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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

49 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 3 of 3

Blaze in Wheat Crop

Manilla Express · Friday 13 November 1936 · page 2

A distastrous fire occurred at Upper Manilla on Tuesday evening last when Mr. Edgar Nixon lost 30 acres of standing crop and…

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Collarenebri Fire

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 16 November 1936 · page 2

As the result of a fire which occurred at Collarenebri between 2 and 3 o'clock oh Saturday morning, Tattersall's Hotel, which has just recently been…

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Outbreak of Fire

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 16 November 1936 · page 2

All outbreak if fire occurred at about 12 o'clock on Saturday night in a passageway between the Hotel Max building and Mr. Sadlier's saddlery…

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Police Hunt Incendiary Five Fires Started SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 1

Detectives are searching for an incendiary, believed to be insane, who made determined attempts on Friday and Saturday to act fires to Kingsley…

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Disastrous Fire Angers (France)

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 1

Fire destroyed [?]0 ancient houses and damaged many others here today Six hundred families have been rendered homeless. The fire broke out…

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Fire at Mungindi. Boarding House Destroyed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 3

The third fire within twelve months ct Mungindi occurred on Friday night, when the boarding house of Mrs. Sid Dawes in Walker Street was totally…

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Big Bundaberg Fire Millions of Pounds Worth of Rum Burnt

Manilla Express · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 1

The huge rum distillery owned by Millaquin Sugar Coy at Bundaberg (Queensland) was destroyed by fire on Saturday. Half…

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Ferry Fire Disaster Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 December 1936 · page 1

At the inquest to-day concerning the deaths of William Robert Duncan Findlay, and Sydney Patrick Tight, victims of fire…

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Late Wires No Peace Truce Spanish Guns Blaze LONDON

The North Western Courier · Monday 21 December 1936 · page 1

The only echo to the Christmas truce suggestions is the thunder of the Spanish rebels shells falling on Madrid while the defender's famous…

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