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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1937

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Fire At Mooball MULLUMBIMBY,Monday

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 6

A fire occurred in the general store of Messrs. Kelly Bros., Mooball, at the week-end and destroyed a considerable quantity of stock. When…

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£10,000 Furniture Fire SYDNEY

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 6

Furniture and carpets valued at £10,000 were destroyed by a fire which broke out in the second floor of Bear and Company's furniture warehouse in…

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Danger of Fire Lithgow Small Arms Factory

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 5

LITHGOW, Monday:--Representations are being made to the Minister for Defence(Sir Archdale Parkhill) for the erection, at the Small Arms…

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Hundreds Perish in Theatre Fire Tokio

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 7

A theatre built of wood and plaster crammed with 1500 people caught fire at Antung, Manchuria, to-day and at least 658 people,…

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680 Bodies Recovered Theatre Fire Holocaust In Manchuria

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 5

LONDON,Sunday:--A message from Tokio says 680 Bodies have been recovered following a disastrous fire…

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Bushfires in W.A. Settlers Suffer Heavily PERTH

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 3

More than 1500 people have suffered as the result of raging bushfires in the Denmark district, west of Albany, and many miles of…

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Fire Station New Officer Appointed For Casino

Northern Star · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 5

Mr. C. Edwards, who has been officer in charge of the Casino fire station for about four years, has been transferred to a Sydney…

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Hews From All Sources Wheel Tree or Fire Tree. Not So Rare

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 2

Mr. R. A. Anderson, Botanist and Curator of the National Herbarium of N.S.W., writing to the Editor, of the "R.R. Herald" relative to the…

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Rockhampton Blaze ROCKHAMPTON

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 7

It is estimated that £75,000 damage was caused by a fire which destroyed four shops in East-street, on Sunday morning. The premises destroyed…

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Disastrous Fire at Rockhampton Firemen Injured in Explosions

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 February 1937 · page 4

ROCKHAMPTON, Sunday:--An explosion that was heard three miles away awakened residents at dawn to-day to a fire which swept…

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£75,000 DAMAGE Rockhampton Fire BRISBANE

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 3

More than £75,000 damage was caused by a fire which broke out in the principal business area at Rockhampton to-day. Most of the damage…

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Fire in Mine Men Withdrawn NEWCASTLE

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 February 1937 · page 7

All men were withdrawn and the mine sealed when a fire broke out in a section of Happy Valley mine this afternoon. Parties from the mines…

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Fire in Mine

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday:--Fire broke out underground at the Happy Valley colliery, near Merewether, this afternoon. It is believed that the hessian…

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Fire Commissioners SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 6

Ald. T. D. Mutch (Double Bay) to-day was re-elected to the Board of Fire Commissioners as representative of the City and Suburban…

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Heavy Damage In Sydney Fire SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 8

Following an explosion a fierce fire broke out in a three-storeyed building, Bulletin Place, city, to-night and caused damage amounting to…

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Menace of Incendiary Bombs British Scheme Emergency Fire Brigade

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday:--An emergency fire brigade organisation against air attack with incendiary bombs was the subject of a…

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Two Persons Killed; Three Wounded Gendarmes Fire on Miners And Wives

Tweed Daily · Friday 26 February 1937 · page 6

BUDAPEST, Wednesday:-- Two persons were killed and three were wounded, when gendarmes fired a volley into a group of miners and…

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Women's Loss in Fire

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 4

Three employees at "Kilclare" guest house in Keen-street, Lismore, lost all their belongings and a fourth lost some of her…

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Missing Stinson Located Crashed on Range Two Passengers Alive Dramatic Search Story 'Plane Destroyed By Fire BRISBANE

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1937 · page 5

The Airlines of Australia Stinson 'plane, which was lost on Friday week last, on the trip from Brisbane to Sydney with seven occupants, was found at 4 o'clock this afternoon wedged between two trees on Roberts's Plateau…

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Sawdust Fire

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1937 · page 6

In Grafton Police Court on Monday, Julian Fowler Pidcock, of Nymboida, was proceeded against by the police on a charge of having on December 3, at…

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