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Fires & bushfires, 1924

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Fires in Tasmania Hobart

The Daily Express · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 2

Bush [?] raging in the thickly wended Tyenna Valley, Mount Field and the [?]ber company No 2. mill has been destroyed as also a saved…

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Randwick Fire Investigation. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 2

The Randwick police are investigation the peeculiar circumstances susrounding a fire in a boot shop in that suburb. When the fire was put out…

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The Fire Brigade. Record of Years Activities

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 2

Sub-station Officer W. G. White has prepared his annual report of the activities of the Wagga Fire Brigade. During the year 1923 there were 16…

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Blaze Near Old Cannery

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

The prompt action of Mr. Bill Maybin saved a fire on New Year's Day. [?] was returning to the Butter Factory when he noticed a blac at the…

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Wallendbeen Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Chatting at Wallendbeen the other day with Mr. Moriarty, he showed as 24 fire beaters all ready inc ase of a call. The handle is of hickory,…

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Wagga Fire Station

The Daily Express · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

The prospects of Wagga possessing a more up-to date fire station are becoming brighter. Advice has been received by the Municipal Council…

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Christmas Fires. Two Ok the One Night

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 5

The disintegration at Coolamon by fire inexorably progresses, and residents find themselves frequently speculating as to whose premise will be the nest to…

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Facts and Fancies. Matches and Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Each year there are manufactured in the United States about £1,200,000 worth of matches. In addition, the imports amount to £74,000. It is…

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Science Notes and News. Test for Fire-damp

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

One of the simplest of the many suggested tests for fire-damp in mines is that described the other day by Henry Briggs to the Scottish…

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Fire at South Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 1

At 8.50 on Saturday morning Mrs. Cameron, a resident of South Wagga, saw dense smoke rising high above a private garage in Murray street…

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Fire on the Leitrim. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 2

A message from Malta states that the stcamor Leitrim, bound to Dunkirk and London from Rockhampton and Brisbano, reports fire in her cross…

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Picture Theatre Fire Audience Stampedes. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 3

On Saturday night there was a sensation at the Liberty Picture Theatre, Fitzroy. Towards the end of the show a fire broke out in the machine room…

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Fire at South Wagga. Motor Car [?]And Shed Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 2

At 8.50 o'clock a.m. on Saturday Mrs. Cameron, a resident of South Wagga, saw dense smoke rising high above a private garage in…

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Floods and Fire. Seine Still Rising. Plight of Parisiens. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1924 · page 2

Reuter's Pails correspondent reports that the River Seine is sun rising but less rapidly. Tre Hoods arc expected to reach a level of 21 feet to-day when it…

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Moldavia's Fire. Passengers Lose Heavily. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 1

Many passengers, who arrived by the mall steamer Moldavia, in Sydney this morning, were heavy losers, as a result of the fire which broke out in…

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Fire at Cootamundra. £10,000 Damage. Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

At about 7 o'clock to-night Mr. Fred Legge's business premises in Parker-street, Cootamundra, with stock and fittings, were destroyed by a fire which…

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Problem for Police Fire and Tragedy Hobart

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 2

The police are investigating the ourious circumstances surrounding the death, near Parr[?] George Bailey, aged 73, an [?] old…

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S.S. Leitrim's Fire. Wool Cargo Damaged. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 3

The fire in the hole of S.S. Leitrim has been extinguished and the vessel is now discharging the contents of the damaged hold. So far 620 bales…

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Fire! Mr. F. C. Legge's Shop. Bulk of the Stock Damaged Brigade Confines the Flames

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1924 · page 3

Last night, at about 7, the brigade was summoned to an outbreak of fire in the main street, in the fancy goods shop kept by…

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The Cootamundra Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1924 · page 2

Further particulars are given by our Cootamundra correspondent concerning the conflagration which occurred in the main street of that town on Monday…

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