Advice on Fighting. Bush Fires
The closing of all doors, windows, and ventilators, and the filling of receptacles before the water supply fails—these measures go a long way…
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Bed On Fire, Woman Burnt
An elderly woman who was overcome by smoke when her bed caught fire last night, was saved by a neighbor…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Fanned by a strong northerly wind, a bushfire leaped a creek at Cockatoo this afternoon and…
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With flames spreading around her, a 65-year-old widow was rescued unconscious from her…
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An elderly woman who was overcome by smoke when her bed caught fire last night, was saved by a neighbor…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Fanned by a strong northerly wind, a bushfire leaped a creek at Cockatoo this afternoon and…
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An elderly woman who was overcome by smoke when her bed caught fire last night, was Saved by a neighbor…
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An elderly woman who was overcome by smoke when her bed caught fire last night, was saved by a neighbor…
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An elderly woman who was overcome by smoke when her bed caught fire last night, was saved by a neighbor…
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An elderly woman who was overcome by smoke when her bed caught fire last night, was saved by a neighbor…
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Brigades from four Are stations have been called out to fight a large bushfire sweeping through the forests off Pittwater-road,…
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A large bushfire which broken out in the pymble area today threatened many homes. Brigades from headquarters, Lane Cove, and…
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Fire brigades today were called to fight bushfire outbreaks in Balgowlah, Wollstonecraft. Bexley, Rockdale, Hurstville,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- With the temperature in Melbourne 104.3 degrees at 3.15 p.m. and 104.9 at Swan Hill at 1.30,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. --With the temperature in Melbourne 104.3 degrees at 3.15 p.m. and 104.9 at Swan Hill at 1.30,…
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At the last meeting of Hurstville Council a letter was received from the Board of Fire Commissioners advising council that their…
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A bushfire which burnt out 60 acres of valuable timber at St. Ives yesterday is believed to have been started by careless people burning…
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A fire in the dry undergrowth of the forest and Floral Reserve near Pirtwater Road, St. Ives, threatened several homes yesterday…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. -- An elderly man and a middle-aged woman were burned to death in a fire in a two-storeyed wooden…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. -- An elderly man and a middle-aged woman were burned to death in a fire in a two-storeyed wooden…
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