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MELBOURNE, Friday.—At least 11 lives are feared to have been lost, more than 357 houses are known to have been destroyed, and livestock, crops, and fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Twenty people police believe have been burnt to death in the bushfires sweeping huge areas of Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA, Saturday. -- A special National Security Regulation was issued by the Federal Government today, conferring on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--A bushfire which swept across the Mentone peninsula destroyed more than 100 homes in Black Rock, Melbourne beach suburb, today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Bush and grass fires which swept over vast areas of Victoria yesterday killed at least 12 peoole, destroyed 408 homes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Bush and grass fires which swept over vast areas of Victoria yesterday killed at least 14 people, thousands of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Bush and grass fires which swept over vast areas of Victoria yesterday killed at least 14 people, thousands of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Bush and grass fires which swept over vast areas of Victoria yesterday killed at least 12 people, thousands of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Bush and grass fires which swept over vast areas of Victoria yesterday killed at least 14 people, thousands of sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.—"The tragedy of it all is that had the manpower been made available earlier in the season to burn off scrub and grass, all the firse, deaths and devastation could have been avoided," said Melbourne fire…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Once fine homes in Beaumaris, Victoria,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SOLDIERS PUMPING water from a creek to fight the blaze of a Victorian bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Sat.--The Red Cross has turned the Beaumaris Hotel into a refuge for people injured and made homeless by the fire which destroyed 100 homes in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SPECIAL meeting of Federal Cabinet to consider relief measures for victims of the Victorian bushfires has been called for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Few and haphazard were the firebreaks ploughed by Victorian fanners before bushfires this week swept devastatingly through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Saturday.âAt least 20 people have died in the disastrous bush and grass fires sweeping Victoria. Fanned by a gale, the fires have destroyed more than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Busy fighting bush fires, Mr. "F. Desmond," owner of Miradale, missed seeing his filly win the Woodleigh Handicap today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →VICTORIA'S blackest week of tragedy and desolation in five years, caused by practically State-wide bush fires, ended tonight with this terrific toll:--…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Sat.--The Victorian bushfires are now under control. At least 14 people have been burned to death in the fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfires near Harden and Junee yesterday destroyed many acres of grazing land, burned buildings, fences, and haystacks, and killed thousands of sheep…
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