Fell in Path of Fire Fighting Flames At Bega
First victim of bush fires in N.S.W. was William Underhill (66), who was trapped and fatally burned in a blaze near Springdale late yesterday…
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To Face Trial for Arson Noted Footballer's Cottage On Fire
MOREE, Wed.--Harold Glen was committed for trial at Moree Quarter Sessions on a charge of arson and was allowed £100 ball…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Lyons Fights Scrub Fire. Flames Threaten House. Four Daughters Help. Hobart
When a scurb fire threatened the Prime Minister's home at Devonport to-day, Mr. Lyons, four of his daughters, his son, Kevin, his publicity officer…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heat Kills 21 in Two Days: Rain Near Wet Waves Due Here Sunday From West Humidity Will Continue: Fires Spread To N.S. Wales, Claim One Life
Fourteen deaths from heat were reported to-day from New South Wales country towns, making 21 such fatalities in two days. Inland towns are still roasting after many days of…
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DURING the Rural Bank's "Man on the Land" session to be broadcast on Wednesday night. 18th January, from Station 2GZ (Central N.S.W.), 2LM…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home News. Bushfire Death Roll
Eighteen people were burned to death on Tuesday night and yesterday in the disastrous bushfires in Victoria. The known death roll is 20…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Bushfires in Victoria — Mr. Menzies at Wollongong — Burrinjuck Dam Reconditioning Plan
1. Existing spillway raised 5ft. 2. New access bridge. 3. Crest of existing dam cut away and new spillway provided with two…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Appalling Bushfire Death Roll. Eighteen Bodies Found. Mountains in Victoria Still Blazing. Vast Area Laid Waste by Flames. Melbourne
Eighteen people were burned to death last night and to-day in the disastrous bushfires which are sweeping over a vast area of the State. Including the two men who lost their lives at Toolangi on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Electric Wire Starts Bushfire ADELAIDE
Having caused damage estimated at £100,000 yesterday fires at Macclesfield are now under control…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →21 Dead, 21 Missing--Bushfire Toll Grows Survivors Tell a Graphic Story of Night in River Four Die When Man Goes Back To Find His Dog MELBOURNE
Charred bodies of 19 more bushfire victims were found today, bringing Victoria's death roll to 21, in the State's most disastrous fires. At least 21 other people are missing. The fires may prove more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Here and There Bushfire Death Roll
Eighteen people were burned to death on Tuesday night and yesterday in the disastrous bushfires in Victoria. Twenty others are missing, and there is grave…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dogs Escaped Bush Fire
More than fifty dogs at the kennels owned by Mrs. Jessie Campbell panicked when a bushfire threatened their quarters at Castle Hill this week…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stop Press Phone M2406 Bush Fire Relief Funds
MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Relief for bushfire losses tonight reached £11,500. The Stale Cabinet tonight voted £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires Blaze Again More Homes Lost in Victoria Many Townships Are Endangered
Fanned by a northerly gale, forest fires raged to-day with renewed intensity. Many townships were menaced and are being evacuated. At Erica this afternoon, the position…
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Firemen from city and suburban stations were engaged all yesterday in fighting bush and grass fires, and saving houses threatened by the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →3 Died Here In Fires
SCENE OF DUG-OUT tragedy in Victorian bushfires. Three workers at a Rubicon mill sought refuge in it in vain. They were in the centre of fires which wiped out the mill and three adjoining ones. Picture shows mountain searchers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Trapped in Blaze Electric Blast In Manhole
Two County Council workmen were shockingly burned when an 11,000-volt cable short-circuited and burst into flames in a Clarence Street manhole yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Left Hooks and Headlocks “Between Two Fires”
In the old days before the fight game was commercialised, a boxer toed the mark because he was honor-bound to fulfil an engagement when once the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Phone Off 2 Days
An obscure electrical fault put the Bondi fire brigade telephone out of order for two days. This was revealed yesterday by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Hose Cut; Man Charged
Angelo Megna, 62. laborer, was charged before Mr. Arnold, S.M., at Central Police Court, to-day with having, on January 1,1939, maliciously…
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