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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

390 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 20

Box Factory Destroyed. Big Fire at Port Melbourne. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 1

Kitchen's box factory at Port Melbourne was destroyed by fire last night. Big stocks of stored limber and box-making machinery were…

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Garage Fire £5000 Damge at "Gundagai" GUNDAGAI

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 1

R. D. Qua[?] garage at Gundagai was totally destroyed by fire yesterday. Eight cars, including two new…

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Melbourne Fire Box Factory Destroyed MELBOURNE

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 4

Kitchen's Box Factory at Port Melbourne was destroyed by fire last night. Big stocks were stored in the building, and the number and box…

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Fell Into Fire. Little Boy Burnt

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 4

A painful accident befel a little boy, Leith Henderson, of Mann-street, East Armidale, late on Friday afternoon. While sitting near a fire he is…

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Cinema Fire Twenty-eight Deaths MOSCOW

The Inverell Times · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 1

Another cinema holocaust occurred at Kharkov yesterday, where 500 children and their parents comprised the audience at a school…

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Alsation Dog Burned. In Darlinghurst Garage Fire. £120 in Notes Goes Up in Smoke. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 1

A fire occurred this morning In Coe's Garage. Durlinghurst, at which, together with eight ears and a truck severely damaged, a valuable Alsatian…

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The Bushman's Hour Camp Fire Reflections

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 7

Night had come with that clear frostiness peculiar to the Eastern Falls of New England, where the mountains steal the sun before its…

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Explosion and Fire Gas Cylinder Blows Up SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 June 1930 · page 1

A two—storey building at Woy Woy occupied by H. A. Dale, fruiterer and confectioner, and Dundan, land and state agent, was almost completely…

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Woy Blaze Man Severely Burnt SYDNEY

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 2

A two-storey building at Woy Woy, occupied by Mr. H. A. Dale, fruiterer and confectioner, and owned by Mr. A. Duncan, land and estate agent, was…

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The Bushman's Hour Camp-fire Reflections

The Uralla Times · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 3

Night had come with that clear frostiness peculiar to the Eastern Falls of New England, where the mountains steal the sun before its…

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The Bushman's Hour. Camp Fire Reflections

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 6

Night had come with that clear frostiness peculiar to the Eastern Falls, of New England, where the mounntains steal the sun before its time. The…

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Armidale City Council. Improving the Roads Prevention of Bush Fires. "Cutting Cart" Applications

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1930 · page 6

By means of the State Government's unemployment relief grant, the, Armidale City Council has been able to pay some…

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Armidale City Council. Improving the Roads Prevention of Bush Fires. "Cutting Cart" Applications

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1930 · page 6

By means of the State Government's unemployment relief grant, the Armidale City Council has been able to pay some…

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Blamed the Cat. House Destroyed by Fire. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1930 · page 4

Carrying a lighted lamp from a sitting room to the kitchen at her home at Stawell. Mrs. R. Booth tripped over the cat. The lamp exploded and…

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Blamed the Cat. House Destroyed by Fire. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1930 · page 4

Carrying a lighted lamp from a sitting room to the kitchen at her home at Stawell, Mrs. R. Booth tripped over the cat. The lamp exploded and…

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Tragic City Fire

The Uralla Times · Thursday 3 July 1930 · page 1

Miss Belle Miller, 19 years, a music teacher, perished through a fire in Vauxhall Building, Bathurst street, Sydney, on Monday night. Screaming…

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Bathurst Street Fire Mrs. Miller Succumbs SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 1

Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, who was severely burned in the magic Bathurst Street fire on Monday died last night…

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Bathurst Street Fire. Death of Mrs. Miller. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 1

Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, who was severely burned hi the tragic Rathuralstreet fire on Monday, died last night…

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Bathurst Street Fire. Death of Mrs. Miller. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1930 · page 1

Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, who was severely burned in the tragic Batburststreet fire on Monday, died last night…

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Chagrined Thieves. Set Fire To Picture Theatre. Because Safe Baffled Them. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 July 1930 · page 1

After having failed to blow open a safe the the office which contained £185, thieves set Are to the Adelphi Theatre, North Carlton, yesterday…

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