Victoria's most disastrous bush fires in history were whipped into greater fury yesterday by the scorching northerlies, accompanying the highest temperatures ever recorded in this State. Fierce fires broke out on new fronts, and at one stage the ...
Article : 617 wordsDramatic messages received from "The Age" representative at Erica during the dangerous period of yesterday afternoon provide some idea of the general alarm among those within the ever-narrowing circle of menacing fire. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 514 wordsSecure from peril after a day of ordeal such as few of them had ever known before, hundreds of men, women and children congregated in Warburton last night, their hearts thankful that, whatever other misfortune had befallen them. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,588 wordsNOOJEE, Friday.--The town of Noojee was wiped out to-day by a fire more terrifying and extensive than that which swept the settlement in 1926. The ...
Article : 456 wordsCASTERTON, Friday.--Racing away under the force of north and north-westerly winds, Ares in this district spread out alarmingly to-day. One fire started ...
Article : 164 wordsA grass fire which originated at Hurst-bridge was picked up by the fiery northerly wind yesterday morning, swept though Eltham, and descended in a ways of flame and smoke on Warandyte. In a few minutes the outskirts of the town ...
Article : 481 wordsSTAWELL, Friday.--Benjamin Mason, 17 years, of Stawell, who volunteered last night to fight a bush fire at Hall's Gap has been missing since midnight. ...
Article : 190 wordsIn frequent touch with Victorian and inter-State Airways Ltd., at Essendon, Mr. J. Ezard, owner of the mills at Erica, has been getting the latest aerial weather ...
Article : 77 wordsSALE, Friday.--At 2 o'clock to-day the town became enveloped in a dense haze with smoke from bush Ares. The heat was Intense and the streets were strewn ...
Article : 108 wordsKONGWAK, Friday. -- Bush fires, which arose from scrub in the Lance Creek district, caused residents on farms to move furniture from their homes, but ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Sat 14 Jan 1939, Page 25
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