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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

126 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 7

Fire

The Western Herald · Tuesday 5 December 1933 · page 2

A fire occurred at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning last in a storeroom belonging to the Public Works Department, Dear the wharf. The eastern…

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Bogus Fire Bugs Retract Early Story Leipzig

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1933 · page 1

Communist workers at the Reienstag fire trial have retracted their earlier statements that a revolution was planned, alleging that the police extorted…

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Disastrous Fire Woolscouring Works Destroyed Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1933 · page 1

A fire broke out this morning at the wool scouring works of Wright and Bruce, Mascot, and hundreds of pounds worth of damage was done before the…

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MENTAL Sets Fire to Himself

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1933 · page 1

Perth, Thursday After pouring liquid furniture over himself at Heathcote Mental Thomas Taylor, a patient, set…

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Timber Yards Destroyed by Fire Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1933 · page 1

Linay's timber yards and contents, at South Yarra, wera destroyed by fire last night. Two firemen received shocks from electric wires in buildings and…

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Fire in Mental Home

The Western Herald · Friday 15 December 1933 · page 3

At Heathcote, Western Australia, Thomas Taylor, a patient in a mental home, after pouring liquid furniture polish over himself, set fire to his…

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Dress on Fire Aged Woman's Terrible Death. Daughter's Plucky Attempt at Rescue

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 December 1933 · page 1

Mrs. N. Ryan (79) of Alexandria, was fatally burnt when her clothes caught alight at her home yesterday morning. Her…

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