Home Lost In Fire
Mr. Joseph Newton, 76, holding the blowlamp, an ember from which caused the home he built 40 years ago to be destroyed by fire at Arncliffe on Saturday. (See story this page.)…
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Joe Harris' Loss by Fire
THE break-down of his champion racehorse, Spear Chief, is not the only recent stroke of misfortune Joe Harris has experienced. His palatial flat at Point Piper…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fires in Victoria. Crops, Stacks, Fences Burnt. Melbourne
Thousands of acres of crops and grass haystacks and miles of fencing were destroyed by fires which swept the Myrtleford, Colac, and Wangaratta districts during the week-end…
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WAGGA, Sunday.--A bushfire destroyed nearly 3000 acres of grass at Yarra and Narrawa properties today. It is believed that the fire was started…
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A bushfire yesterday swept over about 15,000 to 20,000 acres and burned considerable fencing. It is not known yet whether any stock was lost…
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Women in Buckingham-road, Killara, to-day rushed their children to safety before they returned to fight a bushfire which threatened their homes. Fanned by a strong south- westerly wind, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Change in Wind Stops Fire. School and Cottages in Danger
A change in wind saved the Wallacia Public School and a number of cottages near-by from a bushfire yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mass Bombing Raids on Finland. Many Fires Starled in Turku. Homeless People Roam the Streets in Cold. Finnish Army Traps Red Division. From Our Own Correspondent and A.A.P. LONDON, January 21
The Red Air Force yesterday continued its ruthless mass "Hacks on Finnish towns, regardless of military objectives. Five hundred planes took part in the raids. Turku (Abo), the fourth largest city, received 150 high explosive and 75…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A number of bush fires broke out to-day in the scrub at Charlestown, Another occurred in the vicinity of Adamstown,…
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Seventy bushfires menaced homes in Sydney's outer suburbs yesterday. A 40-mile-an-hour westerly gale fanned the flames in bush which has become tinder-dry during the last three…
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Nominations will close at noon on Thursday for candidates for election to the Board of Fire Commissioners. The election takes place on February 27…
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Ivan Antonuvitch, 44, collapsed and died yesterday after carrying furniture from his blazing home in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Fires in Suburbs. Homes Threatened. Blazes in Country
About 80 fires—mostly in bush and long grass—broke out in outlying suburbs yesterday. Though many homes were threatened, the only…
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His home threatened by bushfire, Ray Warman, aged 12, to-day sprayed the weatherboard building with a hose until the firemen arrived…
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Eighty-two persons are still missing from the Italian liner Orazio, which caught fire in a gale in the…
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Copies of pictures by "Sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purthased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. Scale of charges may be obtained on application…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Italian Liner on Fire. More Than 100 Persons Missing. Vessel Abandoned. London, Jan. 22. (A.A.P.)
More than, 100 persons, who were on board the Italian liner Orazio (11,669 tons), which caught fire in the Mediterranean after an explosion, are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bush Fires Menace Hills Fighters Save Homes Five-mile Front
Desperately batting against a 50ft. wall of fire that spread from West Pennant Hills to Baulkham Hills, 150 residents fought through…
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A shed containing furniture and effects valued at £150 was destroyed by bushfires at Collaroy yesterday. It was owned by Mr. H. B. Sevier, Suffolk Avenue, Collaroy…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Bushfires threatened a number of homes at Charlestown and Adamstown today. Flames reached the fencing at the…
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