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14 articles are tagged with 1926 bushfires. (Note: A search of the full text of articles for 1926 bushfires finds 7 articles)

  • 22 LIVES LOST. WARBURTON TRAGEDY. CHILDREN'S AWFUL PLIGHT. HEARTBREAKING SCENES. TIMBER MILLS DESTROYED. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Big Pat's Creek bushfires Gilderoy LRRSA Noojee Powelltown sawmilling timber Warburton ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 16 February 1926, page 11
    News ILLUSTRATED 22937 words

    WARBURTON, Monday —With the return of fire-fighters and search parties to the township at midday to-day, stories of appalling losses of life were told from the ...
  • MILLING AT NOOJEE. Repair of Timber Tramway Sought. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires bushfires LRRSA Noojee sawmilling timber Tooronga ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Tuesday 16 October 1928, page 18
    News 183 words

    Timber millers and representatives of the Noojee Progress Association waited upon the Minister for Forests (Mr. Beckett) yesterday to ask that action be taken to repair the timber tramway from Noojee ...
  • LOCH VALLEY TIMBER. REVIVING MILLING. Early Action Proposed. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Loch Valley LRRSA Noojee sawmilling timber ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 16 February 1929, page 30
    News 199 words

    Early action is proposed by the Minister for Forests (Mr. Pounington) to revive timber milling in the Noojee district. The industry once provided employment for ...
  • NOOJEE TIMBER. REOPENING LOCH VALLEY. Ministry Purchases Tramway. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Forests Commission of Victoria Loch Valley Loch Valley Timber Tramway LRRSA Noojee sawmilling timber ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Thursday 25 April 1929, page 4
    News 221 words

    The Minister for Forests (Mr. Pennington) yesterday completed arrangements with the Loch Valley Timber Tramway Co. for the purchase from the company of the ...
  • BUSH FIRES. PINE FOREST MENACED. PLENTY RANGES OUTBREAK. Special Train Chartered. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Kinglake LRRSA McLaine's sawmill sawmilling timber ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 1 March 1926, page 12
    News 3304 words

    WHITTLESEA, Sunday.—Owing to the dangerous position of the fire which has worked in a westerly direction along the Plenty Ranges the Forests Commission ...
  • BUSH FIRES. MILLS SAVED. FIGHT ON BLUE MOUNT. ORDEAL AT HEALESVILLE. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Cole's Creek Dindi mill Granton Sawmilling Co Healesville Knott's Sawmilling Co LRRSA Meyer's Creek sawmilling timber ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Saturday 6 March 1926, page 35
    News 4251 words

    HEALESVILLE, Friday.—Smoke-begrimed men, with blackended faces and scorehed clothes, emerged from a thrilling and trying ordeal at Healesville on ...
  • VICTIMS OF THE FIRES. SUFFERING AND HEROISM. SURVIVORS' STORIES. Graphic Evidence at Inquest. (BY OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.) [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Big Pat's Creek Gilderoy LRRSA sawmilling timber Worlley's sawmill ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 10 March 1926, page 21
    News 5627 words

    Stories told at inquests held yesterday by the city coroner (Mr. D. Berriman) into the deaths of the bush fire victims in the Warburton and Powelltown districts, told ...
  • FIRE SUFFERERS' CLAIMS. FIRST LIST CONSIDERED. RUBICON CASES REFUSED. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Healesville LRRSA sawmilling timber ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 17 March 1926, page 25
    News 1381 words

    After the meeting of the committee of the Bush Fires Relief Fund yesterday the Lord Mayor (Sir William Brunton) announced that the committee had considered ...
  • COUNTRY NEWS. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Lorne LRRSA sawmilling St George's River timber ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 29 March 1926, page 18
    News 5701 words

    Mr. H. Ludbrook, fishing at lake Wendour[?] on saturday morning caught two ralnbow trout each weighing 4[?] 1b and one brown trout weighing 5[?]lb, all on the fly. Mr. Whitrack caught a ...
  • BUSH FIRES DISASTER DEAD AND MISSING TOTAL 33. WARBURTON DISTRICT LOSSES. RELIEF MEASURES BEING ORGANISED. SUFFERINGS OF THE HOMELESS. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires bushfires Gilderoy LRRSA Noojee Powelltown Warburton Worlley's sawmill ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 17 February 1926, page 21
    News ILLUSTRATED 17510 words

    Bush fires are still burning in various parts of Victoria, and further loss of life has been reported, the total dead and missing now being 33. A man previously reported missing at Nayook was found burned to death. ...
  • FIRE-FIGHTING IN PLENTY RANGES. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires LRRSA Phosphate Co-operative sawmill sawmilling timber ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Wednesday 3 March 1926, page 23
    News ILLUSTRATED 132 words

    A gang of about 40 fire fighters, working all night, succeeded in checking the advance of the bush fires which threatened the pine forest in the Plenty Ranges. The flames now morace the settlement at Bruce's, Creek, Illustrated above, on the left, with the timber mill of the Phosphate Co-operative Co. in the foreground. Above, on the right, are fire-fighters ready to protect the settlement. Below, on the left, is a number of railway-men on a motor-lorry, leaving Whittlesea station for the settlement. Below, on the right, are G. Hall and W. Maxwell, of Bruce's Creek, with food supplies, leaving in an endeavour by detour to reach the fire. The gang of fire-fighters who held the fire in check were cut off by the flames working behind them. ...
  • BUSH FIRES SUBSIDING. RESPITE AT HEALESVILLE. DAMAGE IN MILL AREA. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Dindi mill G W Knott Pty Ltd Granton mill Granton Sawmilling Co Knott's Sawmilling Co LRRSA sawmilling timber Toolangi tramway fatality ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Friday 12 March 1926, page 13
    News 2920 words

    HEALESVILLE, Thursday.—After weeks of fire fighting the people of the Healesville district are enjoying a little respite. The bush files which have been ...
  • MANY BUSH FIRES. LARGE AREA SUFFERS. ORCHARDS IN DANGER. HOLIDAY RESORTS AFFECTED. VALUABLE AID FROM VISITORS. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Condon Bros Kawarren LRRSA sawmilling ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 1 February 1926, page 11
    News 6607 words

    Large tracts of bushland and orchard property, extending from Dromana and Rye to Ferntree Guilly, Healsville, and Doncaster, were swept by bush fires which occurred ...
  • VICTORIAN FORESTS. HUGE LOSSES BY FIRES. 478,000 ACRES AFFECTED. Commission's Operations Reviewed. [ tagged as 1926 bushfires Forest commision Timber seasoning tramways LRRSA ]

    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) Monday 11 April 1927, page 12
    News 1472 words

    "Fires of a most disastrous nature, abnormal cyclonic winds of exceptional severity, an extraordinarily dry seeding period, lamentable loss of life, and serious ...


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