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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

262 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 14

Serious Bush Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 5

A serious outbreak of fire occurred at Navarino ten miles from Echuca on the New South Wales side of the Murray, on Tuesday afternoon. It…

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Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 2

The alarm of fire at about 8.30 yesterday morning brought many residents to the Presbyterian Manse, in Deniliquin road, where a weatherboard…

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Country Edition Telegrams. Fires in Country Towns. Racehorse Burned to Death at Cowra SYDNEY, Tuesday night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 1

At Wollongong early this morning the drapery shop of Messrs. Cahill and Son was destroyed by fire. The whole of the stock was destroyed…

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Fire at the Manse

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 4

On the morning preceding New Year's Day the fire bell rang out an alarm about 8.30 a.m. Upon enquiry it was learned that a weatherboard…

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Blaze at Narandera

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 20

When the citizens of Navandera were aroused by the sound of fire bells on Wednesday night, they were surprised to find that the outbreak…

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Country Edition Telegrams. Blaze at Marrickville. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 1

A fire occurred at the factory premises of Heiron & Smith, Ltd., Marrickville, this afternoon. Six brigades attended. The whole of two long…

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Fire in Adelaide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 44

All the fire appliances of the Adelaide and four suburban stations attended a lire which gave promise of developing into an unusually serious…

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Fire at Carberry

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1926 · page 4

On Monday afternoon last Mr. T. Dwyer, storekeeper at Carberry, shut up his shop and came into Oaklands. When he returned about 8 p.m., to his…

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Bush Fire

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 3

On Thursday afternoon last a fire broke out on Mr. J. E. Dowling's Lyntara property, in a paddock known as Huntlys, on the Tehelery boundary…

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Fire at Carberry

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 3

The store owned by Mr T. A. Dwyer, situated at Carberry, the site of the Riverina coalfields, was totally destroyed by fire. The…

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Fire at South Corowa. Aged Couple Rendered Homeless

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 5

At about half past five on Wednesday afternoon a pre broke out in the kitchen of the house owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Callaghan at South…

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Fire at South Corowa

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 2

Just as people were going home for tea on Wednesday evening the loud clanging of the fire bell was heard. Inquiry at the Fire Station elected…

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Grass Fires at Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2

Owing to the friction caused by the skidding of a sledge on which some posts were being hauled through a paddock. a fire commenced on Wednesday…

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The Reotnt Fire at South Corowa. (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3

Sir,--An impression seems to have got abroad that anybody calling up the lire brigade will have to pay certain charges. That condition does apply to…

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Bush Fires Dangerous Fire at Adelaide

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 32

The most spectacular and dangerous bush fire which has occurred in the Adelaide hills for many years broke out in Dunstan's Gully, above Burnside…

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Bush Fire Near Goulburn

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

A bush fire in the vicinity of Pigeon Creek, Bungonia, burnt out about 3000 acres of grass and scrub country, as well as a considerable…

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Enormous Blaze ! Mount Buffalo Fire. Now Out of Control

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

The fire which has broken out on the slope of Mount Buffalo is now out of control. A message to this effect has been received from the manager of the…

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Fires on Mount Buffalo

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 5

A [?] forest fire is raging on the slopes of Mount Buffalo, and many men have been ranked to fight the flames. An awesome spectacle is…

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Latest Telegrams. Big Fire at Buffalo. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 2

The devastating bush fire which broke out in the Buckland Valley, and on Monday assumed large dimensions, is still making rapid headway towards…

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Bush Fires. Outbreak at Violet Town

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 31

An alarming bush fire has been raging among the hills to the south of Violet Town since last Friday. The Boho and Shean's Gully bush fire…

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