Summary. Oversea News. Barcelona Under Fire
It was officially announced in Burgos yesterday that the Spanish Nationalists had captured the entire L[?]obregat River line—Barcelona's last line of defence—and that Moorish…
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Fire Destroys Service Car. Tocumwal
The Murray Valley service car which operated between Cobram and Deniliquin was destroyed by fire near Tocumwal. No passengers were in the car[?] but the coat of F…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bogus Alarms Fire Brigades' Heavy 1938 List
On 149 occasions during 1938 local fire brigades sped in answer to calls which proved to be false. Of these 42 were received at Parramatta Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Country Laid Waste. Fire Devastation. Water Schemes Needed
"Despite their trying experiences during the recent heat-wave and bushfire period, I am convinced that few people outside the areas that were devastated…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cash Grants, Not Loans Cabra-vale Council and Fire Victims
"Loans are no good to these people. The Government advanced loans to some of them last year. How are they going to pay back…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Victoria's Fire Tragedy. Much Loss Was Avoidable. Demand for New Safeguards. [The Victorian Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to enquire into the recent disastrous bushfires and methods of preventing future outbreaks. Our Melbourne correspondent shows how sadly the experience of past visitations has been ignored.]
Even in the act of giving for relief— and they are giving handsomely— thoughtful citizens are conscious of a deep reproach in the ghastly record of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Barcelona Defences Crumbling. Llobregat Line Captured. City Under Artillery Fire. Moors Only 10 Miles from City Gates. LONDON, January 24
It is officially announced at Burgos that the Nationalists have captured the entire Llobregat River line—Barcelona's last line of defence. Moorish troops are only 10 miles from the city gates…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Preventing Bushfires Commonwealth-Wide Policy Suggested
THE Minister for the Interior (Mr. McEwen) intends to recommend to the Federal Cabinet, when it meets in Hobart, that the Commonwealth should…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bushfires. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In our investigations over a number of years, we have found that about 95 per cent, of all bushfires are traceable to human agency. Therefore, it is this 95 per cent,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bushfires in Victoria. Royal Commission Appointed. Terms of Reference. MELBOURNE
Judge Stretton, a member of the County Court Bench, accepted to-day a Royal Commission to conduct an investigation into the cause of the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bushfire Fund, £4057
Subscriptions to-day to the Lord Mayor's Bushfire Disaster Relief Fund brought the total to £4057. Gifts of £100 each were received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Relief Fund
The following is a letter sent to the Lord Mayor of Sydney:— We naver pressure in forwarding nere with a cheque for £3/15/- being a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helping Bush Fire Sufferers
A public meeting will be held in the Council Chambers to-morrow evening, at 8 p.m., for the purpose of considering proposals to assist people who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."
Sir,—In all cases where people have suffered from bush fires their homes have either been heavily grassed around or have been [?]timted in dense scrub. On…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commission on Bush Fires Loss Estimated At £1,398,000 MELBOURNE
State Cabinet to-day, appointed Judge Stretton of the County Court to act as a Royal Commissioner to investigate the recent bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire Danger Persists. Warning From Victoria. "Prevent Small Fires."
There was still danger of further disastrous bush fires this summer in Victoria and other States, said the chairman of the Victorian Forests…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Danger of Car Fires
Not a great number of motor vehicles cateh fire nowadays, but the N.R.M.A. technical department points out that the risk of Are can be promoted by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Fighting
THE Board of Fire Commissioners has arranged for a Volunteer Fire Brigades demonstration to be held at Katoomba between 28th February and 4th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Factory Blaze. Open Finding at Inquiry. Origin Unknown
When the Acting City Coroner, Mr. C. T. Wood, held an inquiry yesterday into a fire which damaged factory premises in Waterloo on Sunday, December 11, witnesses expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Artists Aid Fire Victims
The A.B.C. has marshalled a firmidable array of talent for its Town Hall concert to-night in aid of the Lord Mayor's Bushfire Disaster Fund…
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