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

Fires & bushfires, 1933

393 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 20 of 20

Schooner on Fire Three Seamen Drowned Boston

National Advocate · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 2

Three seamen were drowned and 19 rescued early this morning when a fishing schooner was burnt at the water's edge and sank to a north east…

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Labyanka Prison Fire. Sensational Report Denied. BERLIN

Leader · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 2

It was [?] reported in a Warsaw broadcast that the Labyanka prison in Moscow had been [?] down, with a great loss of life…

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Rechstag Fire Trial. Case of Van der Lubbe. BERLIN

Leader · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 2

Counsel for Van der Lubbe, in the [?] are trial at [?] in making [?] efforts to save him from the death sentence…

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Dress on Fire Aged Woman's Ter Rible Death Daughter's Plucky Attempt at Rescue SYDNEY Sunday

National Advocate · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 2

Mrs. N. Ryan (79) of Alexandria, was fatally burnt when her clothes caught alight at her home this morning. Her son James Ryan, and her…

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Fire Station

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 4

At the Municipal Council meeting a letter was received from Hon. E. E. Collins, M.L.C., that the Fire Brigades Boards had given further consideration…

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London Fires Wholesale Bribery An Astounding Story LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 December 1933 · page 4

An astounding story of wholesale bribery in connection with London fires was told in Bow—st. Police Court to-day, by Leopold…

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Merriwa Shire Council Warning Careless Use of Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 December 1933 · page 5

THE Council hereby warns all owners and occupiers within the Merriwe Shire that any contravention of the Careless Use of…

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10 Dead a Brewery Fire TOKIO

National Advocate · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 2

Fire destroyed the Sake Brewery at Naganoker at 1.30 in the morning and employees were trapped in the dormitory. Ten are dead and 4 are in a…

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Christmas Fire

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1933 · page 2

A fire which broke out on a vacant allotment with a frontage to Brilliant Street about 1 o'clock, on Saturday burnt its way through to the fence on…

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CUDAL. Fire at “Avondale.”

Leader · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 1

Mr George Frecklington, of “Avondale,” Bowan Park, had the misfortune to lose a motor car and portion of the shed In which it was housed, when…

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Child Badly Burned. Wide Playing near Fire. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 5

William Turner, aged seven of Forest Lodge, received severe burns today when his clothing caught alight while he was playing near a [?] at…

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Reichstag Fire Lubbe May Not Be Hanged London

National Advocate · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 2

The "Daily Express" Leipzig correspondent referring to the outcome of the Reichstag fire trial, says it new appears unlikely that Van Lubbe will…

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The Reichstag Fire. Der Lubbe’s Death Sentence. BERLIN

Leader · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 1

The Dutch Government has appealed for the Commutation of Van der Lubbe’s death sentence. The result is problematical, because the German…

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Incendiary "Bomb" Discovery in Warehouse Fire Maniac Abroad in Manchester London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 2

Manchester police are investigating a seriees of suspected cases of incendiarism following the discovery in a furniture…

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Manchester Fires Police Investigating London

National Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1933 · page 2

The Manchester police are investigating a series of mysterious cases of incendiarism following the discovery in a warehouse of an incendiary bomb…

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