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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1922

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Fire Near Jerilderie. Jerilderie

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1922 · page 3

The Nowrani woolsheds and contents near Jerilderie have been totally destroyed by fire. The police are investigating the matter…

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Local and General Helping Bush Fire Brigade

The Daily Express · Saturday 9 December 1922 · page 2

At yesterday’s meeting of the Kyeamba Shire Council, it was decided to donate £2/2/ to the funds of the Pull[?]top and Clifton Bush Fire Brigade…

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Fire on Ferry. Outbreak in Mosman Bay. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 December 1922 · page 3

With a full complement of passengers on board, the ferry steamer Kangara caught fire in Mosman Bay this afternoon. The roof and portion of…

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Disastrous Fire Large Town Destroyed Millions Op Dollars Damage Vancouver, December 8

The Daily Express · Monday 11 December 1922 · page 1

Astoria (Oregon) reports that a fire which commenced at 3 o’clock in the morning destroyed 200 business buildings, representing a loss of…

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Irish Fires. Organised Operations. Heartless Raiders. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 December 1922 · page 1

The Irish fires, which all occurred between 9 and 9.25 on Sunday morning were clearly the result of organised operations…

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Ireland. Another Outrage Setting a Train on Fire London, December 9

The Daily Express · Tuesday 12 December 1922 · page 1

The rebels have committed another dastardly train outrage at Dublin As the night mall train steamed in…

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Bad Bush Fire Grass and Crop Burned Outbreak at Oregadoo

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 December 1922 · page 2

About 2 o’clock yesterday a dangerous bush fire occurred at Gregadon. It started in [?]ne long grass on Mr. Horace Roy’s farm, sad, fanned…

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Gregadoo Fire. Eighteen Square Miles Devastated

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 December 1922 · page 2

On the property of Mr. Horace Roy, Gregadoo, at about 2 o'cloCK yesterday afternoon, a fire started in long grass. The cause is not known. The wind…

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[?]Ghters True Story of a Real Fire Act I.

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 December 1922 · page 2

Scene: Farmhouse within the 100 mile radius of Wagga. Elmer Party breakfast Farmer, wife and family at table…

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Bush Fires

The Daily Express · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 2

About four o’clock yesterday afternoon the bush fire that caused a considerable amount of damage at Gregadon on Tuesday broke out again,…

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Early Morning Blaze. Two Firemen Suffer. £50,000 Damage. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 1

A store belonging to the Harbour Trust Commissioners, in Erskine-street, and used for the storage of inflammable goods, was the scene of a…

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Fire at Henty a Good Save Henty

The Daily Express · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 2

A fire, fortunately not attended with serious results, caused a stir In tho town this afternoon. The outbreak occurred in a shed at the rear of…

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Bush Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 2

At about 11 a.m. yesterday a his broke out on the Lacma[?]ac Soldiers' Settlement, at the foot of Stevenson's Hill, where the men are quarrying…

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Serious Fire. [?] and Turpentine [?] DANGER [?] SYDNEY, T[?]day

The Daily Express · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 1

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Fire on Lacmalac Soldiers Settlement. Much Devastation. Several Settlers Properties Traversed

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 4

Yesterday while the men employed on the Shire road work at Laemalae were at lunch a lire broke out in the grass near the quarry from which…

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Disastrous Fire. Harbor Trust Stores Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £50,000. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 2

The store belonging to the Harbor Trust commissioners in Erskine-street, and used for the storage of inflammable goods, was the scene of a…

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[?]Use Fire Brigad[?]

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1922 · page 4

Yesterday the directors of the Wagga Pastures Protection Board voted donations of £2/2/ to the Lake Albert and Pull[?]op-Clifton bush fire brigades, in…

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Fire at Petersham. Occupants' Narrow Escape. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 December 1922 · page 1

Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning the occupants of a butcher's shop tenanted by Albert Gibbs, at Petersham, were awakened by the…

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Borambola Bush Fire

The Daily Express · Tuesday 19 December 1922 · page 2

Yesterday evening a bush fire occurred at Borambola on Mr George b[?] The fire started at about [?] in a income [?] the…

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Careless Use of Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1922 · page 2

An interesting case was before Messrs. W. J. Hiscock and J. Nugent, J's.P., on Monday, when Ernest Radford, who had only been in this…

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