District Fires. Brigade Busy
Over the holiday period the Cronulla Brigade has been called on to attend twelve bush fires throughout the Shire, and it is to…
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50 Fires Reported In Thirty Suburbs
Fifty small bushfires burnt nearly all day in Sydney and suburbs yesterday. They were reported from 30 different suburbs…
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A fire, thought to be due to a tractor backfire on Mr. James Dunn's farm at Book Book, near Wagga, destroyed more than 500 acres of grass…
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DISTRICT agricultural instructors of the Department of Agriculture in their monthly reports draw special attention to the danger of bushfires…
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Eighteen people were killed and many injured in a fire which swept through the 200-room Marlborough apartment hotel in Minneapolis. Nineteen more are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Fire in U.S.A. New York, Jan. 4. (A.A.P.)
Twenty persons perished and 40 were injured when a fire destroyed the Marlborough Hotel at Minneapolis. About 200 guests were trapped. Many who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Rages Over Big Stations Women Aid Fight On 20-Mile Front HILLSTON
Fanned by a wind of gale force, a bushfire, which already has destroyed 250,000 acres of rich grazing country, threatens even worse damage as it sweeps along a 20-miles front, completely out of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →People Shelter in River Bushfires Raging In Victoria MELBOURNE
Bush fires at Wodonga have been driven to within three miles of Indigo without damaging anything but grass and fencing…
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Hundreds of volunteers are watching on all fronts at Wodonga to-night for renewed outbreaks of one of the worst bushflres in the district for many years. About 6,000 acres…
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WHILE fires menace homes in the Portland district and residents are unable to get…
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Grass fires yesterday destroyed sheds at Ryde, Lewisham and Burwood. Forty-five small grass and bush…
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Fires occurred in practically every suburb yesterday. Most of the outbreaks were in grass and scrub, but fences and several small outbuildings were destroyed. Firemen dealt…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--Residents of Noojee to-day sheltered from the heat in the same river in which thus time last year they sought safety…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Melbourne. Two Serious Outbreaks. MELBOURNE
Two serious fires and many small outbreaks kept firemen busy this morning when a 60 miles an hour gale and high temperatures prevailed…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Blaze of Guns on Front London, Friday. Our Own Cable Service
Firing was general along 125 miles of the Western Front, yesterday, after a long interval of quiet, according to…
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The Grenfell primary school was damaged early this morning by a fire, which was confined mostly to the roof and ceilings; the desks,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lone Dweller Dies in Fire Melbourne
Living alone in a five-roomed weatherboard house, William George Lappin, 77, of Indigo, in northeastern Victoria, was burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grass Fire Rages On 16 Mile Front HILLSTON
A grass fire that has destroyed 100,000 acres of valuable grazing country now threatens the Central Western district on a 16…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire-fighters Succeeded Breaks Held Flames In Check HILLSTON
"Many homesteads were saved by skilful organisation, and the volunteers deserve the highest praise," said a police officer to-day, in telling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Bushfire. 100,000 Acres Affected. Volunteers' Long Fight HILLSTON
A disastrous bushfire, which started south of the village of Roto, on New Year's Day, and has been raping ever since, has destroyed or seriously…
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