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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

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Motor Lorry on Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 1 December 1930 · page 1

A Chevrolet motor lorry, owned by Mr. J. Pearce, caught fire in Bourkestreet, yesterday afternoon. The owner extinguished the blase with sand,…

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Gilgandra Fire Railway Station Gutted Gilgandra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1930 · page 1

The Gilgandra railway station and adjoining premises were completely destroyed by fire early this morning. Many valuable papers and documents…

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News of Nyngan Disastrous Fire—Rain and Storms—"Minnie" Golf — Convent Bazaar—Death of Old Nyngan Ex-Resident—Personal Personal

Western Age · Wednesday 3 December 1930 · page 2

Mrs. R. A. Giddy has returned home with her baby girl, who has been seriously ill in Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. The child is now out of…

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Destructive Fire Gilgandra Railway Station Destroyed Early Morning Blaze

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 1

A fire, the origin of which is a mystery, completely destroyed the Gilgandra railway station at an early hour on Tuesday morning…

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Destroyed by Fire. Gilgandra Railway Station

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 5

Fanned by a strong southerly breeze, a fire destroyed the waiting room, refreshment room, parcels office and station master's office at…

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News of Nyngan Disastrous Fire--Rain and Storms--"Minnie" Golf--Convent Bazaar--Death of Old Nyngan Ex-Resident--Personal Personal

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 4 December 1930 · page 6

Mrs. R. A. Giddy has returned home with her baby girl, who has been seriously ill in Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. The child is now out of…

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For Bush Fire Fighting

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 2

Mr. George Wilkins recently wrote to the Hon. W. F. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, suggesting that a proportion of the money now allocated…

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Blaze at Wingham Wingham

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 1

A fire at Wingham yesterday destroyed several buildings in the shopping block…

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Destructive Fire. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 2

A fire at Wingham yesterday destroyed several buildings in the main shopping block…

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Destructive Fires Factory Destroyed Heavy Damage Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 1

A factory occupied by R. W. Bundle, woodturners, und A. E. Penrose, toymakers, at Stanley-street, Redfern, was destroyed by fire last night. The…

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Lightning Causes Fire CONDOBOLIN

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 1

The Royal Hotel at Mount Hope, 90 miles from Condobolin, was struck by lightning during a storm, caught fire and was completely gutted…

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Factory Destroyed by Fire Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 December 1930 · page 2

A factory occupied by R. Emslie, wood turner, and A. E. Penrose, toy-maker, of Stanley Street, Redfern, were destroyed by fire last night. The…

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Lightning Causes Fire

Western Age · Wednesday 10 December 1930 · page 1

The Royal Hotel at Mount Hope, 50 miles from Condobolin, was struck by lightning during a storm, caught are and was completely gutted…

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Fiddling with the Fire

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 11

By weakly tarrying to argue with a set of reactionary extremists who wish to repeat the disastrous war-time experiment of inflation, the Federal…

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Calamity Cabinet Fiddling With the Fire National Humilation

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 5

"By weakly tarrying to argue with a set of reactionary extremists who wish to repeat the disastrous war-time experiment of inflation, the Federal…

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Careless Use of Fire. Penalties Under the Act

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 9

It has always been an offence under this Act for any person to leave, either temporarily or otherwise, any fire which he has lighted or used in…

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Coonamble Hotel Gutted by Fire Inmates' Narrow Escape Coonamble

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 11 December 1930 · page 1

The Commercial Hotel here was gulled by fire last night, and the inmates had a narrow escape…

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Long Correspondence Sheet of Council Police to Assist in Hard Times Public Meeting to Honor Ex-Member Thorby Fire Brigade Receives Praise

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 December 1930 · page 8

As a prelude to Tuesday's Council meeting, the Mayor (Aid, J. Barden) detailed his interviews with the powers-that-he during his…

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Fires in Wheat Crop Considerable Damage Done. at Dripstone

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 2

A fire in a wheat crop on the property of Messrs Hughes Brothers at Dripstone on Thursday last did considerable damage, and about 60…

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Benalong Brigade Fire Fighters in Action

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 3

The value of an efficient organisation for lighting bush fires was very amply and forcibly demonstrated when the above Brigade was called into action…

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