Vic. Bushfire Claims
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Claims for assistance by victims of the Victorian bush fires were expected to total £1,000,000 an official of the Cabinet Bushfire…
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Bush Fire Relief
Major Shand, M.L.A., informed the council that its application for a Government subsidy of £1 for £1 collected through the council's appeal had been…
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Mr. H. E. Turton drew attention to the danger of fire in a gully at the corner of Excelsior Avenue and Windsor-road. The engineer (Mr. Wagener)…
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Two trucks, one containing sleepers and the other rubbish, were damaged at Clyde Yards when the contents caught are last week…
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Several cottages were endangered by a fire which destroyed a large area of scrub and grass in Bangor-street, at the rear of Cardigan-street, Guildford, on…
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Destroying 25 acres of scrub, a fire which broke out near Warwick Farm racecourse last week threatened a number of camp dwellers. Many were obliged…
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The Toongabbie Fire Brigade held a bright dance in the Seven Hills Memorial Hall on Saturday. Andy M. Pike was M.C., and Stella Smith's Melody Makers…
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Cabra-Vale Council on Monday decided to grant £2/2/- to the Lord Mayor of Sydney's Fund for the relief of sufferers in the recent bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →News in Brief Cemetery Fire
Many tombstones were blackened by a grass fire in the new cemetery at Liverpool on Saturday afternoon. The outbreak was extinguished by the Liverpool…
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A finding that a mixed goods shop and dwelling in Glebe-road, Glebe, had been maliciously set on fire on January 12, 1939, by a person or…
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[?]ing innuendoes about my father's death," said Gordon Thomas McKay, of Burwood, yesterday…
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"It has given them fresh heart to start anew," Annangrove Fruitgrowers and Citizens' Association told Baulkham Hills Council on Tuesday, when…
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Ashes and charcoal from bushfire areas in the Kiewa valley have boen washed into the Kiewa River by the heavy rains which fell on Friday, causing severe pollution of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cheque for Bushfire Relief. Lady Beatty Gives £125
Lady Beatty has sent to the Editor of the "Herald" a cheque for £125 to be devoted to the relief of sufferers in the recent disastrous bushfires…
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Aid. Mc-Burney. speaking on the question of help for bush tire victims, said, at CaOra-Vale Council meeting on Monday, there were many local people, such as…
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As a result of the appeal on behalf of the bush fire victims, over £250 was generously given by patrons at the combined theatres of Western Suburbs Cinemas…
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Shortly after midnight on Tuesday last members of the fire brigade promptly answered a call and were soon at the scene of a bush fire at…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--A fire broke out on the new battleship Prince of Wales, which is building at Birkenhead. Two firemen were overcome with…
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Four young men, wearing handker-chiefs as masks, were [?]ound ransacking a house in Hurstville last night. When they were pursued, one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at Canley Vale
Cnbramatta Fire Brigade was on duty for 36 hours on Friday morning last, lighting a fire in grass and shrub in Canley Street, Canley Vale. The…
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