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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1928

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Football Season Opens—But Not Yet. Lengthy Verbal Battle at Fire Station. North Armidale Romps Home with Honors of the Night. Competitions to Start on May 12

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 8

The football season, which has been threatening for some time, opened in Armidale on Monday night, when representatives of North and South…

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Football Season Opens—But Not Yet. Lengths Verbal Battle at Fire Station. North Armidale Romps Home with Honors of the Night. Competitions to Start on May 12

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 5

The football season, which has been threatening for some time, opened in Armidale on Monday night, when representatives of North and South…

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Rescues Children From Fire

The Uralla Times · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 4

Mrs H. Goebel and her family had a most exciting experience when their home at Irya, 15 miles north of Tenterfield, was burned to the…

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Country Party Condemns Soviet Intrigues Blaze at Glen Innes Three Shops Gutted. Firemen Effect Good Save. Glen Innes

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 May 1928 · page 1

An old block of wooden buildings, situated in the main street, between Wentworth and Bourke Streets, was totally destroyed by fire in the early…

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"Cause Fires" Insurance Concerns Criticised

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 2

"Fifty per cent, of the fires in standing crops are caused by insurance agents inducing farmers to over insure," said the president of the…

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Thrilling Escape From Fire. Brave Mother Rescues Her Children

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 6

Mrs. H. Goebel and her family had a most exciting experience when their home at-lrya, 15 miles north of Tenterfield, was burned to the…

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Grey Street Fire Block of Shops Destroyed Brigade's Timely Check of Flames Family Escape in Night-Attire Crawling Along the Roof Tops

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 8 May 1928 · page 4

One of the most sensational fires that Glen Innes has seen for many years occurred in the early boom of Monday morning…

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"A Great Save" Fire Assessor's Tribute to Local Brigade

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 10 May 1928 · page 4

"It is apparent that the Fire Brigade effected a wonderful save when it restricted the damage to such a short section of this block of…

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Glen Innes Fire

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 2

One of the biggest fires Glen Innes has seen for years occurred early on Monday morning, when four shops were gutted and the rear portion of a…

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Big Blaze at Yarrowyck. £1000 Damage; Young Man Burnt. Petrol Fume Danger

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 11

On Monday night, when petrol fumes ignited at Yarrowyck, John Dickson (27) sustained severe burns to the legs and hands, and…

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Fire in Hospital. Excitement at Temora

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 1

A fire broke out in Temora District Hospital yesterday morning causing damage estimated at between £400 and £500…

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Glen Innes Fire. Block of Shops Destroyed. Family Escape in Night Attire

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1928 · page 13

One of the most sensational fires that Glen Innes has seen for many years occurred in the early hours of Monday morning…

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Panic Prevented. Fire at Hospital

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 5

Matron Maguire, of Temora Hospital, and formerly of Armidale, and the nursing staff prevented a panic at the Temora Hospital when a fire…

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Car Destroyed by Fire. on the Reservoir Road

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1928 · page 6

While driving a Buick car to a prospective buyer at the Dumaresq reservoir on Tuesday, Mr. W. A. Nott was alarmed to see f[?]mes issuing from…

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[?] FIRE. [?] Damage

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 1

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Leeton Fire Leeton

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 1

A now of weather board shops at Leeton were totally the syed by fire. Only by the strenuous efforts were a number of adjoining buildings saved…

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Factory Fire Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 1

The factory of Waittel old Products Limited, Camperdorn, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The damage runs into many thousands of…

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In Case of Fire Farmers and Settlers Want Escapes

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the Glen Innes District Council of the Farmers and Settlers Association held on Saturday last. Gleneue branch…

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A City Blaze. Boot Factory Damaged. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 May 1928 · page 1

In a fire which broke out at McMurtrie's boot factory at Redfern late last night considerable damage was done to the second and third floors…

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£5000 Damage by Fire at Cloncurry

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 1

Three shops in Ramsay Street, Cloncurry, the property of the estate of the late Mr. A. Anthony and occupied by J. R. Stout, baker…

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