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

Fires & bushfires, 1934

107 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 6

Fire at Robertson Hotel and Shops Destroyed (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 1

The Royal Hotel at Robertson, which has not been, occupied for a considerable time Was totally destroyed by fire, together with two…

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£17,000 Damage Big Fire in N.Z. (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 1

Thirty righters suffered burns when endeavoring to subdue a fire which destroyed a timber plant near Auckland, New Zealand, doing damage…

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Big Fire in U.S.A. Warner Bros. Studio (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 1

A cable from Burbank, (California) states:—A fire to-night, swept over forty acres of Warner Bros. First National Film Studio, destroying…

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Bush Fire Brigades Getting Ready to Save What the Hoppers Have Left

Cowra Free Press · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 7

At Saturday’s meeting of Waugoola Shire Council the following communications were received in connection with Bush…

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Camp Fire

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 12 December 1934 · page 6

W[?]n out camping and wood is not plentiful, take a 7lb treacle tin, or o[?] about that size, punch some holes near the top, fill it about…

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Bush Fires in West Australia (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 14 December 1934 · page 1

A message from Perth states:—Disastrous bush fires are reported in the Katanning district. Many properties were saved by…

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Ardlethan's Big Fire

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 9

A disastrous fire occured at ArdJethan on Tuesday last, at about [?] a.m., when Kirby's Model Store and an adjoning residence were…

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Backyard Fire Fine

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1934 · page 2

The first case of its kind was heard ta Parkes Police Court, when Norman Merriman, manager of the local branch of Moran and Cato, was…

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