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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

7 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Bush Fires Burning in Many Parts of Gippsland East

Delegate Argus · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 2

More than three miles alone the railway track near New Nowa was swept by a bush fire yesterday. The railway line was not…

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Strange Fire

Delegate Argus · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 4

All unusual happening occurred to Mr. Harry Watts, of Eecleston, recently, says Dungog "Chronicle." 'While…

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Fire

The Bombala Times · Friday 12 August 1938 · page 1

On Sunday evening, about 9 o'clock, fire broke cut in a set of six garages occupied by Mr. Don Kennedy, situated at the rear of the Olympia Picture…

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Fire Inquiry

The Bombala Times · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 2

Mr. J. Vider, Coroner, conducted an inquiry on Friday morning last concerning the fire which recently destroyed garage and lockers occupied…

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Football Maslin Shield Competition Nimmitabel's Blaze of Victory

The Bombala Times · Friday 26 August 1938 · page 2

Last Sunday, before a record crowd (estimated at between two and three thousand people), Nimmitabel defeated Bombala at Bega by 6 to nil, in the…

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Ex-bombala Rector Burnt Out

The Bombala Times · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 1

This from a Melbourne paper will be of interest to "Times" readers:—A fire at Marshall vicarage, near Geelong, destroyed a sword which belonged…

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Bush Fire Prevention Organised Campaign

The Bombala Times · Friday 18 November 1938 · page 2

The Bush Fires Advisory Committee, comprising representatives of a number of Government Departments of this State and interested public bodies, has…

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