Macquarie Fields. Bush Fire Protection
At a meeting held on Monday March 4. it was decided to form a fire-fighting force in the district. The Mayor of Ingleburn, Mr. J. S…
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Bush Fire Brigade Vol[?] at In[?]
At a [?] [?] by the Mayor, and [?] [?] Council Chambers it [?] f[?] Ingleburn Bush F[?] [?] with…
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KATOOMBA, Wed. Twenty houses at Hazelbrook were saved from destruction by a fierce…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Following the heat wave, which is now on the sixth day, Victoria is again in the grip of bushfires…
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SMOKY VALLEYS Like early morning mist rising from the valleys, smoke from fierce bushfires in the Jamieson Valley covered the mountains with a thick haze. The scene from Echo Point, Katoomba…
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Water was pumped from tanks at private homes to fight a bushfire which threatened property at Hazelbrook today…
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At 9.27 p.m. on Tuesday night, a 4-roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mrs. R. Davis, in Hume Highway, Liverpool, caught fire. The occupants were…
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Liverpool Fire Brigade was called out to a grass fire in Page Avenue last Saturday, but no damage was done. A tarpot belonging to the Main Roads…
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A visiting Ceylon tea-planter who was stricken with malaria while on a hike to Mount Solitary, Jamieson Valley, reached…
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After a hazardous all-night journey through bushfires the rescue party which left yesterday to go to the assistance of hikers stranded on Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Light Rain Causes Fire. Damage to Electric Light Poles
As the result of light showers of rain falling on dust-laden insulators on electric light poles in the district recently, the St. George County…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Bushfire damage at Mortlake, in Western District of Victoria, estimated at £100,000. One thousand men fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Havoc. Heavy Victorian Losses. Two Men Dead; Town Wiped Out. MELBOURNE
Two men are dead, others are missing, dozens of people have been injured, and scores are homeless, because of bush and forest fires which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Cease Fire" Sounds in Finland Deserted, Says Minister Sections of Finnish Army May Revolt London, Wednesday. Our Own Cable Service
FIGHTING ceased on all fronts in Finland at 10.30 a.m. today, and half an hour later the peace terms were confirmed by an official Helsinki…
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SUMMER is slow to depart, and, despite being half way through March, heat, drought, and bushfires continue…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. Two lives were lost -- those of Edward John Drewery, 49, farmer, and an…
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Last night, at Hazelbrook, I saw men and women filling buckets from nearly-dry house tanks, and splashing…
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Bushfires are again menacing life and property in several parts of Victoria. Several men have been seriously injured fighting fires within 30 miles of Melbourne. At…
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"If people exercised a little more common sense there would be fewer bush fires," the Chief Secretary, Mr. Tonking, said yesterday…
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