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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

9 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Bush Fire at Albury. Serious Outbreak

The Bombala Times · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 4

On Saturday Albury residents had their most trying experience since the disastrous bush fires of 18 years ago. The shade temperature…

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Fire!

Delegate Argus · Thursday 28 June 1923 · page 2

Delegate was the scene of a big fire early yesterday morning resulting in the destruction of the store premises of the Victorian…

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Fire at Railway Station the Engine Shed Burnt

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1923 · page 2

Just before 7 o'clock on Friday evening a fire broke out at the engine repairing and running shed at the Cooma…

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Cooma Engine Shed Fire. Enquiry by Coroner

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 2

The District Coroner, Dr. F. L. Utber, at the Cooma Court House on Wednesday last opened an inquest upon the fire which occurred at the…

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Cooma Engine Shed Fire Enquiry by Coroner

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1923 · page 2

The District Coroner, Dr. F. L. [?]ber at the Cooma Court House on Wednesday last opened an inquest upon the fire which occurred at the…

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21 Miners Killed. Fire and Explosions Cause Disaster. Heroic Deeds of Rescuers Cessnock

The Bombala Times · Friday 7 September 1923 · page 2

A fire, followed by several explosions, involving the loss of 21 lives, occurred in Bell bird colliery, three and a half miles from Cessnoek, an Saturday…

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Green Balls of Fire

Delegate Argus · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 3

One of the most curious ol all anti-aircralt devices a German invention, and was known ti our airmen as "green balls" or "flaming…

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Massacred. Foreigners in Japan. Blamed for Fires

The Bombala Times · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 4

Perhaps one of the best accounts of the dreadful chaos which followed the earthquack in Japan is that given to the "Brisbane Daily…

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The Aftermath. Earthquake Horrors. Death by Fire and Water Brisbane

The Bombala Times · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 2

There were few passengers on the Tango Maru, the first boat to reach Brisbane from Japan since the earthquake, and little fresh interest was…

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