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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

326 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 17

Fires of 1932 Fewer Serious Outbreaks Armidale Tragedy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 5

Fire brigade records show that the metropolitan area was remarkably free from serious fires during-1932. In country districts, however, iliere…

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Fire Peril Trains Blamed for Many Outbreaks

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 7

Christmas week bus been an auxious time for landholders In the districts most subject to grass fires, audpartienlarly in Eastern Riverina, where…

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CLIMBED 80 FEET To Fight Fire Firemen in Precarious Situation Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1933 · page 1

Firemen had u difficult and dangerous tusk wheu a lire broke out date lost night in a coal buukerof the lime and Cement Works, in Burrows road…

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Destructive Fire Big Victorian Blaze Standing Crops Destroyed Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 4

More than 500 firefighters yesterday fought a fire which began on B. H. Kimptoii's "Kumuiboola" estate, at Yarrawonga, and destroyed 1400 acres…

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Disastrous Fire Destroys Valuable Property. MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

More than 500 fire-fighters yesterday fought a distastrous fire which began on B. H. Kimpton's "Kurrunboola" estate, at Yarrawenga, and…

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Menaced by Fire Parliamentary Records Alert Nurse. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

A fire was discovered early this morning In the record room above the Legislative Council, Macqnarie street,…

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Destructive Fire 3000 Acres Laid Bare Farmers lose Heavily Adelaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

A fire which broke out In a crop on the property of George Hill, at Georgetown yesterday, swept throughout' 2000 acres of…

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Bush Fire Brigades The Equipment Necessary

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 1

If a bush fire brigade is to function effectively it must be properly organised and adequately equipped. In a recent issue of these notes readers…

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Nine Fires Last Year's Outbreaks

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 3

Three major fires and six minor conflagrations occurred within the municipality last year. The most seriou soutbreak was at…

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Fire Peril

The Walcha News · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

Christmas week has been an anxious time for landholders in the districts most subject to grass first, and particularly in Eastern Riverina where…

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Truck on Fire

The Walcha News · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 3

Mr. B E. Hooper, school teacher at Yarrowitch, was returning along the Oxley Highway form Port Macquarie with a truck load of provisions when…

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Fire-Bug Abroad. Farmers Alarmed Two Stacks Burned SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

A message from Condobolin says that twenty armed parties of police and farmers are [?]ouring the district for a man who alleged to have…

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Damaging Fires Man In Court Sensational Statement Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

After inquiries into fires which seriously damaged a number of public buildings in Broadmeadows in the past few months, detectives…

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INCENDIARISM? France is Worried Another Fire op Giant Liner Paris

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

A fir broke out aboard the giant liner "Prance" In Le Havre harbour, at 3 o'clock this morning, but was quickly controlled after damaging a…

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Bush Fires Destruction at Molong SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

A thousand acres of wheat and grass were destroyed, and many homesteads threatened yesterday by a fire at Molong…

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Fire-Fighting Army of 500 WAGGA

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1933 · page 1

A bush fire in the Ladysmith district, near Wagga, which was fought by 500 volunteers, did great damage to grass and fences…

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Bush Fires

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 8

A passenger by the express train from Newcastle, who arrived at Sydney on Wednesday, told how the train had been menaced by bushfires. He…

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Bush Fires Fighters Powerless Except to Burn Breaks Liverpool Plains Threatened Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 4

It transpires that the fire, which broke out on Waterford's property In Coolah district, threatened the whole of the Liverpool Plains country, and…

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Huge Grass Fire On Liverpool Plains SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 1

It transpires that a fire, which broke out on Waterford's property in the Coolah district, threatened the whole of the Liverpool Plains country…

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Fire Damage About Newcastle £100,000 Estimate SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 January 1933 · page 1

The damage resulting from the outbreaks of fire around Wyong and Newcastle on Wednesday are estimated at £100,000…

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