Fire Ravages Cabramatta District Three Dwellings Destroyed
The disastrous fires that have been threatening scores of homes in N.S.W. to the past three weeks took a serious turn in Cabramatta…
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S.a. Hall in Danger Firemen Rush to Liverpool Fire
Much curiosity was aroused in Liverpool on Thursday morning by the wailing of fire sirens. A fire [?] passed about 10…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Keep Mountains Blue Plan needed to beat the Bushfires
The worst fires for many years on the Blue Mountains near Sydney, have just done vast damage to a State and national asset. MOUNTAIN travel on Bush…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miraculous Saves Were Made in the Lower Mountains Explosive Fires
Another week of fire. Fortunately, the day to day reports of the radio have given the Lower Mountains less sensation and more sober fact. These fires have been bad. The position could not have been improved by exaggerating…
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Although the present danger of five is standing out in stark relief, Mr. Ron Thompson, well-known Smithfield identity, has always…
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Whilst smoke from bush fires Shrouded Fairfield last weekend, there was nothing very Valuable destroyed -- nothing to…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fighting Fires at Leura
Mr. John Furlong was one of the many citizens who joined in the unavailing fight to save property in the Blue Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Unions and fire victims
WATERSIDE workers and building workers are prominent among trade unionists coming forward with offers of aid for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homes and Cattle Destroyed Fires at Warragamba and Wallacia
A bushfire on a 10-mile front destroyed four homes between Warragamba Dam and Wallacia on Monday…
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Wal Ramsay, Ron Tiller and sen Bill, of Karelia Avenue, Villawood, were among those who answered the call for firefighters…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Bushfire Powers Sought by Councils
The Local Government Association has asked the State Government to empower bushfire brigades to burn firebreaks on Crown…
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Seven little kids, from six months to about five years, and two women stood in the street with the glow lighting up their faces. "Look, Mummy!" cried one…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Communist call for £2m for bushfire victims
SYDNEY: Communist policy for the bushfire victims is for the Federal Government to immediately grant £2 million to re-house Blue Mountains victims and restore their burntout possessions…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Assistance has Already Been Sent to Those Burnt Out in Mountain Fires
Relief appeals have been opened in Penrith municipal area for the distressed people of the Blue Mountains. This disaster has occurred to our…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Children's Christmas
Penrith Apex President John Ffrench said this morning he had received a request from Apex National to conduct a Christmas…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire-fighters and Mitchells Pass (To the Editor)
Sir,—Sufficient emphasis was not given to the value of the sevices rendered by the fire-fighters, in your article on the Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Welfare Aid For Fire Victims
At least one Jewish family was rendered homeless and many Jewish holiday-makers had to be evacuated when bushfires swept through the Blue Mountains towns of Leura and…
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Fairfield will help the unfortunate people who were burnt out in the dreadful bush fires at Leura and Wentworth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fairfield Horse and Pony Club to Assist Bush Fire Appeal
Members are asked to note that the trial ride arranged for next Sunday, December 15, has been cancelled, to allow riders…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mayor's Bush Fire Appeal Call to Sporting and Kindred Bodies
Already the public has generously responded to the call for funds to help the bush fire victims, and the Mayoral appeal has…
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