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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

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Fell Into Fire. Old Lady Badly Burnt

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 August 1929 · page 10

Mrs. C. McKenzie, of "Atholton," Nullamanna who is over 80 years of age met with a shocking accidnet early the other morning…

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"Fire Salvage." Young Men Arrested

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1929 · page 1

Two young men were arreated in the boot shop of Harry Lacther at Annandale yesterday afternoon just as they were, preparing to depart. It is…

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From the Capital Hard Times Ahead. Mr. Maxwell Fires a Shot. Canberra. August 2

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 6

Ministers have practically deserted the Federal Capital this week, but by Wednesday next they will all he hark for the final Cabinet meetings prior to…

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From the Capital. Hard Times Ahead. Mr. Maxwell Fires a Shot. Canberra, August 2

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 6

Ministers have practically deserted the Federal capital this week, but by Wednesday next they will all be back for the final Cabinet meetings prior…

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Striking Miners Seize Power House. Lives Endang[?]ed. Troops Fire on Strikers. BUCHAREST

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 August 1929 · page 1

Demanding higher wages, 3800 coalminers have struck at Lupeni. They seized the power station, which they occupied throughout the night,…

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Fire at Allora

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 4

A disastrous fine- occurred in the business section of the town of Allors (Q.) during the early hours of Tuesday morning when five shops…

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Emmaville Fire Home Destroyed

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred on Wednesday morning last when the home of Mr, Thomas Methven. at Joss House Flat, was completely gutted…

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Glen Innes and Fire Tribute to the Local Brigade

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 August 1929 · page 4

Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C. (President, Fire Board of Commissioners), and Messrs. G. J, Baker, E.Collins, M.McMahon, J.McNamarra…

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Alert Newsagent. Fires on Intruder. MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 August 1929 · page 1

George Dowling, newsagent and confectioner, of Carnegie, was about to close his shop at 9 o'clock last night, when a man entered and asked for…

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Lives Endangered. Troops Fire on Strikers

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 9 August 1929 · page 2

Demanding higher wages, 3800 coalminers have struck at Lupeni. They seized the power station, which they occupied throughout the night,…

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Convent Fire Children Rescued Mother Superior Incinerated (Reuter). LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 1

An early morning fire occurred at the Convent on Hayling Island, in which there were sixty of London's slum children. The…

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Sulphur Fumes Repulse Fire Fighters

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 7

At an early hour on Monday morning a spacious sugar shed, near Bundaberg (Q.), the property of the Fairymead Sugar Company was…

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Fire at Convent Rev. Mother Burnt to Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 August 1929 · page 6

An early morning fire occurred at the Convent on Hayling Island (near Portsmounth), in which there were sixty of London's slum children. The…

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Disastrous Hobart Fire. Four Families Homeless

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 1

Hobart.—Four families were rendered homeless fay a disastrous fire at South Hobart on Saturday night. One family was carried from a burning…

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Waved Fire Sticks "Fight These Mongrels!" £5 Fine for Riotous Behaviour

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1929 · page 4

In the local Police Court yesterday morning, before Mr. E. R. F. Haydock, J.P., John Dent was charged with being drunk in Grey…

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Families Homeless Through Fire

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 4

Hobart, Sunday.—About twenty homeless and practically destitute people are now being eared for by neighbors as the result of a…

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Woy Fire Three Bodies Recovered Farmer, Housekeeper and Child Sydney, Thrusday

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 1

After a house at Blackwall, Woy Woy, had partly destroyed by fire this morning the charred remains of three persons were found…

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House Gutted. Fire Brigades and Guarantee. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 August 1929 · page 1

A twenty-roomed house at Belmont, near Newcastle, was totally gutted by fire last night. As the outbreak occurred beyond the boundary of…

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Smoked Cigarette And Waited for Police Woman Fires Shots in Cafe Perth

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 1

Sensational shooting occurred at the Strand Cafe last night, when a woman, after firing a number of shots at her nude escort, calmly lit a…

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Fowls Roasted Alive. Fierce Fire in Poultry Run. Garage Also Destroyed. Damaged Estimated at £150

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 6

Shortly after ten o'clock on Friday morning a fire destroyed the poultry pens, and a garage at the residence of Mr. C. R. Richardson, Mann-street…

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