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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

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Fire Brigade Comedy. Coming to Lyceum

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

What picture-goer, who enjoys a first-rate comedy, will ever forget Raymond Hatton and Wallace Beery in their two uproarious comedy…

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Nearly Trapped by Fire. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

A number of lodgers had a narrow escape when a fire broke out on the ground floor of a tobacconist shop at Woolloomooloo, early this morning…

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Station Manager's Death MR. A. D. Wigan, of Murgha Burnt Bones Found After Fire

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 4

The manager's house at Murgha Station was totally destroyed by fire between 11 p.m. on Wednesday and 6 a.m. on Thursday of last week…

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Bush Fire Near Sydney. At National Park. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 3

A big bush fire broke out last night in National Park. Hundreds' of acres of native flora have been destroyed…

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Fire at Woonoona. Large Drapery Store. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 3

Several thousand founds worth of damage was done when Griffin's large drapery establishment, at Woonona, was destroyed by fire, early this…

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Disastrous Fire in France. Quarter of Bourges Destroyed. PARIS

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 3

A fire has destroyed a quarter of Bourges, lasting all night. The damage is estimated at a quarter of a million. The world famous cathedral…

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Fire Follows Robbery Mr. A. W. Quirk’s Emporium Demolished

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 September 1928 · page 2

Resident of Finley were awakened by the Harm of the about 4.30 on Wednesday morning. The scene of the blaze was the drapery establishment…

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Fire at Finley Result of Thieves' Visit

The Independent · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 1

Residents of Filacy were awakened by the alarm of fire about 4.30 on Wednesday morning (says the Mail) The scene of the blaze was the drapery…

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New Fire Fighting Appliance a Walla Walla Invention

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 4

There is not a farmer or landholder who will not be keenly interested in an invention of Mr. D. E. Lieschke, of the Walla Walla Motor Garage,…

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A Finley Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 September 1928 · page 2

The origin of a fire which destroyed both the premises and stock of Mr. A. W. Quirk, draper, of Finley, recently, was shrouded in mystery,…

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Fearful Fire in Madrid. Wooden Theatre Destroyed. Five Hundred Lives Lost. Panic Causes Great Suffering. MADRID

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 September 1928 · page 2

It is feared that at least 500 persons were killed in a holocaust, at Novedades theatre, which seated three thousand. It was built of wood, being…

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Bravery Recognised Echo of Big Finley Fire

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1928 · page 3

Mr Claude J. Smith, of Tocumwal, has received a communication from the Royal Human Society of New South Wales requesting him…

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Fire in Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 2

The loss in the Chancery Chambers fire in Sydney on Sunday is estimated at £12,000, while many thousands of pounds worth of legal books--the…

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Bravery Recognised Epic of the Big Finley Fire

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 3

Mr. Claude J, Smith, of Tocumwal has been awarded a certificate of merit by the Royal Humane Society of N.S.W. in connection with…

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Narandera Fire

The Independent · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 2

A Naranders message states portion of a large two stories brick building owned by the executor of the [?] Mrs. Savage was last week plotted by…

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Speed-boat on Fire. Kegarah Bay Incident. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 2

The motor speed-boat, Ace, caught fire during a trial trip at Kogarah Bay. The owner and engineer jumped overboard, and both suffered from…

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Big Pyrmont Fire. At Sugar Refinery Works. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 2

Serious damage was caused by a fire which broke out at the works of the Colonial Sugar Refinery Co., Pyrmont, late last night. Two houses…

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Fire at Orange

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

Flynn's corner, the busiest portion of the main shopping centre of Orange, was destroyed by fire early on Monday morning. The damage is…

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Serious Factory Fire. Two Men Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 2

Six persons, including two firemen, were slightly hurt when two walls collapsed at a fire at Paddington this afternoon. Two large factories were…

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Burnt Out

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 3

Mr. T. MacLaren, representing Southern Cross Film Productions, of St. K[?]da, who has been in the Corowa district taking moving pictures for…

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