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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

253 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 13

Grass Fire

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 1

A grass Are occurred on Monday on Mr. R. Shannon’s property at the 6-mile, Calimo road The fife was confined to the river frontage, where it…

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Fires at Shepparton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 15

At Shepparton (V.) concern has been caused by the mysterious outbreak of seven fires in the past ton clays, mostly, on Crown lands along…

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This Fire Never Goes Out

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 35

A fire in the public room at the Chequers Inn, Osmotherly, Yorkshire, England, has never been allowed to go out for the past 50 years…

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Women Who Dance On Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 27

Old women dance on red-hot embers every summer in the village' of Vulgari, south-east Bulgaria. These woman are called…

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ALBURY & DISTRICT Towed Car on Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 9

Misfortune did not come singly to Mr. Y. A. Permezel and a party of friends when, returning by ear . to Yaekandandah (V.) from a concert at…

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Henty Fire Man Committed for Trial

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 1

An enquiry was conducted at Henty on Wednesday into circumstances surrounding an outbreak of fire, which occurred at the Central…

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Riot in Porto Rico Police Fire; Seven Killed New York, March 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 46

A message received from Ponce, a town in Porto Rico, one of the islands in the West Indies, states that an attempt by the Porto Rican police to…

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Evidence in Fire Inquiry Lawson Committed for Trial Police Prosecutor Stinson in Charge of Inquiry Voluminous Evidence From Many Witnesses

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 1

An inquiry was opened before Mr. B. L Beavers, P.M., sitting as a Coroner, at the Henty Police Court on Tuesday into the circumstances surrounding the fire which broke out under the staircase at the Hotel Central, Henty, in the early morning of 16th March, 1937…

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Big Brisbane Blaze. Five Buildings Affected BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 2

Practically every fireman of the metropolitan stations was called out to fight the most spectacular blaze which the city has witnessed for…

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Fighting Fires by Air

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 32

In America and Canada plans are now being developed for improved systems whereby aeroplanes and wireless can be employed in fighting forest…

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Another Fire Inquiry

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 11

The coroner also held an inquiry into a fire in a shop occupied by Henty Parts Co., in Brennan's Buildings, on the morning of February 25…

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£40,000 Fire in Victoria Fruitgrowers' Loss

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 14

Fruitgrowers in the Doncaster (V.) district suffered heavy losses when a fire destroyed a section of the premises of Orchard Cool Stores Pty. Ltd.,…

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£100,000 Fire in Brisbane Streets Barricaded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 43

A fire, which destroyed premises owned by Castlemaine, Perkins, Ltd., brewers, in Mary-street, Brisbane, caused damage estimated at £106,000…

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The Ladies Page Topics for Everyone Protect Your House From Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 22

Remember when using any electrical device, such as an electric iron, stove, or even the wireless set, to disconnect the wire when it is finished with, at…

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Henty Fire Man for Trial on Arson Charge "Smoke and Kerosene Fumes'"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 11

On a charge of having maliciously set fire to the Hotel Central, Henty, on March 16, John Arthur Lawson, of Henty, was committed for trial by the…

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Fire at Doncaster

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 3

A disastrous fire took place in the premises of the Orchardists' Cool Stores Pty. Ltd., at Doncaster, Melbourne on Friday. Half the storage…

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Forest Fire

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

Late on Thursday afternoon a fire broke out in the forest-country, on Crown lands between Yackadndandah and Leneva West. It covered a large…

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Serious Fire Averted

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

One night last week a fire was noticed in one of the rooms at Mr. E. W. Cooke's residence, "Quondong," at Wahgunyah, and was quickly…

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Explosion in Bath Heater Young Man Badly Burned Fire Brigade Called Out

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last Mr. Phillip Schmidt, a single man, boarding at the Albion Hotel, Corowa, was admitted to the hospital suffering which…

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College Destroyed by Fire New Zealand Sensation

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 39

Schoolboys dashed into the blazing Waerengahika native college, near Gisborne, to save furniture and other valuables. Only the chapel escaped…

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