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

Fires & bushfires, 1937

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Bones in Fire Arrest Follows Discovery. SYDNEY

Leader · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 2

Following the discovery of pieces of bone in die ashes of a fire at the camp of Hairy Nelson, 60, at Gellapool Station,…

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Crowd Watched Fire But Did Not Give Alarm £20,000 Damage in Pitt St. Blaze Unusual Incident in Sydney Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 2

Although several thousand people congregated in Pitt-street last night, to watch a fire which had broken out in Robson House, nobody gave the…

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Oakey Park Fire Damage To Kitchen And Laundry

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 2

A kitchen and laundry at the rear of a six-roomed weatherboard cottage at the corner of Bell's road and Brook street, Oakey Park, were…

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Watched Big Fire. Gave No Alarm. City Crowd Entertained. Sydney, S[?]

Leader · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 2

Although several thousand people congregated in Pitt Street last night to watch a fire in Robson House, nobody…

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Warships’s Orders to Fire. Reply to Germany. Ships Seized. Counter to Palos Affair

Leader · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 2

A critical situation has arisen in relations between Spain and Germany, in consequence of reprisals by…

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Coles’ Fire Stocks

Leader · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 2

Temporary repairs having been effected, business at Coles Stores, 251 Summer Street, Is being carried on as usual, and the whole of the…

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Narrow Escape Fire at Bruce Rock Perth

National Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 3

Five people narrowly escaped being burned to death when they were trapped above a saddlery shop by a the a Bruce Rock yesterday. They…

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Fight for Madrid Britons Hurt by Bombs Embassy Set on Fire Madrid

National Advocate · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 2

Three incendiary bombs from rebel aeroplanes fell on the British Embassy to-day. Two of the inmates were slightly injured…

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Fire Helps the Public

Leader · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 6

Even are, one of the worst of evils not without Its good aspects. from the point of view of the thousands of people who are about to benefit…

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Arms Felt As If on Fire Nights of Agony with Neuritis

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 6

She had tried so many "remedies" —always without result—that she had little faith in anything. But finally something induced her to try Kruschen…

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Coonobarabran Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

COONABARABRAN message states that a ladies outfitting business, owned by Mrs. Marks was almost destroyed by the at 2 a.m…

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Blaxland Council Loan-grant Scheme Portland Bushfire Brigade Authorised

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 3

The monthly meeting of Blaxland Shire Council was hold yesterday. It was decided to inform the…

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Baby in Blaze Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 2

A fire occurred early this morning in a residential in City-road, Darlington, and the occupants just escaped in time…

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Sunny Corner Unfortunate Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 6

A haystack and shed, containing about two tons of hay, were destroyed by fire at Mr. J. Strickland's, Sunny Corner, last week. The fire…

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Baby Saved Two Plucky Men Fire at Darlington Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

Two men climbed on to the baleens of a smoke-filled residential in of Read, Darlington, to-day and rescued baby which was being sheltered by…

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Masked Firemen Quell Fire With Gas

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 4

Firemen used their latest scientific equipment to fight a fire which broke out in an underground electrical substation at the corner of Pitt and…

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Train on Fire 100 Chinese Dead Lack of Communication Cord Canton

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

More than 100 are believed to have been burned to death to-day when a fire broke out on the Kowloon-Canton Express…

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£500,000 Damage Melbourne's Big Blaze Cool Stores and Victoria Docks Destroyed Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

One of the biggest fires in Melbourne for a considerable time resulted in damage approaching half a million pounds sterling when the…

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Pine Plantation Destroyed by Fire Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

Vandals are suspected of having started a fire which destroyed 150,000 young trees in the State Pine plantation, near Bright yesterday…

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OVER 100 DEAD Train On Fire CANTON

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

It is feared that the death-roll of the fire on the Kowloon-Canton express will exceed 100. Of the 85 bodies that have been brought here 35…

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