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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

135 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 7

£600DAMAGE Fire After Burglary (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 1

Burglars, after ransacking three rooms of a home in Elsternwick, Victoria, and securing jewellery valued at £200, set fire to the front…

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Rubbish Fire

Western Champion · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 9

A fire in some rubbish on the old camping reserve in May Street where it had been smouldering for some time, was fanned into flames…

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Fire at Goolagong

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 4

A fire broke out in a house owned by Mr. Dowd, of Goolagong, on Saturday night, and the building, which was a two-storey one, and the…

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Open Finding Clarinda Street Fire No Suspicious Circumstances

Western Champion · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 17

The Coroner (Mr. H. W. Hall) returned an open finding on Saturday after hearing evidence concerning a fire which paused damage to a shop in, Clarinda Street, ocoupied by Mrs. Isabella. Elizabeth Helena Priest, on the night of January 27…

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Fire at Forbes. Rankin Street Shop Early Morning Blaze

Western Champion · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 15

Fire completely destroyed the stock In T. J. Heffernan's electrical store in Rankin Street shortly after 5 o'clock on…

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Junee Fire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 4

Among the destroyed property in the fire at Junee during the week when the stables and motor shed at the [?] of the Commercial hotel…

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Vic. Bushfires Danger Past

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

Although bush fires are still burning the danger is regarded as having passed. The fires are now confined to unsettled areas…

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Temora Blaze Serious Fire Averted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 4

At twenty minutes pas tmidnight of Sunday the fire bell sent out its stentorian notes and very soon a large crowd gathered in Loftus Street,…

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Early Morning Blaze Shop Destroyed Good Work by Brigade

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 1

At about 2.45 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a fruit shop in Main Street, West Wyalong, owned by Mr. J. H. Frazer, and occupied by Mr. Thomas…

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Seven Shops Gutted By Disastrous Fire Trundle Business Centre

Western Champion · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 11

Seven shops and offices, owned by Mr G. C. Little, were gutted by a disastrous fire which swept along the eastern side of Forbes Streett Trundle, early on Wednesday morning. Very little was saved from the premises affected, and the damage will run…

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Fire at Trundle Seven Shops Gutted Shortage of Water

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 9

Fire swept through a block of seven offices and shops in Forbes Street, Trundle, early on Wednesday morning. The fire started at…

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£30,000 DAMAGE Fire at Toowoomba (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 1

A message from Brisbane states that damage estimated at £30,000 has caused by a fire which destroyed the Empire Theatre at Toowoomba last night…

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Sales Tax on Fire Gear Bush Brigades Handicapped

Cowra Free Press · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 7

Exemption from the Sales Tax on all gear used by Bush Fire Brigades, as advocated in “The Daily Telegraph” recently was…

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£12,000 FIRE Bathurst Railway Workshops Mystey Blaze

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 1

The most disastrous fire in the history of Bathurst occurred early on Friday morning when the permanent way workshops, containing…

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Fire Checked After Seven Shops were Gutted in Trundle

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 5

The main block of Trundle, a small town on the Bogan Gate-Tottenham line, was gutted last week by a fire which raged for three and a half…

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Disastrous Fire at Trundle Seven Shops Destroyed

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 6

A terrific fire broke out at Trundle in the early hours of last Wednesday morning and resulted in seven shops and their contents being destroyed…

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Victorian Bush Fires Big Blaze At Seymour MELBOURNE

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 1

Some of the bush fires in Vict ria have now assumed alarming properions.t In the Seymour district two fires which have been burning [?]…

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Main Street Fire Coroner's Inquiry Open Verdict

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 4

The West, Wyalong and District Coroner, (Dr. E. F. Fisher, J.P.), conducted an inquiry at the West Wyalong Court House, on Monday…

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Fire Outbreak In Occupier's Absence Home Partly Burnt

Western Champion · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 9

A seven-roomed weatherboard cottage In Parkes Street, Forbes, owned and occupied by Mrs. Robert Byng and her family of…

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Big Melbourne Fire £10,000 Damage MELBOURNE

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 1

Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by fire in Marks' Buildings in the city early yesterday morning. Steel lined doors throughout the…

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