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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

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Leaving Lismore Fire Station Officer

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 May 1935 · page 6

Capt. E. Wiber, officer in charge of Lismore Fire Station, has received advice of his transfer to Hunter's Hill and expects to take up duty there…

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Dog Set on Fire Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 9

Extreme cruelty was shown to an Irish terrier at Enfield last night. Caught by an unknown person the terrier was completely…

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Caught Fire Queensland Woman's Injuries Brisbane

Northern Star · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 7

Mrs. A. J. Turnbull (70) had practically the whole of her clothing burnt from her body, and her hair burned to the scalp, while she was burning rubbish…

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Fuel to Fire

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 6

HOPES of a peaceful settlement of the dispute between Italy and Abyssinia are reduced by the frontier incident,…

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Farmer's Loss in Fire Hogarth Range

Northern Star · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 11

Mr. H. A. Buhner's barn at Hogarth Range Was burnt to the ground early last Saturday morning. When Mr. Bulman's two boys rose on Saturday…

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Incendiary Attacks From Air Co-ordination of British Fire Brigades

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 June 1935 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday:--In the House of Commons the Secretary of State for Home Affairs (Sir John Gilmour) said that, in connection with…

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Third Victim of Fire ARMIDALE

Northern Star · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 5

The death occurred in the Armidale and New England Hospital yesterday of George Cook, aged 64, the third victim of the fire tragedy at Backwater, near…

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"Mounties" Under Fire Canadian Parliament Ottawa

Northern Star · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 2

Canada's famous "Mounties," the men of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, have twice "come under fire" in Parliament during the past few…

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After Arrest Man Thrusts Hands Into Fire SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 2

A man taken to Paddington police station yesterday afternoon after his arrest on a charge of street betting immediately rushed towards the station…

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Outbreak of Fire Paramount Cafe Quickly Subdued by Brigade

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 4

Fire broke out in the Paramount Cafe, in Wharf Street, Murwillumbah, early this morning and badly damaged the…

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British Officer Burnt to Death Great Forest Fire in India

Tweed Daily · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 2

SIMLA, Sunday:--A cigarette end dropped near the research institute at Kassaubi, an important military hill station, caused a great forest fixe,…

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Fires As Fast As Machine Gun LONDON

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 7

Though, according to the "Daily Herald," the Germans knew it and published details months ago, it is now revealed that…

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False Alarm Fire Brigade Called Out

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon, at 3.43, Lismore fire brigade turned out in response to a call received from. East Lismore, only to find that it was a…

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Paramount Cafe Fire Began in Kitchen ? Another Alarm in Town Yesterday

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 4

The fire which partially destroyed the Paramount Cafe, Murwillumbah, early yesterday morning apparently started in the kitchen,…

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Charged with Old Crime Man Who Thrust Hands Into Fire

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Nine years ago a handcuffed man jumped from a speeding train between Harden and Wallandbeen and escaped. On…

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New Fire Chief

Northern Star · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 6

Mr. S. Metcalfe, of Hunter's Hill, will commence duties to-day as officer in charge of Lismore fire station in succession to Captain E. H. Wiber,…

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Released at Last Reichstag Fire Prisoner Berlin

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

Eighteen months after his acquittal on a charge of complicity in the Reichstag fire Ernest Torgler has been released, after 22 months…

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Clothes Caught Fire Man Fatally Burned

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 5

BOONAH Friday: -- Michael Laly (38), single, a vendor of brushes, was fatally burned in his camp last night. Owing to the cold night, he lay close…

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Torgler Released Reichstag Fire Echo BERLIN

Northern Star · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 5

Eighteen months after his acquittal on a charge of complicity in the Reichstag fire, Ernest Torgler, has been released, after 27 months'…

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Big Blaze in City SYDNEY

Northern Star · Monday 17 June 1935 · page 7

One of the biggest fires which nave occurred in the metropolitan area for some time took place this afternoon when a three-storey tallow and skin…

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