Canberra Safe All-Night Fight Checks Fire CANBERRA
The bushfire which was advancing on Canberra has been stopped, and is now being held in check on all sides…
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Opossum Did It House Destroyed By Fire Roof Fell in
An opossum building a nest in the eaves destroyed a house at the corner of Church Street and Wellesley Road, Pymble, early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BUSHFIRES. Canberra Danger Removed. Hopes of Rain
Large areas of grassland and many valuable station properties in the west and south are still menaced by widespread bushfires. Great numbers of sheep have perished in the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Worst Bushfires in History 150 Miles Wide Rain the Only Hope Many Stations Ablaze Far West Menace
THE most tremendous bushfire in the history of New South Wales is threatening untold damage in the Far West. Experienced bushmen at Cobar told "The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfires Rage Fiercely All Over State Danger Threatens Capital 200 Men Fight Desperately Stations Wiped Out
CANBERRA, Friday-- Although bush fires on the north-west border of the Federal capital have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hint of Sinister Plot Against Farmer Peakhurst Explosion Was It Gelignite or a Fireball? Previous Fire Outbreaks and Theft Two Men Seen Near the Spot
WAS there a sinister motive behind the terrific explosion in the paddock at Peakhurst, which shook the surrounding districts last night? Events that have occurred on the property where the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Sun" 'Plane At Fire Front
"Sun Newspapers have rushed a 'plane to the Far West today, with a special correspondent aboard, to obtain for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Who Sought Death by Fire Human Torch in Lonely Scrub Soaked Clothing With Petrol and Walked to Her Funeral Pyre Tragic Confession Before She Died
WHAT strange story of queer beliefs lies behind the mystery of the burning woman in the Marysville bush? Here was a cultured and refined woman, member of a well-connected family, an artist, and an extensive reader, as her library indicated, who sought death by fire. It burned and charred her body so that portions of it were unrecognisable…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Victoria's Fires Melbourne
Bush fires are still burning in many parts of Victoria, but reports received to-day are of a reassuring nature. A serious fire in the Flowerdale district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Huge Fire Out of Control 90-Mile Front Paddington Blaze Is Too Fierce For Fighters Grim Pluck Cobar
A WEARY band of smoke-grimed, unshaven and dogtired fire-fighters arrived from Condonnerie late last night, with the news that the Paddington fire, now on a 90-mile front, was beyond them and had to be abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Photos, By Air
A remarkable aerial photograph of the bush fires between Cobar and Condobolin and other photographs of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Unlikely But Southerly Wind May Arrest Fires
Mr. Mares gives Utile hope of rain in the bush fire area, except for a few isolated instances, but there is the probability of southerly winds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wagga. Wagga
Mr. S. G. Lugton's bottle and second-hand car premises were gutted by fire, which had a good hold in the bottle shed when it was discovered. The flames spread rapidly in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plane Surveys Fires From 8000 Ft. Above Blazing West
GRAPHIC STORY of the ravages of the bush fires, this picture was taken from "The Daily Telegraph" plane, piloted by Captain Hammond, 8000 feet above the flames sweeping the Condobolin-Cobar district, leaving black ruin behind, as shown by the photograph…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Western Fires Rage on Fighters Sleepless for Days Worst Ever
COBAR, Sunday.--"This is undoubtedly the greatest series of bush fires that has ever swept the West," said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire-bombs in U.s.a
In Canada and America 'planes are extensively relied upon. They are equipped with wireless telephones, and the pilot drops small glass bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saw Fires From Air Photographer Had a Hot Job Storm Peril
AN amazing bird's-eye view of the bush fires, which have, in the last few days, swept tens of thousands of square miles in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Blaze Saved by New Engine Outbreak at the State Mine Town in Dark Lithgow
Lithgow's new fire engine paid for itself to-day, when the State Mine power-houses was threatened by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents. Car Catches Fire. Women Passengers Injured. Tamworth
During a blinding rain and ha[?]l storm late this afternoon a motor car containing five passengers travelling from Uralla to Tamworth. caught fire on the Lower Moonbi Range, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Power Plant Damaged by Fire. Many Towns Without Light Lithgow
A fire which broke out shortly after 12.30 o'clock this afternoon in the Railway Department's power station, adjacent to the State mine, threatened to destroy the huge plant…
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