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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

428 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 22

Armidale City Council Fire Brigade Finances Kerbing and Guttering Programme Increased Building Activity

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 3

Not many public institutions these days end up die year with a credit balance, but a noteworthy exception is the Armidale Fire…

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Good Work Volunteers Quell Guyra Bushfires Fire on a Five Miles Front

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1932 · page 8

Sergt Ormsby and volunteers from Guyra deserve a "pat oh the back" for the manner in which they handled the big bushfire at…

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Minor Fire

The Inverell Times · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 4

At about 9.45 p.m. on Friday, information was received by the Fire Station of a quantity of rubbish being alight at the rear of the Capitol…

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Fire Brigade Inspector

The Inverell Times · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

The Divisional inspector of Fire Brigades, Mr. S. A. Tuck, will be visiting Inverell on Wednesday next, March 2. He will inspect the Fire…

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SCOUTS & SCOUTING Hints Worth Knowing Fires their Danger and Prevention

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 8

In the words of the movement's motto. Scorns must always "he prepared." They must be prepared for every kind of emergency including…

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Rush Fire Serious at Cowra. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

A fierce bush fire has occurred in the Illunae ranges, near Cowra. Many homesteads were reported to be threatened, and every effort is…

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What a Fire! Bridge Illuminations Minister's Solution Eclipses Flaming Volcano Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

The Harbour Bridge Celebration Committee is having difficulty in financing the fireworks display at…

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Fire-bug at Mudgee Business Places Guarded Five Outbreaks Reported. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

Apparently deliberate and in most cases partly successful efforts were made on Saturday night to destroy five business premises in various parts of…

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Fierce Bushfire at Cowra Homestead Threatened. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

A fierce outbreak of bush fires has occurred in the Illunae Ranges near Cowra. Many homesteads are reported to be threatened and every effort is…

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Forest Fires Invention to Check Spread

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 3

Important developments are expected from the experiments to he carried out at Belgrave, by Professor Osborne of the Melbourne…

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Seven Perish Fire In Poorhouse STOCKMOLM

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 1

Seven men and five women, aged between 70 and 80, perished in a fire in Sverdsjoe poorhouse last night. One died following a gallant but…

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Bush Fire at Pindari

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 4

A fire broke out on Pindari, Nullamanna, the property of Messrs. W. T. Edwards, Ltd., on Sunday last, and over 2000 acres of grass and a good…

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Jap. Reinforcements Turn Battle Tide Lashed Into Retreat! Chinese Defenders Driven Back Japanese Troops Advance Under Cover of Smoke-Screen. Attackers Raked by Terrible Machine Gun Fire Both Sides Lose Heavily. Shanghai

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 1

The position of at least one division of the Japanese reinforcements is no longer a mystery here, since under a heavy smoke-screen from aeroplanes, they landed along the Yangtse, approximately fifteen miles above Liuho, striking a…

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Invention to Check Forest Fires

The Uralla Times · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 4

Important developments are expected from the experiments to be carried out at Belgrave by Professor Osborne, of Melbourne University, who…

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Red Range Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 4

A fire which started yesterday on Red Range Common spread quickly owing to the dryness of the grass. Mr. W. Escott's property, which…

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Werribee Fire Hotel People's Narrow Escape Fire Captain Injured Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 1

The Rum [?]se Hotel at Werribee, containing 20 rooms, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Five poisons escaped in their night…

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Seven Perish in Poorhouse Fire

The Uralla Times · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 2

Stockholm, Monday.— Seven men and five women, aged between 70 and 80, perished in a fire in Sverdsjoe poor house last night. One [?] following…

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Bush Fire Town in Danger MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

A serious bush fire broke out in the small township of Erica, Victoria. Two hundred volunteers fought the fames, which threatened the State…

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In Night Attire Young Women Escape Prom Fire. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

When a general store and a 13roomed dwelling adjoining were destroyed by fire at Greensborough (Victoria) yesterday morning, the inmates,…

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Two-year-old Fires Royal Salute

The Uralla Times · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 4

Wal[?] Saturday.—No big guns boomed for the arrived of the Governor to [?] hospital But as the [?] passing…

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