching Place, Lysterfield and several other places in…
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Many lives were endangered and much damage done to property by bush fires, which raged throughout Victoria yesterday and last night. Several homestead properties in the Dandenong…
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Sweeping through thick bush country at The Basin, about three miles from Bayswater, to-day, a,fire did considerable damage to property. Two houses were burned to…
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Two houses were burnt to the ground, and it is feared that several others were destroyed in a fire that swept through thick bush country at The Dealn, about three miles from…
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An interesting exhibit is a [?]0cwt Rec speed waggon ch[?]ls, mounted with a complete bush fire-fighting plant, consisting of tanks for holding water, a rapid-action pump, driven…
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A CHANGE in the weather late yesterday saved many country towns which were in danger from bush fires…
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A further big lire occurred at Longwarry South last night. Many homes had lucky escapes, and beaters were out all night…
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Claiming that several fires have broken out in the vicinity, while there is no quick method of communicating with the fire brigade, the South Auburn…
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Left; Li[?]utenant-Commander Heriot of Garden Island is directing the fire fighting apparatus. Right: One of the fire-fighters in No. 2 hold in action…
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