fires – Page 5 – Real Climate Records

Aug 28

America’s Largest Fire. From Tony Heller realclimatescience.com

This week in 1910, a fire burned in Idaho and Montana which was nearly as large as all the fires […]

Aug 01

VAST AREA OF STATE BURNT OUT BY BUSHFIRES 04 Oct 1951. “One million acres of sheep, cattle and farm country throughout Queensland has already been completely burnt out by the worst bush fires in in the State’s history. It is estimated that over 1000 men are fighting the outbreaks in various areas.”

VAST AREA OF STATE BURNT OUT BY BUSHFIRES (1951, October 4). The Central Queensland Herald (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1930 – […]

Jul 27

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX. 14 Jan 1939. “62 Now Dead In Bush Fires TRAGEDIES MOUNT IN COUNTRY”

HEAT WAVE GROWS TO AWFUL CLIMAX (1939, January 14). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 – 1954), p. 1 (LAST […]

Jul 25

A human-driven decline in global burned area. 30 Jun 2017

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6345/1356/tab-figures-data Satellite observations show a declining trend in fire activity across the world’s tropical and temperate grassland ecosystems and land-use […]

Jul 24

Wall of Flame. 24Jan 1919. “Meralong, a township on the Blue Mountains, was threatened by a wall of flame 50 feet high, and 30 miles long.”

Wall of Flame. (1919, January 24). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 – 1947), p. 9. Retrieved July 24, 2020, […]

Jul 16

Southern Bush Fires 21 Jan. 1939. “Last week the State of Victoria spent a terrifying week as bush fires were prevalent and raging fiercely. The fires wiped out most of the town of Omeo. Yarr Glen lost 3 private houses, and Warrandyte more than 200.”

SOUTHERN BUSH FIRES (1939, January 21). Dayboro Times and Moreton Mail (Qld. : 1937 – 1940; 1945 – 1954), p. […]

May 29

Hawkesbury Heat. 18 Jan 1896. “Yesterday (Sunday) the shade temperature at this Observatory reached 116.8 degrees, or the same as that attained on the 6th instant. To-day, however, the maximum recorded was 118.8 degs, the highest experienced here since 1862.” 118 deg F = 48.2 Celsius

http://Hawkesbury Heat. (1896, January 18). Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW : 1888 – 1961), p. 6. Retrieved May 29, 2020, […]

Jan 20

HOT AND COLD. 31 Oct 1935. “This year will go down in history as one of the most freakish on record.” Surely they lie, they didn’t have enough CO2 for freakish weather.

HOT AND COLD (1935, October 31). Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 – 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January […]

Jan 12

Arson compared to terrorism. 28 Apr 1983

ARSON CONFERENCE (1983, April 28). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), p. 12. Retrieved January 11, 2020, from […]

Jan 08

BUSHFIRES. Horror hits Victoria. Jan 31 1962. A saga of death, destruction, and driving courage. Dandenong fires were normal summer news when I was a kid growing up in Melbourne back then.

BUSHFIRES (1962, January 31). The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 – 1982), p. 3. Retrieved January 8, 2020, fromhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51193494?searchTerm=dandenongs%20bushfires&searchLimits=# HEAT exhaustion […]