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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1926

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Sussex Street Fire. Ropemakers' Premises Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1926 · page 1

Considerable damage was caused by a file which broke out at premises occupied by John Shaw Ltd., ropemakers, and Cawsey Menck and Co., in…

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Near Tragedy Marks Filming of Fire Picture

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 29 June 1926 · page 1

Many people are not aware that the filming of thrill pictures is fraught with perils as if the scenes depicted had actually occurred in…

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Saved by Rain. Sensational Fire. Orange

The Daily Express · Tuesday 29 June 1926 · page 1

A sensational fire at Cadis last Wednesday when a heavy shower of rain extinguished flamed before they reached 3,000 [?] of…

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Charge of Arson. Cadia's Narrow Escape. Fire a Foot From Gelignite Store. Orange

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1926 · page 1

Geoge David Henderson was charged at the Orange Court to-day with having maliciously set fire to a building at Cadia, the property of Messrs…

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City Fire Slight Damage SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 June 1926 · page 1

AN OUTBREAK of fire occurred early this morning in the manufacturing portion of the General Chemical Coy., Auburn. The fire was…

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Fire Brigades Art Union

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 2

On Wednesday last, at the New South Wales Fire Brigade headquarters in Sydney, the governor, Sir Dudley [?] Chair, presented the…

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A Sunday Fire Home Burnt Out

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 2

Mr. D. H. Passlow, of Punch-Street, Gundagai, noticed a glare coming through his bedroom window, at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning, and,…

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Lockhart Fire Brigade

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 2

At a largely attended public meeting in the Lockhart Shire Hall it was unanimously decided to request the Minister for Local Government, through…

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Fire in New Zealand

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 July 1926 · page 2

Farmers' Auctioncoring Co.'s Premises at Cambridge, New Zealand, were destroyed by fire. The stock was valued £12,000…

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Fire at Canowindra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 2

Two buildings in the main street of Canowindra, occupied by E. E. Murray, merrer, and Mrs. algy milliner, were gutted by fire early this morning…

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Gocup Fire-fighters' Social

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 July 1926 · page 1

On Tuesday night last the local Fire Fighters' Association bold a social, for the purpose of raising funds to assist in buying the…

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Wagga Fire Brigade. Freehold of Old Site Not Permissable

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 6

At Thursday night's meeting of Wagga Municipal Council the Mayor, Ald. E. E. Collins, who is a member of the Board of Fine Commissioners, said…

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Family Perish Ghastly Cronulla Crime Axe, Revolver and Fire Burnt Bodies in Fire Debris SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 July 1926 · page 3

A ghastly and mystiflying tragedy occurred at Kingway, Cronullna, at 3-40 o'clock this morning, when a family of four perished…

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Steamer on Fire

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1926 · page 2

The steamer Kooringa, which left Melbourne yesterday morning, for Tasmania, with 6000 cases of benzine on board, was reported in the…

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Schooner Afire Fireman Seriously Injured Fighting Fire in Hold. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 5

Fireman J. Bolger, of the Newcastle Headquarters Brigade, was badly injured while assisting to fight a fire on the schooner Louis Theriault last night…

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Big Blaze Timber Stacks in Flames Army of Firemen Fighting Fire Beaten After Several Hours SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1926 · page 2

Notwithstanding that thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused by a fixe which broke out in the Union Box Co.'s timber…

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Californian Fires. Forests and Towns Burnt People Fleeing From Its Path Montreal

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 July 1926 · page 5

San Francisco reports states that forest fires have been burning practically unchecked for several days in a dozen parts of Northern California…

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New Fire Station

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 2

The Mayor reported at the meeting of the council held last night that the Board of Fire Commissioners desired to be present at the laying of the…

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Chinese Stowaways Ten on Oil Tanker Lighted Fire Near Benzine Crafty Escape Plan at Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 2

In the Central Police Court, to-day, 10 Chinese appeared on charges of being prohibited immigrant. The Chinese arrived in Sydney on board…

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Big City Fire Picture Theatre Endangered Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 1

Heavy damage was caused by a fire which destroyed the premises of Messrs. H. H. Groth and Co., wholesale paint, oil, and glass merchants…

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