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New England · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

275 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 14

Dunedoo Fire Railway Station Destroyed Dunedoo

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 1

The stationmaster's officer, parcels office and waiting room at the local railway station were destroyed by fire early this morning. Volunteers saved…

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Dunedoo Fire Railway Premises Volunteers Effect Save DUNEDOO

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 1

The stationmaster's office, parcels office and waiting room at the local railway station were destroyed by fire early this morning…

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Saved by Dog Mother and Six Children Fire at Kiama Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1937 · page 1

The lives of Mrs. Stanton and her six children were saved by a dog whose barking awakened them…

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Everlasting Fires Some Have Burnt For Centuries

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 7

The United States Government has just begun a task which must be one of the strangest an Administration has ever undertaken…

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Fire at Parramatta SYDNEY, "Thursday

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 4

When a fire gutted the Parramatta rubber re-tread works last night, District Officer Spring, who was controlling the four brigades which were…

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£300 DAMAGE Rockvale Road Blaze Shed and Car destroyed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4

A Fowl car, two sulkies, corn sheller, two tons of chaff, four tons of potatoes and other articles were destroyed in a midnight fire on…

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Car Destroyed Fire in Pitt Street Tingha Miner's Loss Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 1

A Tint ha miner, Ernest Tozer, lost his car and many of his possessions by fire in Pitt Street, Sydney, last night…

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Fire Follows Explosion in English Colliery Twenty-two Lives Lost Members of Rescue Party Suffer Sad Scenes as Victims Are Brought to Surface LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 1

Fire and explosion claimed 22 lives at Holditch Main Colliery, Chesterton, North Staffordshire, this morning. There were two blasts, the second occurring three…

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Old Man's Death Burnt When Camp Caught Fire Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 1

The partly burned body of Frank Anderson (71) was found in his camp about four miles from Dubbo yesterday…

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Fire Inquiry To Be Held To-morrow

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 4

The District Coroner will hold an inquiry at the Armidale Court House to morrow morning into circumstances surroundings a fire at the property of…

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Fire at Sea

Guyra Argus · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 2

The Burns Philp steamer, Macduhl, is due in Sidney to-morrow (Friday) with passengers from Port Moresby. Mr. Victor A. Florance, barrister and…

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Rockvale Road Fire Forms Subject of Coronial Inquiry Man Committed For Trial Oil Serious Charge Police Story of Trail of Kapok Near Scene of Blaze

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 4

After hearing lengthy evidence concerning circumstances surrounding a fire which destroyed a shed and contents, the property of Edwin Henry Marshall, of "Daisy Farm," Rockvale Road, on the…

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Saved From Fire Children Dragged From Beds Henty

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1937 · page 4

Dragging two children from their beds, J. Nobel probably saved their lives, when a fire occurred, at their home this morning. The house was…

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Great Fire of London Debris

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 July 1937 · page 2

Debris of the Great Fire of London, in 1666, dumped there before the rebuilding, is being taken from the site upon which the new Westminster…

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Collision and Fire Cycle and Car Destroyed SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 July 1937 · page 1

After a collision between a motor cycle and a motor car at Auburn last night, both the car and cycle were completely destroyed…

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Tobacco Leaf Fire

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 4

A fire occurred at "Woodstock" Wallangra on Thursday last when a barn containing tobacco leaf valued at a large sum was destroyed. The…

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Home Destroyed by Fire Mother and Daughter's Close Call Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 July 1937 · page 1

Mrs. Hilda Ledger and her young daughter, of High-street, Carlton, awoke early this morning to find their house in flames. They beat a hasty…

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Picgard's Balloon Destroyed by Fire New York

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 1

Professor Piccard's stratosphere ballioon was destroyed when it caught fire at an altitude of 11,000 feet at Lansing Lowa and crashed on to a…

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Aged Man'sdeath Fell Into Fire Son's Shocking Find Tragedy at Botany Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1937 · page 1

Thought to have overbalanced and fallen into a fire, a pensioner named Walter James Crampton, 95, was burnt to…

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School on Fire Newtown Blaze SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 1

A fire caused considerable damage to the buildings of the North Newtown Public School. The fire brigades prevented the…

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