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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

474 stories in New England's papers · page 13 of 24

Picture Theatre Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 4

The theatre was destroyed by fire, but how the fire originated, tho evidence did not enable him to say. There was nothing to connect…

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The Third Time Fire Destroys Newspaper Office FORBES

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 July 1929 · page 1

The newspaper office owned by Western Newspapers Ltd. at Forber was destroyed by fire on Saturday night…

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Burglar and Fire. Wax Matches Dropped SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 1

The Parramatta Coroner held an inquiry to-day concerning a fire which partly destroyed n cottage at Punchbowl on June 2 last…

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Some Fire. 4,000 Fighters 130 Houses Destroyed. San Francisco

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 1

A fire breaking out yesterday in a wealthy section of Mill City. across the Golden Gate destroyed 180 homes…

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Big Fire in Frisco. Fought by 4000 Firemen

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 1

San Francisco.—A fire breaking out on Tuesday in a wealthy section of Mill City, across the Golden Gate, destroyed 130 houses. The estimated lost…

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A Fire-proof Motor

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 July 1929 · page 4

A special type of motor has been built for a British powder factory, in which precautions have been taken to render the motor…

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Palm Beach Fire Two Men Committed SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 11 July 1929 · page 1

Sydney Keys (38) a boarding, house keeper and Eric Wooger (34) a labour were remanded at the Manly Court to-day on a change of…

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Mores Fire Aftermath

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

"It is nearly seven months now since the last big fire, and the hotels have not yet started to re-build," said Alderman A. P. Mellor at the…

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5000 HOMELESS Disastrous Fire In Russia RIGA

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 1

There was a great fire in the district of Kusinsky which destroyed thousands of houses,. Five thousand are homeless…

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Fourteen Perish in Fire Hospital Fete in Protest Leaders Join Forces Empire Preference Abolition BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 1

The Premier of Queensland, Mr. Moore, and the Leader of the Labor Party have cabled a joint protest to the British Government…

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Ill-fated Comedy Shrieks of Terror "Realistic Spectacle" Theatre Fire Operator and Assistant Dead LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 July 1929 · page 1

The death of Fireman Jack Tarbett brings the Gillingham death to fourteen. Tarbett was bridgeroom in the…

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Big Fires in Melbourne Two Factories Destroyed MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 1

The soft goods warehouse of O. Gllpin pty. Ltd., Malyern, and the furniture factory of G. Dunean, of North Fitzroy, were destroyed by fire…

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Mail Fire Hours Late

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

The Inverell mail from Glen Innes arrived five hours late yesterday, as the result of the Brisbane Limited express, travelling north, being derailed…

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Gillingham Fire Seragedy. 4000 Mourners Present

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 1

The victims of the fire tragedy at Gillingham were buried in one long grave. The whole town surrendered itself,to the solemnity of the service…

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Incendiaries at Work Fires at Wellington SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 1

Two [?] watch [?] red at Wellington (N.Z.) during the past fornight are believed [?] to incen[?]…

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Marist Brothers' College. Destroyed by Fire SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 1

The whole of the recently erected wing of the Marist Brothers Training College, at Mittagong, was destroyed by fire shortly before…

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Big Fire in Melbourne 529 Persons Unemployed MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 1

Five hundred and twenty-nine persons have been thrown out of employment, as a result of the destruction by fire of Payne's…

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Ice Works Fire SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 1

A fire occurred this morning at the Metropolitan Ice and Cold Storage Coy's.. premises, Harris Street, City, the damage being estimated at several…

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£400,000 Fire. Damage Covered by Insurance

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 6

The premises of Payne's Bon Marche, in Bourke-street, Melbourne, were [?] stroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The flames spread with…

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Disastrous Fire. 529 Workers Oct of Employment. Melbourne

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 July 1929 · page 4

As the result of the fire which destroyed Payne's: Emporium, Melbourne, 529 persons hare been thrown out of employment…

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