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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

204 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 11

Guarding Against Bush Fires

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 10

THE Hume Shire Council is to be commended for having thus early pointed out the dangers presented in the present abundance of grass. It…

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Fire at Summer Hill. Apparently Suspicious. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 1

When the brigades arrived on the scene of a fire in a shop at Smith St., Summer Hill, last night, they found two distinct outbreaks, one in a…

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The Lute Plater of Alsatia a Tale of Old London "In the Days of Plague and Fire." How He Went Upon Escort Duty Into a Strange Place

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 21

WHEN I bethink me of the happy days I, Rafe Roundway, spent under the roof of Mr. Roger Loadstone, the goldsmith of Guthrum Lane, a…

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Big City Blaze. Wilmot Building Destroyed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 2

A fire destroyed Wilmot Building. in Wilmot-street, city, early this morning. The whole place, with the exception of the brickwork, went up…

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A Fire Brigade's Discovery Burning Waste in House. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 November 1930 · page 2

When the fire brigades arrived on the scene of an outbreak of fire in a weatherboard cottage at Hurstville, late last night, they discovered big…

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Fire at Mascot. Coursing Grandstand Destroyed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 November 1930 · page 1

Believed to have been caused by fused electric light wire, a fire which broke out at the Australian Coursing Club's ground, at Mascot, last…

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Bush Fire Menace

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 November 1930 · page 3

Mr. K. C. McEntyre. Inspector to Mitchell Shire Council, at its meeting on Tuesday, reported that in his opinion there would be an increased…

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Telegrams Big Fire at Wee Waa Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 November 1930 · page 1

A disastrous fire occurred at Wee was yesterday morning. The Commercial Hotel was destroyed. The gnosis only escaped in their night…

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Hotel Boarders Escape From Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 47

More than £5000 damage was caused when the Commercial Hotel at Wee Waa, a largo two-story wooden building, was destroyed by fire. The blaze…

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Car on Fire Returning with Cricketers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 November 1930 · page 2

Mr. Peter Tyson, of Corrong, had the misfortune to have his Packard car destroyed by fire on Saturday night, on the Deniliquin road, about ten miles…

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Accurate Back Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 35

A device that enables pilots of single-seater fighting aeroplanes to fire accurately at targets behind them has been, invented by a twenty-year-old…

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Lightning Causes Fire at Balldale. 300 Acres of Grass Burnt

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 3

Lighting on Wednesday not fire to 300 acres of grass on the property of Mr. W. A. Conroy, of Keringal Balidale, during the…

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Fatal Fire in New Zealand. Woman Burned to Death. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 2

Mrs. Ellen Watson was burnt to death when her boarding house, at Oriental Bay, Wellington, New Zealand, was destroyed by fire early this…

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Fire and Explosion at Rio De Janeiro. Thirty-six Lives Lost. Rio De Janerio

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 December 1930 · page 2

Thirty-six were killed and three buildings were destroyed by fire when a freight car, loaded with dynamite, exploded at the railway station on…

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Fire at Rutherglen House Destroyed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 December 1930 · page 1

A four- roomed house, owned and occupied by Mr. G. Renshaw and family, in Sole street, Rutherglen, was with its contents, destroyed by fire at…

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Fiddling with the Fire National Humiliation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 11

"BY weekly tarrying to argue with a set of reactionary extremists who wish to repeat the disastrous war-time experiment of inflation, the Federal…

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An Action Over a Local Fire Johnson v. Guardian Assurance. a Question of Liability

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 4

In No. 2 Banco Court, Sydney, on Friday last, an action was brought by Theodore Johnson, restaurant room proprietor, of Coonamble…

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Children's Story the Burning of the "Red Cloud" And the Justification of a Wronged Boy. Chapter I a River of Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 21

THE oil-tanker "Red Cloud," 6,000 tons, owners the Anglo-Russian Shale Oil Corporation, port of Liverpool, was rolling heavily, her squat…

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Bush Fire Brigades Gerogery

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 6

A meeting of the Gerogery Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Gerogery Hall inst week. Mr. A. J. Hafner occupied the chair. Those…

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Calamity Cabinet Fiddling with the Fire National Humiliation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 1

"By weekly tarrying to argue with a cot of reactionary extremists who wish to repeat the disastrous war time experiment of…

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