Fire Damages Cottage. During Occupants' Absence
A collage at Jersey Ave., Penslinrst, occupied by Walter Leslie Hobman, who, with his family, is spending a holiday near Bega, was greatly…
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A Brief Respite From Fire-fighting
A group of weary volunteers snatch a rest behind the front line of bush-fire defence…
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REPORTS from country, centres received to-day and published below give a brief outline of the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ashes in Fire Murder Charge Follows W.A. Camp Mystery
PERTH, Thursday.--This afternoon John Thomas Smith, 27, alias Snowy Rowles, who is serving three years' imprisonment in Fremantle Gaol, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrow Escapes in 'Plane Crash Cobar Fire-Fighter's Forced March
WRECK OF 'PLANE, which crashed from 100 feet on to saplings at Harrington, Mr. W. Kingsford-Smith, brother of "Smithy," and two others narrowly escaped injury. NORTH SYDNEY'S FLOAT for the Harbor Bridge floral pageant…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Notes From a Countryman's Diary No More 17 Per Cent. 17 Per Cent. Iniquity to End — Fires Desolate the West — Tom Collins as Fire-fighter — Conserving Fodder in Vic.—Wheat-belt Wants More Silos
THE unrelenting pressure of "The Land" has at last resulted in the State Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Tullamore. Early Morning Outbreak. Four Shops Destroyed. Tullamore
A fire which broke out at 2.30 a.m. in the main business section of the town destroyed four premises, and caused damage estimated at £6000, before the fine work of a bucket…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dawning of Hope in Fire Areas Distinct Chance of Rain Wind Dropping
After days of despair and grim fighting, hope dawned for the bushfire fighters at Cobar last-night, when the skies clouded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Food and Cash Wanted By Fire-fighters New Fear Wind's Moods Fresh Outbreaks Funds Light Cobar
WHILE many of the fires in the areas nearest to Cobar have completely spent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bushfires Ravage West and South Heroic Battles on Many Fronts Widespread Damage to Stock and Property
THE Christmas and New Year season was no time for rejoicing for many of the people outback. At hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Organising Bushfire Fighters
THE Council of Agricultural Societies-decided at its last meeting; to take steps to bring about the formation of a Hush Fire Brigades League…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →BUSHFIRES. Few Now Burning. Exaggerated Reports
Reports last night from all centres in the west and south, in which serious bushfires had been raging, were definitely reassuring. The Cobar correspondent of the "Herald"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Workless Hoaxed! "Sun's" Callous Stunt to Create Another "News" Sensation is Revealed Bushfires Ramp That Proved a Dud Volunteer Call Was Gross Fake Hid Behind Cloak of Anonymity Shattered Hopes Meant Nothing
"FOR God's sake send men," shrieked the "Sun" yesterday from its posters with a "Bush Fire Appeal" wedged into the stop press on its front page. And all the world wondered--until a trio of decent, unemployed Australians investigated the frantic cry for help…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Men Not Needed Yet in Fire Zones Sydney Offered Men and Transport S.O.S. From Cobar District Recalled Last Night: No Immediate Call New Guard Is Ready Rain Still Far Off, Says Weather Bureau
Sydney offered men and transport to the Far[?]West yesterday[?] to fight the bush-fires. The New Guard alone was prepared to send about 500 if required. Mr. F. H. Stewart and metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires and the Highways Main Roads Passable
The N.R.M.A. reports that although extensive bush fires have been raging in country districts for days past, main roads in southern and south-western…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires Danger Has Passed "Sun" Sensation Ridiculed Flames Spent
"The reports in the 'Sun' are simply ridiculous. There is no need for any worry at all. The worst appears to be over. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Radio's Part in Bush Fires P.m.g.'s Dept. and A.b.c. to Co-operate
The Postmaster-General, Mr. J. E. Fenton, announces that, with the cooperation of the Australian Broadcasting Company, arrangements have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Suburban Fires
Bush fires this afternoon occurred in Bridge-road, Hornsby, and Campbell-street, Parramatta. The local fire brigades soon extinguished the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Aboard For The Fires
Fire-fighters piling into one of the five 'buses which left this afternoon for the Cobar fire area…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Fighters Penrith Volunteers
Word was received in Penrith on Thursday that volunteers to fight the fires raging out Cobar way were required. Mr Thomas and Constable…
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