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“A blazing furnace was in evidence, and flames a hundred feet high were seen. The sun appeared to set an hour before its time.”

1939 The Fires

February
10/02/39 | Royal Commission at Toolangi [AYS]
24/02/39 | Royal Commission Visits This District [MC]
24/02/39 | Commission Sits at Woodspoint [MC]
28/02/39 | Bush Fires Enquiry [NSA]

March
01/03/39 | Judge Rebukes Forests Officer at Inquiry [SNP]
01/03/39 | Allegation at Inquiry [SNP]
02/03/39 | Statement by Sun Editor [SNP]
02/03/39 | Nightmare policy [SNP]
03/03/39 | Merton [MC]
03/03/39 | Walhalla [NSA]

May
18/05/39 | Bush Fires Report Presented [17 May] [A]


 

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WT   The Weekly Times
 
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