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Fires & bushfires, 1934

306 stories in New England's papers · page 16 of 16

Home Under Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 December 1934 · page 4

Bullets whizzed past the heads of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Orr and Mr. and Mrs. T. H Morris, who were sitting on the verandah of Orr's home. Wilson's…

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Ball of Fire Followed by Explosion SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 1

At Yandera on the North Coast, a ball of fire enveloped the post office in flames, and a tremendous explosion which followed, threw everyone…

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Tornado! Strikes Brisbane and Suburbs Ball Of Fire Envelopes North Coast Post Office Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1934 · page 1

During a terrific storm, which visited the city and suburbs last night, Dennis Hammond was…

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Saved From Death by Fire Eleven Horses Taken From Blazing Building Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 24 December 1934 · page 1

Firemen and a wharf labourer, rescued eleven horses from the stables of D. P. Kelly, Pty., Ltd., cartage and storage contractors, at Richmond,…

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Fire at Stables Horses in Flames Firemen Fight in Scalding Water Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 24 December 1934 · page 1

A fireman and wharf laborer rescued 11 horses from the stables of D. P. Kelly Proprietary, Ltd., cartage and storage contractors,…

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Deliberate Attempt To Fire Walgett Store Walgett

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 December 1934 · page 4

An attempt to burn down the store of O. T. Evans. in the main business block, was made by some person unknown early to-day…

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The New Year Re-Kindles the Fires of Hope

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 31 December 1934 · page 4

The Italian philosopher, Giacomo Leopardi, was a man of noble birth, vast wealth, the husband of a beautiful and amiable woman and the son of another woman who adored him; but in spite of all these advantages he was, perhaps, the gloomiest and most morose of all the world's great…

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