Heat Is to Blame for Fires Holiday Campers Aid Brigades Oatley Blaze
ARMING themselves with saplings, wet blankets and other improvised fire-fighting equipment, Oatley residents worked…
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Scrub and Grass Fires
Calls to several grass and scrub fires were received by fire brigades yesterday. Thick undergrowth caused a fierce fire in Kareela-road, Lane Cove, but it was subdued…
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Detachments from headquarters and Circular Quay extinguished a fire in a couch on the third floor of Denyer House, George Street, City,…
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COMMUNICATION by radio is an easy matter nowadays; and in the recent big floods it was a shock to find that towns and districts (notably Moruya) could be completely cut off. Telegraph and telephone both ceased to work…
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FIERCE bushfires to-day threatened to wipe out Fitzgerald, a town 40 miles from Hobart, Men, women and children fought the flames, but were unable to save Risby Bros.' timber mills, which, with 80,000 super-feet of seasoned timber, was…
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HOBART, Tuesday.--Residents of the Fitzgerald district have spent days and nights of terror fighting bushfires…
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BUSH fires have caused tremendous damage in the Derwent Valley and Huon districts. Many persons are…
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Damage to the extent of approximately £260 was done by a fire which gutted a grocer's shop in Sarsfield street Blacktown, on Friday…
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At Auburn Council on Monday, the Mayor (Alderman Tom Cheetham) was unanimously nominated as a candidate to represent metropolitan councils on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat Wave and Fires Temperatures Rise in the West; Warning Issued
THE heat wave which was reported in West Australia at the beginning of this week has been steadily moving castward and temperatures of 100-deg, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heat Wave. Danger of Bushfires. 106 Degrees Recorded in Adelaide
A heat wave is being experienced in Victoria, South Australia, and parts of New South Wales. The sultry conditions in Sydney yesterday were unpleasant…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →BUSHFIRES. Losses in Tasmania. Sawmills and Homes Burnt. Hobart
Bush fires have broken out in many parts of Tasmania. The valley above Fitzgerald, in the Derwent Valley, was threatened with destruction…
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SWEEPING along an [?] front, a bush fire in the Devonport district threatens the homes of settlers, who have banded…
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A big bush fire has been raging in the Vittoria district for the past few days, but to date the flames are confined to scrubby country…
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HOBART, Thursday.--A strong northerly wind has fanned the bushfires in the Derwent Valley, making the task of…
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THE lives of at least three men are in peril as a result of the hue bush fires which are raging in most parts of the State…
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On Thursday last, 11th instant, at the Regent Hall, Hurstville, the firemen of the Hurstville Fire Station conducted a dunce to raise funds for the four…
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Hurstville and Kogarah Fire Brigades made a good save last Saturday night when an outbreak of fire occurred on an enclosed back verandah,…
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Another person with a warped mind turned out Hurstville and Kogarah Fire Brigades to a deliberate false alarm on Wednesday night. At 9.30 Hurstville…
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INVERELL, Friday.--Safeblowers, police believe, were responsible for a fire which early this morning destroyed Mount Russell Railway…
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