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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

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Riot and Bloodshed Fresh Outbreak At Kalgoorlie Skyline Red with Fire

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 February 1934 · page 5

Following the serious trouble on Monday night, riots, pillage and murder again broke out in Kalgoorlie and Boulder on…

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Fire in Egypt Cairo

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 3

A fire in the Mehallakehir settlement of the Tantah cotton qua[?] destroyed 800 houses. Thirteen women and two men were incinerated…

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Big Fire A[?] Moree £12,000 Damage Narrow Escapes Moree

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1934 · page 3

Excitement and confusion reigned early this morning when a fire destroyed the Criterion Hotel and five adjoining…

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Bitumen on Fire Brigade Called Out

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 4

A 44-gallon drum of bitumen which caught alight at the rear of the residence of Mr. A. H. Cusack in George Street this morning results in…

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Reichstag Fire Aftermath MOSCOW

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

The Soviet to-day granted Russian citizenship to Dimilroff, Taneff and Popoff, three of the five men accused in the Reichstag fire trail. The…

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Narrow Escape Cottage on Fire SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 3

A fire broke out in a six-roomed cottage at Oatley early this morning. The building, which was of weatherboard, was reduced to ashes within half an…

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Morning Fire Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 3

A weatherboard cottage occupied by Edward Pitt, of Fairfield, was destroyed by fire early this morning. His wife and son, aged 15, were…

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Reichstag Fire Bulgarians for Russia BERLIN

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 3

Whether by coincidence or by design, the three Bulgarians who were acquitted in the Reichstag fire trial, and have since been held under…

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Alsatian Gives Fire Alarm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Phillips are thankful to their Alsatian dog, “Roger,” whose intelligence averted what may have been a serious fire at their…

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Proposed Fire Brigade. Public Meeting to Be Called

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 1

At the meeting of the Municipal Council, held on Monday night last, Ald. Kelly inquired as to…

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£7000 Blaze Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 2

Damage estimated at about £7000 was caused by a fire which demolished a block of shops at Dandenong, Victoria, early this morning…

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Fire Brigade Newcastle Trip

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 3

Months of intensive training for the forthcoming N.S.W. Volunteer Fire Brigades' Demonstration are now being rounded…

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The Fire Brigade Demonstration At Newcastle Big Field of 94 TEAMS

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 March 1934 · page 2

Next week ninety-four teams including Yass, will compete in the various events at the New South Wales Fire Brigades’…

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Our Sporting Letter Autumn Racing. Novice Longshot Beaten. by Bare Half-head. Fire's Predicament

The Young Chronicle · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 3

A long-priced outsider in Dromos did not win the Novice at Randwick after all. He started at 14 to 1 after twenties had been plentiful early and…

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Terrible Tragedy Death of Frank Lincoln, of Clifton. Had Just Returned From Farmers' Tour of N.z. Outbuildings Destroyed by Fire

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 1

A shocking burning accident took place at Clifton Station at about 8 o'clock on Saturday night, as a result of which…

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Voluntary Fire Brigade. the Public Meeting Lapsed. Municipal Council Will Form a Brigade

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 1

THE Mayor (Ald. McLean) remarked at the Municipal Council meeting, held Monday night last, that he was very…

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Close Call Rescued From Fire SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 3

Last minute rescues were effected when a fire destroyed the contents of a general store in Jersey Street, Paddington, early this morning…

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Education for Two Nations Guns For French Fire Engines Germany and Air Defence London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 2

France is equipping its fire-engines with machineguns to enable them to counter-attack enemy aircraft. Germany, is conscripting everybody between the ages of eighteen and sixty for one year's service in the fire, brigade, with liability…

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Police Theory on Clifton Tragedy "Car Out of Shed Before Fire Started." Carelessness Not the Cause. Coroner's Sympathy for Relatives

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 1

Upsetting previous theories that the late Mr. Frank Lincoln, of Clifton Station, met his death as a result of attempting to remove the…

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Women's Act House Set On Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 21 March 1934 · page 5

Eileen Andrey Russel, 23, found guilty at Wangaratia Sessions of setting fire to the house of C.arence C. Bailey at Taminick on February 1,…

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