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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

252 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 13 of 13

Fire

The Western Herald · Friday 9 December 1932 · page 2

Early Wednesday morning the fire alarm bells awakened residents from slumber, and the blaze was found to be the wood heap at Mr O'Mara's…

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Shocking Accident From Gas Stove Blaze Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 December 1932 · page 1

Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor (83) was shockingly burned when her clothes caught fire at her home in Redfern this morning. She was lighting a gas stove…

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Mails Burnt Out Booligal Way Driver Badly Burned Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1932 · page 1

A mail cur, together with several bags and mail, was destroyed by fire between Booligal and Ivanhoe. The driver had his hands badly…

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New Fire Engine

The Western Herald · Tuesday 13 December 1932 · page 2

On Sunday last a new fire engine arrived in Bourke and was seen round the town in charge of th local Fire Brigade. The new engine is iron…

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Fire Fighters Forming Up

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 December 1932 · page 2

With the advent of Christmas and the peak months of Summer approaching, the manon the land realises more than ever the dire…

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Southern Bushfire Heavy Station Losses Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 December 1932 · page 1

The bush fire menace in the Riverina has been allayed. Probably the heaviest loser was Goolgumbla station, where 500 sheep were killed, 6000 acres…

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Destructive Fire Raged for Three Days Auckland, N.Z.

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 December 1932 · page 1

A disastrous fire lias raged for three days at Ruatahunna, New Zealand. Before being extinguished, practically the whole of the…

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Bush Fire in N.z

The Western Herald · Tuesday 20 December 1932 · page 2

A disastrous bushfire raged three days at Ruatahana, New Zealand, before being extinguished. Practically the whole of the township helped to…

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Destructive Fire Lucerne Crop Destroyed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1932 · page 1

Five acres of lucerne were destroyed by a fire which broke out at Mr. H. willett's property, in Brisbane Street, North Dubbo, yesterday morning. The…

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Bush Fire Brigades Hints on Their Organisation

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 December 1932 · page 7

IN an article in the current Agricultural Gazette urging the timely formation of efficient fire-fighting units as a precaution against such…

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Bush fire Brigade. Annual Meeting. Town Fire-Fighters Thanked

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 December 1932 · page 8

With so many fires occurring: during the last few weeks. It mi not surprising that the Bush Fire Brigade should have received the support…

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Bush Fire Brigades. Hints On Their Organisation

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 December 1932 · page 3

In an article in the current Agricultural Gazette urging the timely formation of efficient fire-fighting units as a precaution against such…

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Christmas Mail Burnt Fire Out West

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 1

In no part of New South Wales is the Christmas mail more appreciated than it is in the Far West, where people are—few and many live on what can…

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