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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

299 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 11 of 15

Orange Fire Brigade

The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 September 1929 · page 2

Stripped of all technical terms, the Orange Fire Brigade's new 60- horse power motor turbine can lift 42,000 gallons of water per hour from…

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Destructive Bourke Fire Loss of £20,000

Western Age · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

A destructive fire occurred at Toorale Woolscour, Bourke, last week, when the premises were completely burnt to the ground. The fire also…

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Lispings From Louth Wool Prospects the Fire Fiend Personal

Western Age · Thursday 12 September 1929 · page 2

Miss Freda Goodsir, who has been holidaying with her unut, Mrs. Woods, of Dunlop, has returned to Sydney. A successor to the late Constable…

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Fire Brigade

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 September 1929 · page 2

Arrangements will be made in the coarse of a few days to have a lighted lamp in front of the Fire Station every night. This will have the…

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Fatal Fire Outbreak at Broken Hill Broken Hill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 16 September 1929 · page 1

When a house was destroyed by fire at Broken Hill yesterday Mr. and Mrs. John MrCleish were badly burned. The latter died shortly afterwards and the…

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Lorry Load of Lucerne on Fire

The Western Herald · Saturday 21 September 1929 · page 2

At 2 o'clock on Thursday a lorry load of lucerne hay in the Railway yards was found to be on fire, and upwards of 104 bales were burnt or…

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Morning Blaze. [?]ttaged Destroyed [?]cape of Mother and [?] Small Children

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 3

[?] I'm Choking," was [?] little girl in bed at [?] Mr. and Mrs. R. Ward, [?] at three o'clock…

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Wool A'fire Spontaneous Combustion

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 23 September 1929 · page 4

Word was received at the Dubbo District Railway Superintendent's office on Saturday that two trucks of wool located in the Goods Yard,…

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Blaze At Railway. Two Trucks of Wool Damaged

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1929 · page 2

On Friday night last two trucks of wool were found to be on fire at the Railway loading bank. The Fire Brigade were quickly. on the scene and…

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The Strangle Hold Constable Fires Sydney

Western Age · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 2

Constable Bartlett proceeded to a house at Rooty Hill late last night and found Thomas Charles Aiken (19), one of the two youths who broke out of…

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The Strangle Hold Constable Fires Fatally Wounds Escapee Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 26 September 1929 · page 1

Constable Bartictt proceeded to a house at Rooty Hill late last night and found Thomas Charles Aiken (19), one of the two youths who broke out of…

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Fire at Macquarie Stud Farm. Large Quantity of Fodder Destroyed

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 September 1929 · page 2

AT about eight o'clock on Thursday night last, a five was noticed in the large hay, grain and machinery shed on Mr. Harry Taylor's…

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Blaze at Manly Inmates' Close Call Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 1

When a fire broke out this morning in a block of buildings ut Manly, including a residential, grocer's shop, and wine saloon, the inmates of the…

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Fire Inquiry

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 October 1929 · page 2

On Monday last Mr. F. W. Permewan (Coroner) conducted an inquiry into the cause of the recent fire of two trucks of wool at the Railway…

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Fire at Macquarie Stud Large Quantity of Fodder Destroyed

Western Age · Thursday 3 October 1929 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

At about 8 o'clock on Thursday night last, a fire was noticed in the large hay, grain and machinery shed of Mr. Harry Taylor's Macquarie Stud Farm. The…

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Getting Desperate Child's Cot Stoned Bomb That Missed Fire Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 October 1929 · page 1

A number of men visited the home of Roderick Armstrong, timberworker, at Marrickville, late on Wednesday night, and hurled large stones through…

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Fire on White Bridge

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 7 October 1929 · page 1

The Fire Brigade, under Officer Thornton, turned out in response to an alarm on Saturday afternoon when the white traffic bridge over the Macquarie…

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OMINOUS! Union's Hanging Fire Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1929 · page 1

A full committee of the Mining Industry Unions met in Sydney to-day, to consider the appeal of Premier Bavin that they confer with, the colliery…

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