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Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Fire at Inverell Serious Damage Inverell

The Daily Express · Wednesday 8 November 1922 · page 2

A [?] fire at Inverell this morning early, destroyed [?] butcher shop. Fong Lee’s general store, and Thomas’ [?] store, and…

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Serious Bush Fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 2

That the abundant herbage of this season is rapidly reaching a highly inflammable stage is shows by the outbreak of a serious fire a Urangeline…

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To Fight Fire. Some Important Precautions

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 4

Every, year during the summer the fire demon licks up stretches of crops and grass in this State aggregating in farmers' neglect to take elementary…

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Local and General News. a Dwelling and Contents Demolished Ry Fire

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 2

Mr J Griffiths' residence at about 4 a.m last Sunday was completely demolished by fire. The in mates, Mr and Mrs Gri[?]ths :and their five…

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Riverina Grass Fires Sparks From Engines Berrigan

The Daily Express · Saturday 11 November 1922 · page 7

A deputation, [?] adjacent to the railway waited on the Berriman Shire Council and urged upon the Railway Commissioners the…

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Fire at Coolamon

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1922 · page 2

About 1216 on Friday nielli a fire was discovered in the back room of a collage in Mimosa-street, Coolamon, which had been occupied by Mr. Heywood. Mr…

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£100,000 Fire. Sydney Building Destroyed. Footballers’scramble. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1922 · page 4

Damage estimated at nearly £100,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Dymock’s Buildings, 68 Elizabeth-street. this morning. Over 60 firemen…

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Bush Fires Round Sydney Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 November 1922 · page 1

The City and Harbor were obscured in smoke and have to-day, from bush fires which have been blaring round Middle Harbor since yesterday…

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Blaze at Surry Hills. Electric Wire Fuses. Damage from Falling Walls. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 November 1922 · page 1

A fire in Crown-street, Surry Hills early this morning completely gutted a saw mill and joinery factory. When the flames were at their…

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At the Pictures Films Cause Trouble Fire at Grenfell. Grenfell

The Daily Express · Tuesday 14 November 1922 · page 1

A stampede occurred among the audience at the Star Pictures at the Oddfellows’ Hall on Saturday, when the operator raised a cry of “Fire.”…

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Fire at Surry Hills. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 November 1922 · page 3

A fire in Crown-street, Surry Hills, early this morning completely gutted a sawmill and joinery factory. When the flames were at their height the…

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Bush Fires Lower Mountains Ablaze. Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 16 November 1922 · page 2

A strong Westerly breeze fanned bush fires whoch are raging all over the tower Blue Mountains to-day. One [?] Lawson and crossed the…

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Bush Fires. Outbreak on Blue Mountains. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1922 · page 2

Serious bush fires are raging on the lower Blue Mountains and considerable damage is already reported. Fires are also in Springwood and Glenbrook…

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Township Burnt Out. Cookamidgera. Railway Station Escapes. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 November 1922 · page 1

The township of Cookamidgera, 11 miles from Parkes, has been burnt out. The only building of any consequence now left is the railway…

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Disastrous Fire. Township Burnt Out. Parkes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1922 · page 1

The township of Cookamidgera, 11 miles from Parkes, has been burnt out. The only building of any consequence now left is the railway station…

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The Fire Danger

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1922 · page 4

Owing, it is believed, to the carelessness of an employee, wife thoughtlessly threw down a cigarette butt, a fire broke out in the harvest field of Mr…

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A Terrible Death Woman Sets Herself on Fire Broken Hill

The Daily Express · Saturday 18 November 1922 · page 4

Mary Ethel [?]yre 34 a [?]ed woman was seen [?]nnin[?]n the yard of her residence yesterday afternoon with her clothes a[?] Neighbours…

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Railway Engine Causes Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1922 · page 2

A fire on Saturday broke out in Mr. J. F. O'Regan's Oak Hill farm, just after a train passed going from Bomen to Wagga. and when opposite Oak Hill…

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Burnt to Death. Camp-fire Tragedy. Hay

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1922 · page 3

While on his way home from Hillston, Charles Hutchinson, a Well-known Gunbar resident, fell asleep beside a camp-fire. His clothing caught slight…

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Hotel Destroyed. Fire in North Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1922 · page 3

The Postmaster-General received a message from the postmaster at Pra[?]ic to the effect that the Railway Hotel and contents was destroyed by fire at…

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