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Murray · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

686 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 35

Woman Suffocated in Fire in House Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 6

Eller[?] Mackle, 3[?] waltress, was suffocated when a fire destroyed p[?]tion of a suburban house. Two firemen found her in her rooms, and…

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Fire in Dwelling Serious Allegations Made Monumenal Mason Remanded Blayney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 September 1938 · page 1

John Thomas Reed, 32. monumental at mason, appeared before the Chamber Magistrate to-day on two charges of having on September 10 maliciously…

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Short Story Ordeal by Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 29

"A DISTINGUISHED guest—" Fireman Joe Cranch read aloud from the 'Clearstowe Courier' for Sub-Officer Tim Woodgate's edification, as…

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Cause of Fire That Destroyed Plane a Mystery Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 September 1938 · page 4

The Minister for Defence (Mr. Thorby) stated to-day that the cause of the fire which destroyed the Air Force Avro Anson bomber at King…

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Fire Outbreak Arrest Tamworth

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 September 1938 · page 4

Detective-Scrgeant McRae, who has been investigating an outbreak of fire in the principal block in Tamworth recently, arrested a man on Saturday…

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Man Remanded on Fire Charge Tamworth

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 5

At the Tamworth Police Court to-day, Arthur Herman Glennie Sattler, 48, was charged with having on September 10, at Tamworth, maliciously…

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Morundah Fire Tragedy No Further Proceedings SYDNEY

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 1

The Attorney General has decided not to . proceed further in the case of William Thomas Gash (37), laborer, who has been held at Long Bay goal on…

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Tragic Fire. Boy Jumps to His Death. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 3

There were several dramatic incidents when a fire broke out on the upper floors of the Wentworth Hotel late last night, William Redmond…

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Boy Jumps to His Death in City Fire Could Have Saved Himself Elderly Woman Badly Burned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 September 1938 · page 8

Screaming, “I cannot wait, I have got to jump,” William Redmond, the 13-year-old son of a former general manager of…

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Police Investigate Country Fire Murrurundi

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 September 1938 · page 3

Two shops in the main business centres were destroyed by fire this morning. The police are investigating the cause of the outbreak…

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Fire Alarm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 2

On Wednesday evening about 7.30 the alarm of fire was given, and the brigade and a large number of towns people assembled at the scene of the…

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Fire in Hotel Inmates Trapped Boy's Fatal Fall Sensational Escapes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 September 1938 · page 33

Trapped by a fire which, spread rapidly at the Wentworth Hotel, Sydney, on Monday night, a boy named Redmond, aged 12 years, suffered…

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Motor Car Catches Fire

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 September 1938 · page 4

A motor car owned by Mr. [?] Seaton, insurance company [?] of Albury, caught are in [?] yesterday afternoon. The [?]…

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Second Death Wentworth Hotel Fire Woman Aged 82 SYDNEY--Monday

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 September 1938 · page 2

Mrs. Mary Byers, 82, of Forbes, who was severely burned on the face and hands in the Wentworth Hotel Fire last week, died in the Sydney…

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Two Now Dead As Result of Hotel Fire Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 September 1938 · page 2

Mrs. Mary Byers, 82, of Forbes, who was badly burned when the Wentworth Hotel caught fire last week, succ[?]bed in the Sydney…

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In Mid-pacific Big Fire on Freighter Cargo of Petrol Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 September 1938 · page 5

Officers and the crew of the freighter City of Winchester had to fight a fire for nearly an hour in mid-Pacific. Members of the crew told of the fight…

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Big Blaze at Cowes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 38

Genesta guest house and its contents were completely destroyed by fire at Cowes (Vic). A bucket brigade was unable to quench the flames. When…

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Allegedly Set Fire to a House. Blayney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 5

John Thomas Heed was committee for trail at the police court to-days on a charge of arson, and ball was fixed at £500. It was alleged that, he has…

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Fire Near Leura. Destroys Week-end Cottage. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 October 1938 · page 3

A fire near Leura yesterday destroyed a weekend cottage, which had been taken by a hiking party for the holidays. All their clothes,…

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Serious Bush Fires. Damage in Gippsland. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 1

Destructive bush fives have occurred in Victoria, and several workmen's huts, two homes, a boarding house and a timber mill were…

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