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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

524 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 27

Four Oat of Fire. ARMIDALE P.P. Board's Success

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 June 1926 · page 12

The Chairman of the Armidale P.P. Board (Mr. H. M. Croft) reported to the Armidale P.P. Board meeting on Thursday that four out of five motions…

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New Zealand Fire. Six Business Places Destroyed. Wellington (N.Z.)

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 June 1926 · page 4

A fire destroyed half a dozen business premises in the township of Matiere…

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Big Fire. Sydney

The Uralla Times · Thursday 10 June 1926 · page 2

A fire at Colac (Victoria) yesterday destroyed eleven shops. The total damage is about £15,000. This is the third big fire at Colac…

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Woy Fire. a Tragic Sequel. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 1

A [?] fire [?] at, Woy Woy about midnight, when four shoos in the [?] business block were gutted. The occupants o[?]caned…

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Near the Gasometer. a Mortlake Fire. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 1

A fire dangerously class to the gasometers at Mortlake occurred last evening, in a large shed met by the Gas Company for the storage of coal…

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A Close Call. Fire Near Gasometers. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 4

A fire, dangerously close to the gasometers at Mortlake, occured last night in a shed used by the Gas Company for the storage of coal The…

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Big Gosfard Fire. Four Shops Destroyed. Death of Hotel Licensee. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Woy Woy about midnight,when four shops in the main business block were gutted. The occupants escaped in their…

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Hotel Fire. £20,000 Damage. BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 June 1926 · page 1

The Exchange Hotel at Charters Towers has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £20,000…

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Disastrous Wey Wey Blaze. A disastrous fire occurred at Woy

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 4

Woy about midnight on Tuesday when four shops in the main business part of the township were gutted…

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York Street Fire. £5000 Damages. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 1

Damage estimated, at over £5000 was causes by a fire which broke out in the top floor of Reid's building in York Street early to-day,…

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Boiling Works Destroyed. a Victorian Fire. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 6

Sims' boiling-down weres at Newport (Victoria), were destroyed by fire this morning, shortly after the night shift had ceased work…

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Match Works Damaged by Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 8

The Commonwealth match factory at Melbourne, was damaged by fire last night. The loss is estimated to run into several thousands of pounds…

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£25,000 Fire at Geelong

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 8

Damage estimated at £25,000 war caused by a fire which almost completely destroyed the Mechanties' [?] at Geelong carly this…

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Man's Carelessness. Petrol Pump Catches Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 4

While walking along the street at Windsor yesterday, a man threw a lighted match on the ground in front of a petrol pump. There was a sudden…

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Liverpool Street Fire. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 June 1926 · page 1

The rear portion of the second, storey of the Oliver Manufcaturing Coy., Liverpool Street, city. wa severely damaged by Are last night…

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Fire at Texas

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 4

A mysterious fire broke out at Texas on Sunday night about half past eight. People were returning from church when flames were noticed…

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The Bush Fires. Widows' Compensation. MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 1

Three widows, whose husbands lost their lives in the February bush fires, have agreed to each take £1, 500 compensation altered by the…

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Broken Hill Fire. a Big Blaze. Broken Hill

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 6

A wall was blown out by an explosion caused by flour dust at the bread and small goods factory of Dyer and James, at Railway Town yesterday…

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Million Yen Fire. at Japanese University. (Reuter's Cable) Tokio

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1926 · page 6

A fire broke out at Tohoku University in the chemical laboratory. The damage is estimated at 1,000,000 yen…

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Fire Brigades' Art Union

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Thursday 1 July 1926 · page 2

The Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, on Wednesday presented cheques to the various charities which benefit under the Fire Brigades' Art Union…

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