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Fires & bushfires, 1944

2,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 109

8000 Sheep Die: Fire Near Junee

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 3

JUNEE, Monday.--About 8000 sheep are believed to have been destroyed and between 12,000 and 20,000 acres of grass consumed by a fire raging in the Bethungra district, near Junee, since Saturday…

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Fires Sweep N.S.W. PASTURES Heavy Damage Grim Stories in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 5

BETWEEN 15,000 and 20,000 acres of grass, more than 11,000 sheep, miles of wire and many farm implements and buildings have been destroyed by a fire which began at…

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Fires Sweep N.S.W. PASTURES Heavy Damage Grim Stories in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 5

BETWEEN 15,000 and 20,000 acres of grass, more than 11,000 sheep, miles of fencing wire and many farm implements and buildings have been destroyed by a fire which began at…

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Fires Sweep N.S.W. PASTURES Heavy Damage Grim Stories in Victoria

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 5

BETWEEN 15,000 and 20,000 acres of grass, more than 11,000 sheep, miles of fencing wire and many, farm implements and buildings have been destroyed by a fire which began at…

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Fires Sweep N.S.W. FARMLANDS Heavy Sheep Losses Many Areas in Danger

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 5

JUNEE, Monday. -- Between 15,000 and 20,000 acres of grass, more than 11,000 sheep, miles of fencing wire and many farm implements…

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Fires at Brunswick Out of Hand Terrific R.a.f. Pounding 2,000 Tons in 23 Minutes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Jan. 16 (A.A.P.).—Firemen were unable to cope with the huge outbreaks which followed the R.A.F.'s record saturation attack on Brunswick,…

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Havoc Wrought by Bushfires 19 Victorian Deaths Disastrous Losses of Stock and Feed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 5

In the tremendous area of country laid waste, the number of homes destroyed and the staggering number of dead and dying stock, Friday's bushfires in Victoria caused…

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1000 Homes Destroyed in Bushfires Deaths Now Total 18; 44 In Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- The Victorian bushfires are now known to have destroyed of least 1000 homes. Latest casualty list is: 18 killed; 44 in…

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Snowfalls Extinguish Street Rubbish Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 6

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- Timely weekend snowfalls in Philadelphia have extinguished rubbish fires, which were becoming a major menace as the…

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Snowfalls Extinguish Street Rubbish Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 6

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- Timely weekend snowfalls in Philadelphia have extinguished rubbish fires, which were becoming a major menace as the…

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Snowfalls Extinguish Street Rubbish Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 6

New YORK, Tuesday. -- Timely weekend snowfalls in Philadelphia have extinguished rubbish fires, which were becoming a major menace as the…

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Snowfalls Extinguish Street Rubbish Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 6

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- Timely weekend snowfalls in Philadelphia have extinguished rubbish fires, which were becoming a major menace as the…

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Snowfalls Extinguish Street Rubbish Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 6

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- Timely weekend snowfalls in Philadelphia have extinguished rubbish fires, which were becoming a major menace as the…

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Snowfalls Extinguish Street Rubbish Fires

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 6

NEW YORK, Tuesday. -- Timely weekend snowfalls in Philadelphia have extinguished rubbish fires, which were becoming a major menace as the…

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Fire-damaged Bridge Causes Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

MFLBOURNE, Monday.—One man was killed and four injured when a bridge which had been damaged by fire, between…

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Soldiers Fight Fires Near Cootamundra Heavy Loss of Stock and Fodder

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

Nearly 1,000 men, including several hundred soldiers and airmen, were fighting a big bushfire near Cootamundra last night. It is estimated that at least 10,000 sheep have…

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Govt. Grants £200,000 for Fire Relief

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday. -- The Commonwealth Government will make a grant of £200,000 to the States to meet the…

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The Bushfire Front

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 4

Bushfire outbreaks in Australia are an annual visitation as certain as the return of the summer solstice. Official warnings…

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Thousands Fight Bushfires in N.S.W. Soldiers Aid Settlers

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 5

Thousands of settlers, assisted by soldiers with mobile fire-fighting equipment, today continued the fight against extensive bushfires in the Cootamundra…

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Bushfires Spreading in N.S.W. 2000 Firefighters Out; Two More Deaths In Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1944 · page 5

More then 2000 civilians and soldiers are fighting bushfires in the Cootamundra, Harden, and Junee districts. The fires are being fanned by strong,…

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