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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

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Fierce Blaze South Lismore Fire Terminus Hotel Gutted

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 4

Intense heat, which caused the spectators to retreat and cracked shop windows opposite, was the feature of the fire which…

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Fires Extinguished Adelaide

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 4

Fires at Midleton and Currency Creek were extinguished yeterday by 200 men who fought for several hours. They are thought to have been caused by…

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Fire at Casino

Tweed Daily · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 2
Also in Northern Star

A fire, which broke out in part of the main business section of Casino just before daylight on Saturday morning partly demolished the facade…

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Narrow Escape Fire in Cottage Incendiarism Suspected SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 5

Two fires which were found beneath the floor of the weatherboard house of Miss Martha Harris, at Mimosa-street, Bexley, at an…

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Bush Fires Brave Youth Dies. Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

Bushfires and grass fires are reported in many parts of the State, but the majority appear to have been extinguished. Thousands of acres of…

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Grim Battle with Flames Township Saved Bush Fires Still Raging in Victoria

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday:--The township of Walhalla was seriously menaced by bush fires all day to-day. All the available male…

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Fire at Omagh Road House Destroyed

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

Mr. C. A. West, farmer, of Omagh had the misfortune to have his home destroyed by fire on Friday night. The building was quickly reduced to…

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Town Now Safe. Threatened by Fire. Melbourne

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 2

The township of Walvallis, in the Gippsland Hills, which was yesterday threatened with destruction by bush fires, is to-day safe. A very heavy…

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Town in Danger Over 200 Fight Fire MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 5

The town of Walhalla, in Gippsland Hills, was seriously menaced by fire to-day. Portion of the hospital caught fire and the only patient had to be…

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Martial Law in Salvador Communist Uprisings Troops Open Fire

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1932 · page 4

SAN SALVADOR, Sunday:--Martial law has been declared throughout Salvador to put down Communist uprisings, in which at which at…

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Bush Fires Several Outbreaks Youth Dies From Burns Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 7

Bush fires and grass fires were reported yesterday as having occurred in many parts of the State. Some of them were caused by lightning. Nearly…

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Thousands of Acres of Grass Destroyed by Bush Fires. in Many Parts of State

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Bush fires and grass fires are reported from many parts of the State, but the majority appear to have been extinguished. Thousands…

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£3500 BLAZE Three Houses Destroyed NEWCASTLE

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 7

Damage exceeding £3500 was caused by a fire which swept through a block of houses at Toronto early this morning. The only premises left standing in the…

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Fire at Kyogle

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 2

On Friday night a four-roomed cottage and outbuildings on a dairy farm at West Kyogle, owned by Charles West, returned soldier, were destroyed…

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Fire in Tobacconist's Shop

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 2

About 4.50 on Saturday morning, when Mr. Ben Lockwood, the Council's street cleaner, was on his rounds in Barker-street, he noticed smoke…

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Bush Fires in New Zealand Farmers Waging Desperate Fight

Tweed Daily · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 3

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday:--Hundreds of men are carrying on a desperate fight to save farms from bush fires, which are…

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Victorian Fires Destruction Continues

Tweed Daily · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday :-- Bush fires ale still raging throughout the State. Homesteads were in danger today at Myrtleford and Bright, in the…

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Mountain Enveloped Fires in Wallangarra District

Tweed Daily · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 3

WALLANGARRA, Wednesday:-- (Bush fires which have been burning for a week reached a serious stage to-day, when, fanned by a hot wind…

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Fire at University Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 28 January 1932 · page 4

The office, science rooms and testing laboratories in the metallography department of the metallurgy school at the University of Melbourne were…

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