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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

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Bush Fires Thousands of Acres Swept WELLINGTON N.Z.

National Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 2

The whole of the Auckland province is suffering from bush fires which are creating havoc. Already many thousands of acres of rich land have…

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Love's Fires Chapter Xlix Through the Looking Glass

National Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1928 · page 4

Once again he paused. The span of life was ebbing fase and it was with a visible effort that he continued:…

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Cups Destroyed in Fire

Leader · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 8

Is the recent tire at a mercery shop at Queanbeyan, the following cups, von chiefly by the Waratah Football Club, were totally destroyed:…

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Love's Fires Chapter Li "Singular Confession of a Murderer'

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 6

"Captain Douglas who was a gentleman of good position and good fortune met 'with and accident, which ended fatally. He was taken to the…

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Love's Fires Chapter Li "Singular Confession of a Murderer'

National Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1928 · page 4

Lord Arden went on to the convent he wiched to see the sisters; he knew how often it happened that women remembered small details that never…

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Love's Fires Chapter L1 "Singular Confession of a Murderer"

National Advocate · Monday 30 January 1928 · page 4

"Sister Teresa" she said, "will you so to the parlour; some one there wishes to see you about, the hospital. or rather, about some one who was…

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Picture Show Fire £8000 Damage SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 2

Damage estimated at £8,000 [?] caused by fire which destroyed the Woollahra Picture Theatre in Oxford Street, Woollahra this morning…

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Molong Fire Two Shops Destroyed MOLONG

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1928 · page 3

Damage estimate, at thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which destroyed two shops here early to-day. the outbreak started in Kandilas's…

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Business Centre Burnt Out. Brisbane

Leader · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 2

A disastrous fire destroyed eleven premised in the township of Alphs, 273 miles west of Rockhampton, early this morning. practically the whole of the…

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12 Shops Destroyed Big Blaze in Queensland Town BRISBANE

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 5

Fire practically wiped out tne business section of the town of Alpha, in the Central district of Queensland this morning. 12 shops…

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Disastrous Fire at Cum-wool Two Buildings Bur[?]t to the Ground

Leader · Wednesday 1 February 1928 · page 6

Two business premises at Cumnock were raced to the ground by fire on Monday morning, and another only saved by the strenuous efforts of the…

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Local News Disastrous Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 8

Mr. J. Cox, son of Mr. C. D. Cox, Coonabarabran, and grandson of Mr. E. Daly, of Mudgee, sustained a very severe loss quite recently,…

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Tar Boiler Blaze

Leader · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 4

A small conflagration that caused a dense and alarming cloud of smoke, was the burning of a tar boiler in the yards at the gasworks, [?]Street,…

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Fire at Cumnock. Two Business Places Destroyed

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1928 · page 9

Shortly after midnight on Sunday night last the residents of Cumnock were aroused by the alarm of "Fire!" The fire broke out at the rear of Mr. N…

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£30,000 DAMAGE Fire At Auckland AUCKLAND, N.Z.

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 2

A fire which destroyed Tonson and Garlick's furniture store last night, did damage estimated at £30.000…

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Bush Fire in Victoria. House, Grass, and Fesing [?]. MELBOURNE

Leader · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

A big [?] fire occurred near Violet Town, yesterday. The games destroyed a house on Mr. Ellis’ property, and also a large quantity of grass and…

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Forest Fires Damage in Southern California MONTREAL

National Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 2

A Los Angeles message states that Southern California is threatened with serious damage by wind and forest fires over a large area in the…

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Trapped by Fire. Men Entombed in Gold Mine VANCOU[?]

Leader · Saturday 11 February 1928 · page 1

At Sudbury. Ontario. [?]men are [?] in the [?] [?] They are believed to be dead. Two bodies [?] so far been…

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Big Capetown Fire. Capetown

Leader · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 5

A disastrous Are, involving half a million sterling, has destroyed the greater part of the Imperial cold storage premise, on the sea frogs…

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Film Catches Fire Audience in Ignorance. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 8

During the filming of Madame Pompadour at Hurlstone Park Theatre, on Saturday night, 300 feet of film caught slight, but fortunately the flames were…

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