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Jul 28

WORST IN HISTORY BUSHFIRES DEATH ROLL 21. 14 Jan 1939. “The charred bodies of 19 more bushfire victims were found yesterday bringing the death toll to 21 in the most disastrous fires in Victoria within living memory.”

WORST IN HISTORY (1939, January 14). The Longreach Leader (Qld. : 1923 – 1954), p. 16. Retrieved July 28, 2020, […]

Jul 22

HEAT WAVES KILL 110. 21 Jul. 1927. “America’s Deadly Summer. There has been no abatement of the heat wave which has been, already responsible for 110 death in the Eastern States of America.”

HEAT WAVES KILL 110. (1927, July 21). North West Champion (Moree, NSW : 1915 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved July […]

Jul 07

Heat Waves Fri 9Jan 1903. “For about a month the temperature averaged 114 degrees of shade heat, while for six days in succession the glass never showed less than 118 degrees.” 118deg.F = 47.7778 Degrees Celsius

HEAT WAVES. (1903, January 9). The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 – 1909), p. 6. Retrieved July 7, 2020, […]

Jul 04

Heat Apoplexy Mon 20 Jan 1908

HEAT APOPLEXY. (1908, January 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957), p. 5. Retrieved July 4, 2020, from […]

May 16

THE TEMPERATURE. 28 Jan 1896. “On one day of twenty-four hours in 1892, when the thermometers ranged between 99 and 102 degrees, there were 223 deaths recorded, and in three days at that time 600 people died in New York alone.” Obviously bad temperature readings are the cause of these deaths.

Mercury (NSW : 1894 – 1939), p. 2. Retrieved May 16, 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123923125?# Although there has been a break […]

Jan 10

Firebugs get blame for ACT bushfires. 1 Jul 1985. “Determined attempt by an arsonist to cause maximum damage”

Firebugs get blame for ACT bushfires (1985, July 13). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), p. 1. Retrieved […]

Oct 09

FAMINE 02 Dec 1943

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149802379?searchTerm=famine&searchLimits=# Since the outbreak of war, in 1937, there has been no general crop failure in China. But a few […]