Historical information
Various news articles pertaining to the January 1962 Victorian bushfires in the Dandenong and Healesville districts which by second day had spread on to a 150 mile front fromDaylesford and Kinglake through to the Dandenongs.
Specific Eltham Shire districts mentioned include Ninka Road, St. Andrews, Kinglake, Hurstbridge on page 2
• Fires Blazing on 150M. Arc: "Need a Miracle", p1 (Illust.) – Victoria’s worst bushfire day since “Black Friday,” 1939
• Night dash as bushfire sweeps by, p2 (Illust.)
• Kalorama Saved: Fire 100 Ft. Away, p2
• Stay away, says police chief, p2
• The Tragedy of the Fires, p3 (Illust.)
• Good save by firemen, p4 (Illust.)
• S.E.C. Firemen Saved N. Yallourn, p4
• Cherry river of flame, p4
• From the fire front: Fire-fighters are bitten by snakes, p4
• They faced the fury, p6 (Illust.)
• The ’39 Blaze, p6
• They fought and failed, p6
• Hills Aflame: 2nd Day, pp16-17 (Illust.)
• Respite at Olinda HQ, p16 (Illust.)
• Here is Ruin, p17 (Illust.)
• This fireman had to work among piled up furniture … p32 (Illust.)
Physical description
Digital scan of original pages from newspaper
Subjects
- tom fielding collection,
- victorian bushfires - 1962,
- victorian bushfires – 1962,
- black friday,
- victorian bushfires – 1939,
- c.h. howe,
- daylesford,
- country fire authority,
- dandenongs,
- yallourn,
- central gippsland,
- montrose,
- olinda,
- kalorama,
- healesville,
- st. andrews,
- hurstbridge,
- ninka road,
- kinglake,
- yarra glen,
- a.l. mccutcheon,
- st. andrews postmaster,
- eltham shire secretary,
- max watson,
- police commissioner porter,
- observatory road,
- mt. dandenong,
- whittlesea,
- one tree hill,
- sassafras,
- the basin,
- steel’s creek,
- ruby ryan,
- the basin progress hall,
- yaallourn,
- yallourn north,
- stet electricity commission (s.e.c.),
- hernes oak,
- mcdonalds track,
- florence milkins,
- lieutenant-colonel k. leggett,
- bonza view road,
- ringwood police station,
- michael o’connor,
- volunteers,
- fire damage - buildings
