Fire Brigade's Quick Action. West Wyalong
Prompt action by the West Wyalong Fire Brigade prevented a fire, which broke out in the main business area, from spreading. The firemen had the blaze under control within a…
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Fire Causes Parramatta Chief Blames Burning Off
Carelessness of persons burning-oft grass or rubbish is responsible for most bush fires, according to Station-Officer Smith, of Parramatta Fire Brigade…
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Many contributions to the Lord Mayor's Bushfire Relief Fund were received yesterday at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Morning Star (G.m.a.). Assets Destroyed by Fire
Morning Star (G.M.A.) Mines N.L. states that it is reported that the whole of the surface plant and buildings, company's houses, stores, and firewood have been destroyed as…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Surf Club President Hits Back 'No Fire-Fighting System'
Failure of the State Government to organise bodies of men who, in emergency, could be rushed to fight bushfires was one reason why the fires around Sydney on Saturday last had such disastrous results, the president…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man's Conviction on Fire Charge. Appeal Against Sentence. GOULBURN
Notice of appeal has been given by Cyril James Hayward, 39, eucalyptus worker, of Paddy's River, who pleaded guilty at the Goulburn Police Court yesterday to a charge…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →£100,000 Damage at Castle Hill Death, Destruction, Poverty In Wake of Fires Blackest Day in History
In the blackest day of Parramatta's history, bush fires wreaked death, destruction and poverty in struggling rural areas on Saturday. Raging fires bore down with relentless fury, and in many places reduced to ashes the results of a farmer's years of toil…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Relief Scheme Provides Food, Shelter, Bank Advances Cabinet Members Take Charge
An urgent relief plan to aid bushfire victims was rushed through the State Cabinet chamber yesterday. A special Cabinet sub-committee will supervise the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, January 18, 1939. Fire Appeal and a Warning
After consultation with the Premier, the Lord Mayor has resolved immediately to open a fund in Sydney for the relief of distress caused by the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Victorians Buy Fodder. Demand for N.S.W. Stocks. Drought and Fire Damage
Sussex Street hay and chaff merchants reported yesterday that the brisk Victorian demand for New South Wales fodder which had marked the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Medical Degrees Conferred at University — Victorian Bushfire Aftermath — Noojee Town Destroyed
Conferring of Degrees in the Faculty of Medicine took place in the Great Hall of the University yesterday. Left: Miss Joan Checkley Beatty bowing to Professor J. C. Windeyer. The Chancellor, Mr. Justice Halse Rogers, is in the background. Right: The Registrar of the University,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Bushfires Menace. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Is it not high time that we as a people, and the Government, set out to combat the bushfire menace? Our present method of fire control with a bush wet bag, and water-cart,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scout Movement. "Spread Like Bushfire."
Lord Hampton, the Chief Commissioner of Boy Scouts in England, in tracing the history of the scout movement at a luncheon of the Royal Empire Society, at the Hotel Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire Loss. £300,000 IN N.S.W. Aid by State. Lord Mayor's Fund
It is officially estimated that the damage caused in New South Wales by bushfires and the recent heat wave was £300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bushfire Victims. King's Sympathy. Message to Governor of Victoria. Melbourne
The King expresses sympathy with bushfire sufferers in a message received to-day by the Governor Lord Huntingfield. "The Queen and I are greatly distressed to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Action Urged on Bushfires Canberra
Fire breaks half a mile wide on all forest areas, and bigger and bolder schemes of water conservation in New South Wales, were urged to-day…
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RAIN which fell yesterday in the south eastern quarter of the State will probably become general over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Still Missing In Vic. Bushfires
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--With the discovery today of the body of John Rusden, the number of deaths in Victorian bushfires totals 67…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Druitt Bush Fires
In common with many places in the State, this centre has sulfered extensively. from bush fires. On Ounday, 8th inst., a fire occurred between Rope's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Responsibility
ALREADY a controversy has began as to whether the measures inaugurated some years ago by the Government for…
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