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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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Brisbane Fire. Brisbane

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 2

A fire on Saturday night was responsible for thousands of pounds damage to the premises of Bickford adn Sons. wholesale druggists and…

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Big Fire Thousands of Pounds' Damage

The North Western Courier · Monday 13 June 1927 · page 1

A Brisbane fire on Saturday night was responsible for thousands of pounds pounds damage being done to premises of Bickord and Sons, wholesale…

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Fire Damage £10,000

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 June 1927 · page 2

A fire which broke out in the store of Howarth Smith. Ltd; shipowners. In North Wharf-road. Melbourne, caused damage estimated at…

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Dangerous Fire Mine Catches Alight

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 3

Fire threatened the Wallsend mine on Monday when children, it is stated, threw lighted shavings into a disused shaft. There was a blaze…

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Ford Car Destroyed by Fire

North West Champion · Monday 27 June 1927 · page 2

A Ford car, the property of Mr Miller, of Alice Street, East Moree, was almost completely destroyed by fire on Saturday evening about 7.30…

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A Suspicious Fire. London

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1927 · page 2

A Peris message states that a fire occurred at Villa, near Tours. An officer his wife, two children, and a ma[?] sarvant were burned to death. The…

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Late Teegrams. Fire at C[?]perdown. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1927 · page 2

Damage estim[?] at several thous ands of pounds [?] caused by a fire which broke out in [?]rse and McKane's tyre store last n[?] at Camperdown…

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Another Fire at Wee Waa Shops and Picture Show Destroyed

The North Western Courier · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 3

At about midnight on Wednesday, the alarm of fire was raised in Wet Waa, and almost immediately after wards it was found, that the block of…

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Warialsa Fire

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 2

As the result of a fire at Warialda about daylight yesterday morning, several of the main buildings of the town were totaly destroyed. The…

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Warialda Fire. Damage Estimated at £25,000

North West Champion · Thursday 11 August 1927 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred about daylight yesterday morning, resulting in the demolition of the main buildings of the town. The fire started at…

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Big Fire at Warialda

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 2

The most' disastrous fire on record in the history of Warialda broke out between 4.30 and 4:45 on Wednesday morning at the rear of Pyrke's…

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Burnt in Hut Neighbours Witness Fire

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 1

John Brennan, 69, resident of Ranelgah, Tasmania, was burnt to death yesterday. A neighbour heard him call out, and saw his hut in flames…

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£50,000 Damage Destructive Fire at Gosford

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 1

Fifty thousand pounds worth of damage was done at Gosford this morning, when a fire destroyed seven shops in the main street, together…

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£50,000 DAMAGE. Disastrous Fire at Gosford. SYDNEY

North West Champion · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 2

A disastrous fire broke out in the main street of Gosford early this morning, as the result of which seven shops and private residences were…

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Disastrous Fire. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 3

Damage estimate at between £150,000 and £200,000 was caused by a fire which broke cat at the corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn streets, city,…

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Big City Fire Brigade Chief's Opinion

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 August 1927 · page 1

Damage estimated at between £150,000 and £200,000 was caused by a fire which broke out at the corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn…

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Important to Local Fire Brigades

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1927 · page 1

The President of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. (the Hon. T. J. Smith, M.L.C.) visited Wellington on the 1st September, 1927, and met…

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Goondiwindi Blaze

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 September 1927 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Goondiwindi at about 2 o'clock this (Monday.) morning, when seven shops in the main street were completely destroyed…

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Fire at Rowena Two Persons Burnt to Death

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 12 September 1927 · page 2

A fire occurred at Rowena last night, when the Rowena Hotel, together with, so far as We ca gas certain, the whole of its contents, was totally destroyed…

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Fire Bell

Manilla Express · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 2

It is the Municipal Council's intention to erect the fire bell on a pole out side the Municipal- Chambers in Strafford street…

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