Fire Destroys Home of Man Aged 95
WHEN the four-roomed weatherboard cottage he occupied in St. Hillier's Road, Auburn, was burned to the ground late last night, the…
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Fire Destroys Home of Man Aged 95
WHEN the four-roomed weatherboard cottage he occupied in St, Hillier's Road. Auburn, was burned to the ground late last night, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Sweeps 1,500 Acres "Wonderful Save" at Wallendbeen
About 200 men from the Wallendbeen, Cootamundra, and neighbouring Bushfire Brigades, helped by Air Force ground staff, checked a fire which…
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Because of greater heat in western and southern parts of New South Wales, the Weather Bureau yesterday issued a warning against bushfires…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The 23rd death as a result of the recent bushfires occurred this morning when Miss Robertha Woollett (52), of…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The 23rd death as a result of the recent bushfires occurred this morning when Miss Robertha Woollett (52), of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Interstate News VICTORIA Bush Fire Control
SECRETARY J. V. STOUT moved, at a recent meeting of the Trades Hall Council, "That in the opinion of the Council there…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Canberra Threatened; Fires 12 Miles Away
CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Bushfires were burning on a 15-mile front only 12 miles from Parliament House tonight. Nearly 300 soldiers and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Ryde
Residents of Ryde assisted firemen to put out a scrub fire in a two-acre allotment In Alolus-avenue today. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight People Give Fire Alarm
Eight persons who observed wisps of smoke issuing from the roof of the Trust Building, King and Castlereagh Streets, city, about 9 o'clock last night…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Facing incineration in the path of the grassfire near Canberra yesterday, a woman plunged herself and her children neck-deep in a dam…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Facing incineration in the path of the grassfire near Canberra yesterday, a woman plunged herself and her children neck-deep in a dam…
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Baulkham Hills Council has adopted a report by the shire clerk (Mr. Rain), urging the extension of the fire district to the…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Facing incineration in the path of the grassfire near Canberra yesterday, a woman plunged herself and her children neck-deep in a dam A MIRACULOUS change in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home Gutted by Fire in Few Minutes
When a four-roomed weather-board cottage that he occupied in St. Hilliers-road, Auburn, was burned to the ground late last…
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A fire which started in the crew's quarters of a vessel in Newcastle last Friday afternoon damaged three cabins and…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Two homesteads, several thousand acres of grazing and farm country, and considerable numbers of…
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A public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Penrith, Ald. P. J. H. Allen, will be held at the Court House, Penrith on Wednesday next, February 9,…
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The Chief Warden, Fairfield N.E.S. has asked Fairfield Council to advertise locally the danger existing of probable bush fires, suggesting that landowners…
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Fire brigades were called to 25 bush and grass fires in Sydney suburbs yesterday. The most serious outbreak was off…
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