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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1931

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£7000 FIRE. Big Blaze at Canowindra. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 1

A fire at Canowindra destroyed three shops, causing damage estimated at ahout £7000…

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Fire Commissioners. Visit to Guyra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 8

The Board of Fire Commissioners visited Guyra on Saturday morning. The party consisted of Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C.. (president of the…

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Country Fire Damages £7000 SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 April 1931 · page 1

A fire at Canowindra destroyed three shops, causing damage estimated at about £7000…

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Early Morning Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 4

Shortly before the breakfast hour yesterday morning a fire was discovered in premises used by Messrs. Thomas and Howard as a store room…

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Elephant Sensed Circus Fire

The Uralla Times · Thursday 23 April 1931 · page 1

Newcastle, Monday.—The first alarm of a fire at the top of a big tent while a performance was being given at a circus at New Lambton…

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Country Fire Damages £7000 SYDNEY

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 24 April 1931 · page 2

A fire at Canowindra destroyed three shops causing damage estimated at about [?]…

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Deepwater Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1931 · page 4

At 2 o'clock yesterday morning a fire was discovered in the office of Mr. Geo. Fraser, forwarding agent, of Deepwater. When the outbreak…

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Mysterious Fire. Guyra Outbreak. Coroner's, Inquiry. Oil Drum Mentioned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 2

The my[?]ious fire wich completly gutted the premisses of messrs. S. Bow & Sons, at Guyra, in the canly [?]ts of Easter…

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A Guyra Fire Oil Drum Found in Debris

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 7

The Guyra Coroner, Mr. McCulloch, commenced an inquiry into the cause of the Guyra fire on Easter Monday…

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Guyra Fire Arrest Made £8600 Insurance SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 1

As a sequel to the fire in the shop of S. Bow and Son, of Guyra, on April 16, a man was arrested last night in Sydney, and charged with…

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The Guyra Fire. Sensational Development. Man Arrested in Sydney. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 April 1931 · page 4

As a sequel to a tire In the shop of S. Bow & Son, of Guyra, on April 16, a man was arrested last night in Sydney and charged with…

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Guyra Fire. Arrest Made

The Uralla Times · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 1

Following the adjournment of an inquiry respecting the fire which destroyed S. Bow & Sons store premises at Guyra during Easter,…

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The Guyra Fire—arrest in Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 4

As a sequel to a fire in the shop of S. Bow and Son, of Guyra, on April 16, a man was arrested on Tuesday night in Sydney, and charged with…

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The Recent Fire Inquiry by Mr. McCulloch, P.M

Guyra Argus · Thursday 30 April 1931 · page 5

At the Police Court on Friday an inquiry was begun by Mr. McCulloch A.M.on connection with the fire which destroyed the store premises of S. Bow…

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Guyra Fire Arrest Made. £8600 Insurance SYDNEY

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 3

As a sequel to the fire in the shop of S. Bow and Son, of Guyra, on April 16, a man was arrested last night in Sydney, and charged with…

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Fire at Guyra Several Arrests Inverell Residents Implicated

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

Thomas Michael Walsh (44) was charged at the central Police Court, Sydney on Wednesday that on April 6 he maliciously set fire to a shop at…

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Guyra Fire. Three Arrests at Uralla. And, One in Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 4

At the Uralla Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. F. L. D. McRae and G. Houston. J's.P. Willam See Lung, George Tet…

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Fire at Guyra Laborer Charged with Arson

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 2 May 1931 · page 8

Thomas Michael Walsh (44), was charged at the Central Police Court, that on April 6 he maliciously set fire to a shop at Guyra, then in possession…

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Bundarra Fire Cottage Destroyed

The Inverell Times · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

A six-roomed weatherboard cottage, situated in Bendemeer street, Bundarra, and the property of Mr. E. J. ("Ted") Duncombe, stock and…

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Guyra Fire. Arrests at Uralla

The Uralla Times · Monday 4 May 1931 · page 1

On Thursday afternoon last, at Uralla, George Tet Fong, William See Lun, and Bridget Agnes See Lun were arrested and charged with…

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