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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

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Kyogle Fire

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 2

Damage estimated at £575 was caused by a fire which occurred in the front portion of Mr. F. D. Wilson's fruit market and refreshment rooms in…

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Kyogle Blaze House Destroyed KYOGLE

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

A house in Norton-street, Kyogle, and its contents were completely destroyed by fire to-night. The occupier, Mr. C. Anderson, is at present in…

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12 Fires in Year Outbreaks at Casino Brigade Worked 200 Hours Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 5

There were 12 fires in Casino during 1934 compared with 11 in the previous year and 15 in 1932. That information is contained in the annual report of the chief of Casino Fire Brigade (Captain Edwards) made available to-day…

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Huge Bush Fire Checked 60 Men Had Long Fight

Tweed Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday:-- From 10 a.m. yesterday until late last night 60 men fought a huge, menacing bushfire which raced over…

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Casino Fire Brigade

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

Casino fire brigade was called out to 12 outbreaks, of fire in 1934, one more than the previous year, and six false alarms were answered…

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Burnt to Ground Contractor's House Lost in Sudden Blaze Family Holidaying

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

Charred ruins instead of the home they left will greet at least one family returning from the New Year holiday. Fire,…

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Fire Station Burned to Ground MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

Despite the fact that it was raining heavily, the Creswick fire station was burned to the ground to-day, as the result…

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Disastrous Fire Tenement Destroyed Staircase Collapsed New York

Northern Star · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 10

Bringing to a climax the series of disastrous tenement house fires in the past few months, which have taken…

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Fire in Main Street Considerable Damage Done. Refreshment Room Stock Destroyed

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 8

But for its timely discovery at an early hour on Saturday morning a fire which originated under a refrigerator in Mr. F…

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N.S.W. Bush Fires Rain Saved Situation

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday--Heavy rain came to the aid of a band of weary men who continued the fight yesterday against the big bush fire which broke…

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Mullumbimby Blaze

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 4

The fine residence of Mr. P. Pezet, together with contents, was completely destroyed by fire at Mullumbimby early this morning. It is understood that…

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Three Calls Ballina Fire Brigade BALLINA

Northern Star · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 3

On three occasions only in 1934 was the Ballina Fire Brigade called into commission, and fortunately each was for a minor outbreak. This small…

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Kyogle Fire House Destroyed KYOGLE

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 4

A fire occurred in a house owned by Mrs. F. Heatley, senr., and occupied by Mr. S. Cork on the Fawcett's Creek road about two miles from Kyogle at…

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Stolen From Fire Parcel of Condemned Banknotes Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 4

The sensational discovery has been made that at least part of £1,750,000 in Bank and New Zealand notes, placed in a Sydney incinerator for…

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Quiet Year Ballina of Future Lismore Fires 29 OUTBREAKS

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 6

There were no serious fires in Lismore during 1934, the brigade attending to only 29 outbreaks of a minor nature. Thirteen fires…

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Disastrous Fire Early Morning Blaze. Mr. P. Pezet's Home Destroyed

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

Residents of Mullumbimby were [?]d shortly after 2 o'clock on Saturday morning by the sound of the fire bell, and the reflection of…

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Russian Rail Smash Sixteen Killed One Train Destroyed by Fire

Tweed Daily · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 5

MOSCOW, Tuesday:--Sixteen persons were killed and 67 injured when the sleeping-car express from Leningrad to Moscow…

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Gas Fires Popular with Doctors

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

Sir Francis Goodenough, K.C.M.G., O.B.E., Executive Chairman of the British Commercial Gas Association, and a leading authority on gas production,…

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Fire Alarm

Tweed Daily · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 4

An astringent smell of smoke in the main street, Murwillumbah, early this morning brought several residents from their beds, expecting to discover…

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House Destroyed Fire at Bangalow BANGALOW

Northern Star · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 6

A house owned by Mr. G. Connolly, the well-known North Coast boxer, and the contents of the house, which is occupied by a Mr. Ellis and…

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