Bushfires in Suburbs
BRIGADES were called to fight bushfires in seven suburbs yesterday, None was serious. Rydalmere. Lane Cove, Clifton Gardens,…
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Timber, Rail Truck Fire
A fierce fire broke out in a huge stack of timber in the Rozelle Goodsyards this afternoon and spread to nearby railway…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.— Bush and grass fires which swept Victoria to-day destroyed four homes and hundreds of head of…
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FIVE thousand wooden pallets used in mechanical lifting and stowing apparatus were destroyed by a fire which broke out at No. 1 Military…
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FIVE thousand wooden pallets used in mechanical lifting and stowing apparatus were destroyed by a fire which broke out at No.1 Military…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three children aged four, two and a half, and six weeks, and four adults, were rescued by…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three children aged four, two and a half and six weeks, and four adults, were rescued by…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three children aged four, two and a half, and six weeks, and four adults, were rescued by…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three children aged four, two and a half, and six weeks, and four adults, were rescued by…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three children aged four, two and a half and six weeks, and four adults, were rescued by…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three children aged four, two and a half, and six weeks, and four adults were rescued by…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three children aged four, two and a half, and six weeks, and four adults, were rescued by…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Hysterical .women and children, clutching personal belongings, waded into the sea late last night to escape the bushfires which surrounded Anglesea, a…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Hysterical women and children, clutching personal belongings, waded into the sea late last night to escape the bushfires which surrounded Anglesea,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Hysterical women and children, clutching personal belongings, waded into the sea late last night to escape the bushfires which surrounded Anglesea, a…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Driven from tents and homes by bushfires, 1000 holiday-makers at Anglesea, slept last night on the ocean beach. Motor cars, caravans and other vehicles were driven right…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Hysterical women and children, clutching personal belongings, waded into the sea late last night to escape the bushfires which surrounded Anglesea, a seaside resort 60 miles from…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Hundreds of holiday-makers of Anglesea panicked and fled into the sea and on to fishing jetties when bushfires threatened the town today…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Women and children, clutching personal belongings, waded into the sea to escape the bushfires which enveloped Anglesea, a seaside resort 60 miles…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Katoomba and Blackheath fire brigades fought a bushfire for three hours before getting it under control at…
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