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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1920

195 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 9 of 10

State Timber Mills on Fire. Damage £30,000 SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 15 November 1920 · page 1

The State timber yards at Uhr's Point on the Parramatta River, were partly destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The damage is estimated at £36,000…

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Big Fire at Uralla. Uralla

Daily Observer · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 1

Uralla has suffered another disastrous fire Tattersall's Hotel was gutted. The main building is of brick, with a weather board building attached. The fire…

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Fire Accident

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 November 1920 · page 5

A fire occurred at the residence of Mr. J. Rowarth on the 15th inst. and was only prevented in the nick of time from destroying the entire…

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Timber Yards Fire. Sydney

Daily Observer · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 2

Mr. Lang, State Treasurer, stated this afternoon that the damage by fire at the State timber yards was £60,000. but the actual loss to the State would…

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Fire Brigades. Inquiry to Be Held. Serious Charges. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 2

The Chief Secretary said, to-day that the Fire Brigades Union had submitted a request to Cabinet, that the Government should conduct an inquiry into…

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The North Fires the First Shot

Daily Observer · Monday 22 November 1920 · page 2

The first shot in the rapidly approaching Federal Convention campaign will be fired by the Northern New Staters next Wednesday, when the…

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Disastrous Fire. Great Damage in New Zealand. WELLINGTON N.Z.

Daily Observer · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 2

A fire completely gutted the premises of the National Mortgage Co., at Invercargill. Nothing was saved. The flames broke into the adjoining…

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Fire Inquiry

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 4

The District Coroner, Mr. P. P. Rossenthal, yesterday resumed the adjourned inquiry into the circumstances connected with the recent fire in East…

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Fire in Mine. Melbourne

Daily Observer · Friday 26 November 1920 · page 1

Extensive damage was caused by a fire at the Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfield Company's Cornish Mine, at Long Gully, Victoria…

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Irish Outrages. Sinn Fein Fires in Liverpool. Property Destroyed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 29 November 1920 · page 2

The conference of tho London Labor Party yesterday was represented by 340,000 members, being an Increase if 170 per cont. since 1914…

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Reprisals in Cork. Great Outbreak of Fires. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 2

The "Times" Cork correspondent wires: The arson reprisals for the missing officers continue on an alarming scale. The damage already exceeds…

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Sinn Fein. English Campaign. Fires in Liverpool. Policeman Killed. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 30 November 1920 · page 2

Sinn Feiners set fire to a cotton warehouse in Liverpool. During the disturbances a policeman was shot dead. The outrages in Liverpool are…

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Bush Fires in West. Sydney

Daily Observer · Wednesday 1 December 1920 · page 2

Bush fires are responsible for great damage in the Narromine district. Many crops have been destroyed, and a number of properties only saved with…

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Fires in Dublin. London

Daily Observer · Wednesday 1 December 1920 · page 2

Occasional outbreaks of fires are talking place in Dublin…

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Parliament Closed to Public. Fires In Wales. LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 1 December 1920 · page 2

Stories are circulating that fires occurred after the landing of American gunmen from a motor boat in North Wales…

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Fire at Wee Waa

The North Western Courier · Monday 6 December 1920 · page 2

Last Thursday night a fire broke out in Yet Hing's general store, Weo Waa, which by eleven o'clock was completely gutted as also were…

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Shops Destroyed by Fire. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 6 December 1920 · page 2

Two shops were destroyed by fire at Narromine to-day. Miss Kearney, a dressmaker, had a narrow escape. She was rescued through a window. A…

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Big City Fire. Heavy Damage to Printer's Stock. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 6 December 1920 · page 2

The four-storey building of Simmonds, Ltd., printers, in Kent-street, was gutted early this morning. Six brigades attended, and great streams of water…

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Fire at Narrabri

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 2

At about 5.15 a.m. yesterday there was an outbreak of fire at the residence of Mr. B. Ireland, Maitland Street, and the building was totally…

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Narrabri Fire Brigade

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 2

The estimate for the upkeep of the Narrabri Fire Brigade during the year 1921 is £384, of which £123 will have to be provided by the Narrabri…

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