Four Die in Victorian Bushfires Hundred Houses Razed Rain Saves Vast Areas
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Four people are known to have died, others are missing, and nearly 100 homes were razed in bushfires in…
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Victorian Bush Fires
Brown coal deposits at Morwell Victoria have been ignited by bush fires. Three lives were lost and heavy damage caused…
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As pointed out in previous reports, through the disastrous fires, especially in the Western District of Victoria, many workers lost…
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Truckloads of briquettes blazing at Yallourn railway siding on Monday night…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. --Paralysis of most Victorian industries is threatened by a fire in Yallourn…
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PANORAMIC VIEW of the Yallourn (Victoria) open cat, showing burning brown coal and sprinklers in use. Yallourn provides electricity to Melbourne, and the fire has seriously upset power supplies…
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PANORAMIC VIEW of the Yallourn (Victoria) open cut, showing burning brown coal and sprinklers in use. Yallourn provides electricity to Melbourne, and the fire has seriously upset power supplies. Eleven thousand employees of Government establishments will be idle for two days this week because of the loss of electricity. (Story, Page 3.)…
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PANORAMIC VIEW of the Yallourn (Victoria) open cut, showing burning brown coal and sprinklers in use. Yallourn provides electricity to Melbourne, and the fire has seriously upset power supplies. Eleven thousand employees of Government establishments will be…
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PANORAMIC VIEW of the Yallourn (Victoria) open cut, showing burning brown coal and sprinklers in use. Yallourn provides electricity to Melbourne, and the fire has seriously upset power supplies. Eleven thousand employees of Government establishments will be…
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Busk and grass fires broke out in 40 Sydney suburbs yesterday. Thousands of pounds damage to property was caused by fires in southern and western New South…
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CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Wednesday.--A large section of the repair and paint shop at Addington railway workshops, Christchurch, was…
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Hundreds of volunteers assisted firemen to bring under control today the big bushfire which has been raging in the…
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CHRISTCHURCH (N.Z.), Wednesday.--A large section of the repair and paint shop at Addington railway workshops, Christchurch, was…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Damage totalling £10,000, including the destruction of valuable machinery for making war equipment, was caused by…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Twelve people are dead, 40 are injured and 1000 are homeless as a result of a new bushfire outbreak in Victoria. All fires were reported to be under control tonight, but the Weather…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Shortage of electricity caused by the disastrous fire in the brown coal open cut at Yallourn, source of most of Melbourne's power supply, has caused…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Shortage of electricity caused by the disastrous fire in the brown coal open cut at Yallourn, source of most of Melbourne's power supply, has caused…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Shortage of electricity, caused by the disastrous fire in the brown coal open cut at Yallourn, source of most of Melbourne's power supply, has resulted in a major industrial hold-up…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Shortage of electricity, caused by the disastrous fire in the brown coal open cut at Yallourn, source of most of Melbourne's power supply, has resulted in a major industrial hold-up…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Shortage of electricity, caused by the disastrous fire still raging in the brown coal open cut at Yallourn, source of most of Melbourne's power supply, has caused one of the worst…
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