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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

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Fire at Henty

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

A fire broke out yesterday afternoon opposite the one-mile peg on the Pleasant Hills road, in Mr. E. B. Twartz’s slaughteryard paddock, Mr…

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Fire Brigades’ Demonstration at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

Donors have been forthcoming for all the trophies which are to be competed for in the fire brigades’ demonstration at Wodonga on Monday next…

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Items of News Bush Fire Lasted Nearly a Week

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

After having burnt continuously since .Saturday night, January 19 a bush, fire at Buffalo river his been checked. The fire began at Money‘s…

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Smoke Fires Used Protection for Animals 20 Found Dead Boggabilla

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

The mosquito plague which has beset the district for over a week is now not so severe, but is still serious enough to require smudge fires to be…

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Visiting Firemen Speeches at Dinner New Fire Station at Wodonga Wanted

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

Commenting on the activities of country fire brigades, the president of the Victorian Country Fire Brigades Board (Captain…

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Way in Which Fires Are Caused

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 2

On numbers of occasions lately, outbreaks of fire at the municipal rubbish tip in David street north have been quelled before they could assume…

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Items of News Grass Fire Near North Albury School

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 January 1935 · page 2

At 1.50 p.m. yesterday Albury Fire Brigade received a call to Mate street, North Albury. A grass fire was burning in a paddock adjoining the…

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Fire at Yass Attributed to Thieves

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 43

After thieves had allegedly broken into Peterson Bros.' clothing and drapery store in Yass on Tuesday, a fire broke out and caused damage…

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Fire on Area. Unoccupied Home Destroyed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

At 3 a.m. on Wednesday an unoccupied house on the Irrigation Area was totally destroyed by fire. The fire was apparently first seen…

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Lord Baden-powell Camp Fire in Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 43

A great welcome was given the World Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell, by New South Wales scouts at the Sydney sports ground on Tuesday…

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Suburban Fire Furniture Factory Destroyed Brigades’ Good Save Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

Damage estimated at over £2000 was caused by a fire Which gutted a furniture factory at Leichhardt this evening. Fanned by a strong wind…

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A Tragic Fire Two Perish in Smoke Man and Woman Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 2

Suffocated the smoke when a fire broke out in the bedroom of their house at Hannah street South Melbourne shortly before…

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Fire Menaces Town Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 4

Police and local residents worked feverishly yesterday burning firebreaks to prevent the spread of a bush fire at [?] near Sutherland…

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Boy Falls Into Fire and Is Critically Burnt Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 6

Henry Ronald Henderson, aged 10, Camperdown, was severely burnt about the body When he fell into a fire at a camp at Narrabeen this…

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Big Fire in Adelaide £10,1000 Worth of Damage Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 4

A fire that broke out to-day in the two-storey [?] Bloo[?] Court, off Currie street, caused damage estimated at £16,000…

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Deliberate Grass Fires

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 2

Two deliberate attempts to burn grass on the Henty showground took place last week. The first fire was near the horse boxes and the second…

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Big Brighton Fire. Timber Mill Destroyed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 3

A fire which destroyed a timber mill, at Middle Brighton, Melbourne, last night, was responsible for damage estimated at £30,000…

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A Costly Fire Timber Mill Destroyed Damage Estimated at £30,000 MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire to-night which destroyed, practically all the contents of the timber mill…

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Duke in Suva Wins in Game of Polo See Natives Walking on Fire Suva

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

In a polo match at the Albert ground on Sunday afternoon the Duke Gloucester, with Capt. Curtis and Lt.. Col. Schreiber, defeated a local…

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Tried to Start Big Fire Allegations Against Boys Two Arrested Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 2

Two boys aged nine and 10, were arrested by detectives yesterday in connection with the attempted burning one of the large number of…

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