Gollan Under Fire "Outlook Belongs To Dark Ages"
Demanding the immediate electrification of the Parramatta-Blacktown railway line, Parramatta residents, at a public meeting last night, roundly criticised their local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires & bushfires, 1939
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Last Week's Fires £300,000 Loss in N.s.w. Aid by State
It is officially estimated that the damage caused in New South Wales by bush fires and the recent heat wave was £300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Careless Use of Fire Alleged. Stock Inspector Charged. GRAFTON
Glyn Williams, a stock inspector, of Coaldale, was charged at the Grafton Police Court with having ignited inflammable material within 10 yards of grasslands, thereby injuring…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →On the Land Fruitgrowing. Growers' Losses. Damage by Fire and Heat
It is difficult to estimate the damage in fruit areas caused by the phenomenal heat and bushfires of last Saturday. The hurricane of early December, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Emergency Service To Protect People Govt. Plan For Fires, Floods And Air Raids Bruxner To Direct 50,000 Volunteers
A National Emergency Service to protect the civilian population will be created by the State Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting the Fires Hot Work in the District Good Saves by Volunteers Torrid Time at St. Marys, Mt. Druitt, Wallacia, etc
BUSH and grass fires raged fiercely in the district last Saturday and desperate efforts were needed to avert extensive damage. This was particularly the case in country from St. Marys to Plumpton and at Wallacia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →92 Men Have Close Call £20,000 Factory Fire at Leichhardt Bricks Rain On Roads; Wall Smashes On To House Boy Screams Alarm
Ninety-two men narrowly escaped injury to-day when the furniture factory of Charles Dickinson Ltd., at Leichhardt was swept by fire which caused £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bushfires Menace. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The indifference displayed by smokers in heedlessly tossing away matches and cigarette butts—the same often still glowing— may pass unpunished in the city, but when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preventing Bushfires. Premier Answers Criticism. "Good Organisation."
The Premier, Mr. Stevens, yesterday vigorously denied statements that the State Government had failed to protide an efficient organisation to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Charred Body Mystery Man Dead Before Bushfires GOSFORD
Medical examination of the charred body found last night by F. B. Chapman in the scrub, about 200 yards from the sea at McMaster's Beach, has…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bushfire Fund Growing Contributions Are Encouraging
Encouraging support is being received for the Lord Mayor's New South Wales Bush fire Disaster Relief Fund. In the two days that the fund…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Aged Victim of Bushfire
GOSFORD, Wednesday. -- Bushfires claimed yet another victim to-night in dense mountainous country on the coast, 20 miles from Gosford…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →While Bushfire Raged Minister Explains Attack On Surfers
The Minister for Education, Mr. Drummond, last night claimed to have been misrepresented in his reported attack on city youth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£500,000 Bushfire Bill for Insurance Firms Damage In Three States SHOULDER £150,000 IN N.S.W. More Than 400 Will Receive Cheques
Insurance companies' liability for bush fire damage in New South Wales, Victoria, and South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Encouraging Bush Fires “Council Should Supervise Burning Off.”
“People who tried to save their homes by burning off undergrowth were responsible for the destruction of several adjoining homes by fire,” said Ald. Moore…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£10,000 Loss in Fire. Factory Blaze
A fire in the large furniture factory of Mr. Charles Dickinson, in May, Joseph, and Helena Streets, Leichhardt, yesterday, caused damage…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Kogarah Family Burnt Out Council to Help
A mother, father and one child lost all their possessions when a fire broke out in their home, burning It to the ground, last Saturday in Terry Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Communists Fight Fires SYDNEY
The Sutherland Branch of the C.P. of A. mobilised its members and assisted in the fight against the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Koalas Saved From Fires
KOALA CLUB members rescued these koalas from bushfires near Newport on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Work Again After Fires
TEN DAYS AGO these men were huddled together in a dug-out, fearful for their lives in the bushfires. The moment rain obliterated the fires, the men returned to the hills. They are shown rebuilding a timber mill at Marysville (Victoria)…
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