Bushfire Menaces Mountain Properties
KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Katoomba and Black heath fire brigades fought a bushfire for three hours before getting it under control at…
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Bushfire Menaces Mountain Properties
KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Katoomba and Black heath fire brigades fought a bush fire for three hours before getting it under control at…
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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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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Katoomba and Black heath fire brigades fought a bushfire for three hours before getting it under control at…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Katoomba and Black heath fire brigades fought a bushfire for three hours before getting it under control at…
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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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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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After a 10-hour fight, firefighters at midnight last night controlled a bushfire on a mile front between Wallerawang and…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday.-- Fifty-thousand bullfight fans yesterday set fire to the Mexico City Plaza, the world's greatest bullring, because they believed the fights were "phoney." Frenzied fight-fans burned all…
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Fire in the carriage of one train caused a delay of 15 minutes in all trains on the Liverpool-Parramatta line last night…
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Bushfires swept through the seaside town of Anglesea, near Geelong, Victoria, on Monday night. ABOVE: The wall of…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Six bushfires are still burning in heavily timbered mountains in North Gippsland. The fire at Anglesea, which flared…
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SIXTY volunteers, fed by police, fought for 15 hours yesterday to bring under control a bushfire which broke out near Lithgow. ALTHOUGH no damage was caused…
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REMAINS of the Anglesea scoutmaster's home after the worst fires for years had swept through the town, Anglesea, a big seaside resort west of Geelong (Victoria), was almost razed by bushfires last week Hundreds of men, women and children fought the flames. At one stage land communication with the town was severed by the fires…
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THE REMAINS of the Anglesea scoutmaster's home after the worst fires for years had swept through the town. Anglesea, a big seaside resort west of Geelong (Victoria), Was almost razed by bushfires last Week Hundreds of men, women and children fought the flames. At one stage land communication with the town was severed by the fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →15-Hour Bushfire Fight Check Half-Mile From House Lithgow Volunteers' Strenuous Struggle
SIXTY volunteers, led by police, fought for 15 hours yesterday to bring under control a bushfire which broke out near Lithgow. ALTHOUGH no damage was caused…
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Liverpool Fire Brigade attended a call at 34 Moore Street, Liverpool, last Sunday evening, when a small fire in a shed at the rear of Mrs. Macfarlane's…
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A Lockheed Aircraft groundlooped, crashed, and caught fire while takine oft on a training flight at Schofield yesterday…
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A fire in the ceiling of a motor garage owned by Horatio Drayton. in The Boulevarde. Strathfield. yesterday afternoon, did…
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