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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1924

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Bush Fires Bethungra’s Experience Suspicious Circumstances Bethungra

The Daily Express · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 2

A big bush fire became out of nand on a five mile front two miles from Bethungra on Tuesday afternoon to the hills near what is known as…

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Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 5

A fire occurred at Gocup during the Christimas Holidays on one of the Gocup Estate farms, when the camp of a subtenant Mr W. J. Dowling,…

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A Novel Fire Alarm

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 3

Most fire alarms have a glass front with instructions to break the same to give an alarm of fire. It is often difficult to find something with which…

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Wires and Cables This Afternoon Exclusively News Not Available Here by Any Other Paper Till To-morrow. Fire at Warrickville Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 1

A fire occurred [?] coach builders' premises at Morrickville to-day. The flames spread to a shed used as a stable; but the brigade effected…

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After Ihe Storm Bush Fire Down the Line the Rock

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 2

Lightning is blamed for a fire that accursed yesterday afternoon between The Rock and Yeronga Cr.eek, resoling in the destruction of about…

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[?] Ureek Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

During the intense heat at Boree Creek yesterday a fire started in Mr. C Riley's suburban holding, a mile from the town and spread to the…

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A Disastrous Fire

The Daily Express · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 7

Last week a destructive fire occurred on Mr. Jack Ba[?]farm, near Grong Grong, burning 800 tons of oaten hay in stack and stock, and…

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Fire in Baylis Street

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

The beginning of what might have been a serious fire was extinguished yesterday owing to the promptness of the Wagga Fire Brigade. Shortly…

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Big Melbourne Blaze. Knitting Mills Destroyed. 450 Workers Thrown Idle. Melbourne, Friday night

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1924 · page 4

A fire broke out to-night in the Australian Knitting Mills, an extensive three-storied building in Church-street, Richmond. It is not known at present…

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Bush Fires. 1200 Acres Burnt

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 2

On Thursday last a bush fire started on Mr Creswick's property at Wambidgee, and ran on to Mr. Michael Maher's property…

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Local and General the Bush Fires

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 2

The rain yesterday evening put the finishing touches on the fire outbreaks. Most of the land affected by the…

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Bush Fires. Riverina Outbreaks. One Approaches Gundagai. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 2

Outbreaks of bush fires are reported from the western and Riverina districts When the cry for fire fighters rang…

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Another Bush Fire Not Much Damage Done

The Daily Express · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 2

Though it covered a wide area, a fire near Book Book during the weekend did not cause much damage. It commenced at about 10.30 a. m. on…

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Gutted by Fire an Historic House Saturday Nights Blaze

The Daily Express · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 2

The trident changing of the[?] and a [?] red glow [?] by a [?] disturbed [?] holiday spirit on saturday…

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Mining at "Hell Fire." Big Body of Arsenic

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 2

The arsenic show which Tom Stuart and Con. Sullivan have been working on out Gobbarlong way for some months past,…

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Home Destroyed While Family Is at Carnival. Saturday Night's Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1924 · page 5

Laughing at the antics of amatear band conductors and joining in popular choruses the children playing in the sand at the Wagga beach carnival…

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Two City Fires £90,000 Damage. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 1

Beard Watson'a furniture factory a Redfern was gutted by fire at an arly hour this morning. An adjoining building containing…

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Items of News. Rabaul Fire Inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

A copy of the evidence takes at the official inquiry into the recent big fire at Rabaul has been received by the Minister, for Home and Territories,…

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Edward Street Fire. Appeal for Help

The Daily Express · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

The Mayor of Wagga Aid. D. T. Byrnes, writes to the Daily Express” as follows:— “Sir,—Will you be good enough to…

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Fire at Boree Creek. (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 3

Sir.— I wish to call your attention to a statement in your issue of January 19. The fire started on the next holding to mine occupied by Mr. C…

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