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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

581 stories in Riverina's papers · page 23 of 30

Hardy's Fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1923 · page 2

The official report upon the outbreak of fire at Hardys, Ltd., in the early hours of Tuesday morning was submitted to the deputy coroner, Mr. J…

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Local and General. Nearly a Fire!

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 24 September 1923 · page 2

In the stage anti-room at the Arcadia on Friday night, during the progress of the pictures a fire started among some stage screens packed away there. The…

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Fire at Tumbarumba Business Premises Gutted

The Daily Express · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 2

In the early hours of y[?] morning a disstous fire occured at Tu[?]arumba resulting in the complete destruction of Kelly and…

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Fire at Tumbarumba. £5000 Damage. Block of Buildings Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 September 1923 · page 2

The most disastrous fire in file history of Tuinbnrumba occurred about 2 a.m. yesterday. The fire, which started in Mr. H. Mather's billiard room, had…

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[?]A Fire

The Daily Express · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 2

[?] particulars to hand of the [?] at Tumbarumba state that, it completely burnt out the premises occupied by Henry Mather as a…

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Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 3

In the early hours of Monday morning a disastrous fire occurred at Tumbarumba, resulting in the complete destruction of Kelly & Cunningham's store and a…

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Disastrous Fire. Part of Business Portion of Town Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £6000

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 2

Tumbarumba has not been wanting for a sensation of late. At first there was an attempted murder and a threatened suicide, then a real suicide, and…

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Fire Bugs Big London Plot Incendiaries a Business London, September 29

The Daily Express · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 1

A remarkable story of a gigantic incendiary organisation, described as the greatest ever known in Britain, lies behind the conviction at the…

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A Suburban Fire. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 1

A block of buildings In course o! erection at Oatley caught alight from a, bush fire yesterday, and three buildings used storerooms, with…

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A Melbourne Fire Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 1

A fire gutted the produce factory A. Scarlet, at West Melbourne, early to-day. Stock aid plant worth between £9000. and £10,000 was…

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Communist Incendiaries. Heavy Casualty List in Bulgarian Fire. Country Now Under Control. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 2

The London "Daily Telegraph's Sofia correspondent reports that a fire at a fodder depot at Vratza, attributed the Communist incendaries, involved a…

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Mysterious Fire Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 October 1923 · page 1

The police are investigating a mysterious fire which occurred in Philip street yesterday, in the offices of P. A. Fildes, departmental…

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Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 2

An old aged pensioner, a resident [?] Adelong practically all his life, lost all he possessed by a fire on Tuesday night. He lived alone, and had lit a…

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Local and General News. Fire Bridade

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 2

The recent disastrous 6th in town [?] The need of having at…

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Fire Calls in September

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 4

The Wagga Fire Brigade was called but and attended to three fires during the month of September, Which is father a high figure, for one month in…

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Week-end Fires. Big Sydney Blaze. £8000 Damage. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 2

Damage estimated at £8000 was done by a fire which broke out early on Saturday morning at the Crown Confectionery Company's store in…

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Big Fire at Windsor

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 2

It was reported to-night that a fire broke out in the township of Windsor, about 35 miles from Sydney. Reports to hand are very conflicting…

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Launch on Fire. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 2

A launch in which Alfred Windle was fishing near Barrenjocy last night suddenly burst into flames. Only for the timely arrival of another launch…

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A Good Save Fire at Freezing Works

The Daily Express · Tuesday 9 October 1923 · page 2

Prompt work by the Wagga Fire Brigade prevented the destruction of the Freezing works of G. Julius Rohr Ltd. yesterday morning…

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Freezing Works Fire. Roof and Flooring Damaged. Good Save by Firemen

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1923 · page 2

Shortly after six o'clock yesterday morning, a fire broke out at the Wagga Freezing Works, owned by G. Juliuss Rohr, Ltd., within a few minutes the…

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