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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

306 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 16

Two Killed in Riots Guards Fire on Strikers Toledo (Ohid)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 4

Two men were shot and killed, and a third is reported to have been killed and several wounded by bullets to-day when the National Guard troops…

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Car Destroyed Early Morning Blaze Garden Hoses Played on Adjoining Buildings

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 May 1934 · page 4

While a garage and car blazed fiercely at the residence of Mr. R. E. Coughlin, 96 Mossman-street, early yesterday morning, Mr…

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French Horror Coach Bursts Into Flame Thirteen Incinerated Forest Fire Prevents Rescue Bordeaux

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 28 May 1934 · page 1

Owing to a tyre bursting, a motor coach collided with a telegraph pole at Lipostey and caught fire…

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"Lorraine" Fire Cottage Destroyed Last Night's Blaze

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 30 May 1934 · page 4

A three roomed weatherboard cottage on "Lorraine" holding. which during the past couple of weeks had keen occupied by Mr. T. H. Phew a…

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Coonamble Fire At Racecourse SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 1

The stand was insured for £1000 and racecourse, together with the totalisa tor and tearooms were destroyed by fire yesterday morning…

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Racecourse Stand Destroyed Fire at Coonamble Sydney

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

The main grandstand at the Coonamble racecourse, together with the totalisator and tea rooms, were destroyed by fire yesterday morning:…

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Railway Blaze Station Destroyed SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 1

The Uranquinty railway station was destroyed by fire last night. The police railway men and residents attempted to subdue the flames, but no…

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Fierce Fire Destroys Fruit Packing Sheds Big Blaze at Gosford Carpet Snakes Scare Crowd Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 1

The Co-operative fruit packing sheds at Gosford, near die railway station, were destroyed by fire early this…

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Railway Station Destroyed Fire at Uranquinty. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 1

The Uranquinty railway station was destroyed by Are last night. Police, railwaymen and residents attempted to subdue the flames, but no…

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Gosford Fire Great Damage 17,000 Cases Oranges SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 4 June 1934 · page 1

Co-operative fruit packing sheds near Gosford railway station were destroyed by fire early this morning. Damage is estimated at…

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Relief Worker Fires Shots Ganger Receives Wounds in Thighs. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 June 1934 · page 1

At the Bunyip railway relief workers' camp. near Stawell, yesterday, a worker who had been dismissed had ail argument with Ralph Barbour (42),…

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Fire at Guest House Building and Contests Destroyed. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 June 1934 · page 1

A guest house, containing 14 rooms and outhouses, together with the whole of the contents, was destroy by fire at Point Clare, near…

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Fruit Packing Sheds Destroyed Big Blaze at Gosford

The Walcha News · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 6

The Co-operative fruit packing sheds at Gosford, near the railway station, were destroyed by fire early on Monday morning…

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New Motor Fire Engine

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 4

The Mayor (Aid. S. J. S. Butler) received a telegram yesterday from Mr. B M Wade, M. L. A. stating that the Board of Fire Commissioners had…

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Zoo Horror Man Mangled and Killed by Lions In Presence of Fainting and Screaming Women Victim Disregarded By-standers' Warning Keepers Fire Revolvers to Drive Off Animals. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1934 · page 1

Ignoring by-slanders' cry "Don't be a fool, Get the keeper," Stanley Stenson (26), a van driver, and an employee of the Whipsande Zoo, was mangled and killed by lions when he…

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Fire at Kelly's Plains Car, Shed, and Harness Destroyed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 June 1934 · page 4

Mr. Robert J. Harvey, of Spring Farm, Kelly's Plams, was in Armidale on Saturday night, and reached home about 11 o'clock…

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Fire at Deepwater

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 4

Early on Sunday morning the [?] stead of Mr. J. T. E. Barratt of "Arranmore." Deepwater was destroyed by fire Only one outbuilding, the…

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Destroyed By Fire New York

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1934 · page 1

An Americas Air Lines plane hopping off from Newark (New Jersey) for Chicago on Saturday crashed into the Catskill…

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New Fire Engine Modern Equipment Presentation to R. Miles

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 June 1934 · page 4

Following representations by the Inverell Municipal Council, that the old Garfield motor engine was obsolete, a new and up-to-date…

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The Deepwater and Emmaville Supplement FIRE! Homestead Destroyed Furniture and Money Saved. Deepwater Needs Fire Brigade

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 June 1934 · page 6

On Sunday morning at about 3.30 "Aranmore," the home-stead of Mr. J. T. E. Barratt, grazier, of Deepwater, was…

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