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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

198 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 10

Motor Lorry Catches Fire

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 2

In common with many other business houses in Moree, the staff of A. C. Reid and Co., Ltd., has been considerably affected by the prevailing…

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Burning Soil. Drained Swamp on Fire

North West Champion · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 2

A whim of nature which is arousing wide interest, and which should be worth scientific investigation, is a fire that is burning in the soil of a…

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Fire at Gurley Station. Several Buildings Destroyed

North West Champion · Thursday 18 March 1926 · page 4
Also in Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser

A disastrous fire occurred at Curley Station about midnight on Monday. Mr. T. E. Keene, the manager, states that he noticed a light. On…

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Big Blaze Narrowly Averted

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 4
Also in North West Champion

The Imperial Hotel, Bingara, narrowly escaped destruction by fire about 7.30 p.m. on Saturday week last. There was a loud explosion, a flash,…

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Fire Brigades Euchre Party

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 2

The euchre party that was to have been held at the Fire Station on Thursday night last had to be postponed at the…

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Fire at Cockatoo Dock Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 1

What might easily have proved a disastrous fire broke out at the Cockatoo Shipbuilding yards last night. The fire steamer Pluvius…

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Fire at Cockatoo. Good Save Effected. SYDNEY

North West Champion · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 2

A fire, which might easily have proved a very disastrous one, broke out at the Cockatoo shipbuilding dockyards last night. The fire steamer…

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Disastrous Fire. Brisbane

North West Champion · Monday 29 March 1926 · page 2

A disastrous fire at Gatton resulted in the destruction of the Federal Hotel and four shops. The damage is estimated at £2500…

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£20,000 Damage Huge New Zealand Fire Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 March 1926 · page 1

In New Zealand a fire broke out at Palmerston North seed factory and the warehouse occupied by Palmer and Coy., was destroyed. The whole…

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Late Wires Big Queensland Fire Hotel and Four Shops Destroyed Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 29 March 1926 · page 1

A disastrous fire at Gatton (Q.), resulted in the destruction of the Federal Hotel and four shops. The damages estimated at £2500…

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Three Fires Brigade's Good Work

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 2

The fire brigade on Tuesday night received a call at seven o'clock to a fire which had broken out in the Railway Institute Hall, at Narrabri West…

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Fire at Dubbo

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 2

During a fire at Dubbo, which destroyed a vulcanising and tyre repairing shop, the proprietor, Mr. Wilkin barely had time to get his wife and…

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Big Blaze at Gatton Five Buildings Demolished. Moree Resident Loses Two

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 4

A disastrous fire which broke out at Gatton, Queensland, soon after 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, brief particulars of which were given in our…

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Fire at Hobart. Sensational Evidence

North West Champion · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 2
Also in Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser

Sensational evidence was given at the inquiry into the explosion and fire which damaged Jeffrey's boot store at Hobart on March 20…

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Fire Engine and Train Collide MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 1

A fire-engine racing to a fire from Windsor station last night, crushed into a train in Prahran. William [?]kett, 28, married two children,…

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Six Fatalities in Big Dublin Fire, London

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 1

Three, men and three women were killed in a fire which destroyed Mansion House, in Coolock district, county Dublin. The victims include two…

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Latest Cables. Six Killed in Fire. London

North West Champion · Thursday 1 April 1926 · page 2

A Reuter's message says: Three men and three women were killed in a fire which destroyed a mansion in Cootock district, County Dublin. The…

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