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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

326 stories in New England's papers · page 11 of 17

Irish National Guards Parade Racket Scotched British Insurance Frauds Salutary Sentences Gang of Fire Raisers" London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 21 August 1933 · page 1

"The Daily Telegraph," in a special article to-day, says that the full significance of the fire conspiracy trial is only now…

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Reichstag Fire Enquiry Refused LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 1

The German Relief Committee in London announces that the German Government refused all requests for an international commission to conduct…

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The Reichstag Fire No International Inquiry. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 1

The German Relief Committee in London announces that the German Government has refused all requests for an International Commission to…

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Federal Politics in State of Flux Strange Strike Bargees Who Couldn't Sleep Battle on the Seine Fire Hose as Weapons Paris

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 August 1933 · page 1

The strangest strike in French industrial history commenced to-day, when several thousand bargees on the…

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Fire! Outbreak at Royal Hotel

Guyra Argus · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 2

Last night at about 7.15 the quietude of the town was started by the sound of he are bell, and immediately after by the dashing on the engine…

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Guest House Fire Caused by Footwarmer a Fused Wire Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 24 August 1933 · page 1

It is believed that a fire which burned portion of the Royal Guest House, Neutral Bay, last night, was caused by sparks from the…

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Reichstag Fire Trial Opens on September 21 Berlin

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 1

The Reichstag fire trial opens at Leipzig on September 21, after prelim[?]nary sessions at the seene. The prosecution is calling over one…

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Belligerent Bargees Block River Oise Fire Hose a Handy Weapon. Paris

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 1

The strike of bargees continues. Two hundred barges are now linked nineteen deep, blocking the River Oise, which is the main artery of the canal…

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'Plane on Fire Daring Pilot Makes Safe Landing PARIS

The Inverell Times · Monday 28 August 1933 · page 1

When a fire occurred at midnight on the Paris-Marseilles mail plane, the pilot ordered the wireless man to jump with a parachute, which he safely…

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Grass Fire Infant Burned to Death Family's Ill Fortune SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 31 August 1933 · page 1

While Donald Stone, aged two, was playing in a yard with his brother and sister at Rosebery, some grass caught, alight…

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England's Drought Dry August Closes With Fires

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 5 September 1933 · page 3

The finest August for a century closed with the worst fire in 50 years raging all night at Hull docks (states a London message)…

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Meteorite Causes Fire

The Uralla Times · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 10

A woman and two young girls lost their lives in a fire caused by a meteorite at the village of Village le Lace, in the Jura district of Prance…

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In Case of Fire Protecting the Hydrants

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 4

At this week's meeting of the local Municipal Council a letter was I received from the Captain of the local Fire Brigade, submitting a…

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Fire Fighters Equipped With Gas Masks LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 1

Troops, stripped to the waist and wearing steel helmets and gas masks, engaged in the second day's fire fighting of heath…

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Gun at Head Lacquered Hair Is Latest Beauty Fire

The Uralla Times · Thursday 7 September 1933 · page 2

WOMAN'S crowning glory threatens to come from an enamel spray-gun this season, for Sydney saw her first lacquered…

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Fire Brigade

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1933 · page 4

At a meeting of the local Fire Brigade, it was thought advisable to discontinue for the time being the euchre parties that were being held…

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Fire at Henty Newspaper Office Destroyed SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1933 · page 1

The office of the "Observer" newspaper at Henty was destroyed by fire last night, together with the adjoining shop, occupied by Charles Rils,…

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Chickens Incinerated When Brooder Catches Fire Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 September 1933 · page 1

When a kerosene brooder caught fire on Edward Lee's poultry farm, Sutherland, last night, 600 chickens were incinerated…

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Petrol Fire At Service Station Lorry Driver Injured Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

While the nozzle of a hose was being inserted into a petrol tank on a lorry at Norman's Service Station at Young this…

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Tannery Fire Thousands of Pounds Damage SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 September 1933 · page 1

A fire occurred early this morning at Leonard Shearstone's tannery, Willoughby. Hundreds of valuable hides were…

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