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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

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Fire at Oaklands

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1929 · page 3

About 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning of last week, the house owned by Mrs Rankin, in Young street, Oaklands, and occupied by…

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Precautions at Test Match. Watchmen Prevent a Fire. MELBOURNE, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 2

A fact that is not generally known is that two men are paid £1 a night to sleep on the pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the fifth test…

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Serious Fire at Deptford. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 2

Damage amounting to £100,000 has been done by a fire at Deptford, which commenced at midnight, and is still smouldering, after destroying…

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Fatal Hotel Fire at Shanghai. Shanghai

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 1

Ten were killed, the majority of whom were Europeans and Americans, and many badly wounded, when the King Edward Hotel was gutted…

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Fire at Motor Garage. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 2

David Noyes, 32, mechanic, was remanded at the Central Police Court to day on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a motor garage at pens…

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Big Fire at Bendigo. Bendigo

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 2

The Beudige Preserving Company's factory, at Bendige, Vic was destroyed by fire late last night The damage is estimated at £50,000…

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Big Fire at Bendigo. The Bendigo Preserving Co. Works Destroyed. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 2

The factory of the Bendigo Preserving Company was destroyed by fire late last night. The damage is estimated at £50,000. The outbreak…

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Fire at Timber Yards Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 2

That a lire which broke out at Eaton's timber yards, North Sydney yesterday was due to incendiarism, was alleged by the Secretary to the…

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New German Ocean Greyhound Destroyed by Fire. Berlin

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 4

A fire broke out in the hold of the mammoth Norddeutscher-LIoyd liner, Europa, which is being specially built at Hamburg with a view to capturing…

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The Fire on the Europa Under Control. Berlin

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 2

The Europa fire was under control at 10 p.m. The engineers report that the stern, lower deck and engine-room are not seriously damaged, and can…

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Belmore House on Fire. Top Floor Gutted. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 2

Several thousand of pounds worth of damage was caused by a fire, which gutted the two top floors of a five storied building, Belmore House, in…

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Fire at Mortlake. Family Escape from Dwelling. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

When a fire broke out in a weather-board cottage, at Mortlake, this morning, Charles John Smith and family were forced to escape by a…

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Bush Fires in England. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 4

After several weeks, practically without rain, local fires have broken out like miniature Australian bush fires, in many parts of the country…

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Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 April 1929 · page 2

The ringing of the fire bell at noon on Sunday brought many people out to the residence of Mr. T. J. Kelly, where an old store at the rear of his…

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Fire at the Catholic Presbytery

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

Just as the churches were coming out, on Sunday night, the fire alarm sounded, and caused much commotion. The scene of the outbreak was…

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Fire Brigade

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 3

At the annual meeting of the Berrigan Fire Brigade, the following officers were elected for the year:—President, Dr. T. Roberts;…

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Fire! "The Fire Brigade" at Austral Pictures. Also Scarlet Pimpernel Story

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 3

Two features of special merit are to be offered to patrons of Austral Pictures to-morrow night' "The Fire Brigade." featuring Charles Rey and…

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Fire Fatality at Petersham. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

When a fire broke out in a bedroom at the home of Mrs. Hogan, Petersham, last night, her baby boy, Robert Michael, was literally burned to…

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Motor Coach Catches Fire. Five Fatalities Result. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 3

When a motor coach travelling from Reading to London, caught fire and overturned, lour were burned to death aud fifteen seriously injured. The fifth…

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