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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

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Blaze at Bundarra. Damage Estimated at £350

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 4

As a result of the recent destruction by fire of a butcher's shop and dwelling at Bondarrs, occupied by Mr. W. Dwyer, damage amounting to £350,…

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Suspicious Fires. Coroner's Inquiry. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

The City Coroner held an inquiry concerning three distinct fires which occurred in a boarding house occupied by Amelia Johnson and her husband…

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A Moree Blaze. Store Demolished

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 2

At 4.30 on Saturday morning Davis' store in Moree burst into flumes and within an hour the building and the whole of the stock was…

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Old Couple's Death Discovery After Bush Fire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 6

When a bush fire destroyed a house at Marylands (W.A.) it was believed the occupants, Mrs. McCamey and William Ward, two elderly people, had been…

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Haymarket Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 8

A fire, which broke out at Powell's furniture works, Parker Street, [?] market, last night caused considerable damage to the first floor, but…

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Yesterday's Wires State-wide Fires

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 8

Intense heat prevailed throughout the State over the week-end. Wilcannia registered 113 degrees, and White Cliffs 112, while many other…

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Big Fire at Moree

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 4

An outbreak of fire about 4.30 a.m. on Saturday resulted in the total destruction of Davis Bros. large general store, Morec. A two-storey…

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N.Z. FIRES. Rain Relieves Situation. Wellington (N.z.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

A change of wind and steady rain has removed the danger of further grass fires in the Ashburton district. William Page, while endeavouring…

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Tingha Decimated Worst Fire on Record. Business Portion Almost Wiped Out. Enormous Damage Done. Tingha

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

Tingha to-day is a mere skeleton of its former self, as a result of a disastrous fire Which raged for two hours yesterday afternoon. The scene to-day is one of complete desolation, and it will be many a day before…

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Street Wiped Out. Tingha's Worst Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1926 · page 8

The most disastrous fire ever experienced in Tingha occurred at 3 p.m. on Monday at the premises occupied by Mr. A. V. Thurling, bookseller and news…

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Bush Fires. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states that the bush fires continue to rage in Victoria. Although extensive damage has been reported, so for there…

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Big Fire at Tingha

The Uralla Times · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 4

In the middle of a sizzling afternoon, with the temperature up to the century, a fire was noticed in Mr A. V. Thurling's news agency…

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Torrington News. Cottage Destroyed by Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 February 1926 · page 6

The residence of Mr. E. Moss was burnt to the ground at Torrington on, Saturday night. The family were, absent on a fishing excursion…

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Dinton Vale Fire Cottage Destroyed

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

A fire broke out on Wednesday last at 2 a.m. By which a four roomed weatherboard cottage owned by Mr. T. H. McPham, Was totally destroyed,…

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Destroyed by Fire. Flour Mill and Machinery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 7

Adelaide.—Thomas and Co's flour mill at Port Augusta has been destroyed by fire. Most of the milling machinery was also destroyed…

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"A Grim Memory." Tingha's Worst Fire. Outbreak a Mystery

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

Further details in connection with Monday's big fire at Tingha reveal that stock from the stores and hotel, furniture and effects were bundled out…

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Bush Fires. Thousands of Acres Laid Waste. ADELAIDE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

Thousands of acres of country, mostly stringy bark scrub in the Willingra district, 30 miles from Adelaide, has been laid waste by bush…

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Wild Escapade. American Fires Shots in Main Street

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 9

William Roberts appeared before the Townsville Court on Monday, charged with creating a disturbance in Flinders-street on Saturday afternoon…

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Furniture Fire. £30,000 Damage. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

At an early hour this morning a fire almost entirely destroyed the stock of the United Furniture Factory at Camperdown. Flames swept…

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Fire Averted Woollen Mills Threatened. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at the Albury Woollen Mills, which have been crected at a cost of £150,000. Fortunately the outbreak…

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