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Fires & bushfires, 1926

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Fire at Wantabadgery

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2

A fire started on Saturday on the T.S. and C.R., Wantabadgery, burning about 20 acres of good grass. The flames were quickly got under control…

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Fires Oh Mount Buffalo

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

A fierce forest are is raging on the slopes of Mount Buffalo, and many men have been rushed to fight the flames. An awesome spectacle is…

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Fire at Temora

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

On Saturday evening a four-roomed weatherboard house in Trynam street, Newtown, Temora, owned by Ann McCullough, railway employee,…

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Disastrous Fire Residences Destroyed Perth

The Daily Express · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 2

A fire that occurred to-day near King’s Park attacked and [?]estroyed three big city residences. Others narrowly escaped…

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Miss-fire Dubbo Censure Motion Dudbo

The Daily Express · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 1

Excitement ran high at last night’ meeting of the Dubbo Labour League when motions for the expulsion of Mr. Alam, M.L.C., and of censure…

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Enormous Blaze Mount Buffalo Fire Now Out of Control Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 2

The fire which has broken out on the slopes of Mount Baffalo is now out of control. A message to this effect has been received from the manager of…

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Bottle Factory Fire Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 3

The factory of Butler and Norman, bottle manufacturers, at Alexandria, was party destroyed by fire early this morning. The cause of the outbreak…

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Causes Of A Fire Incriminating Statements Denied. Another Fire 13 Years Ago Sydney, Thursday.'

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

The City Coroner to-day held an inquiry into a fire which, broke out in promises in York-street, Sydney, occupied by Frank Herman Road, umbrella…

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Disastrous Fire at Dorrigo Shops and a Bank Destroyed SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

A destructive fire occurred in the main business centre of Dorrigo at 2.30. this morning. Six shops and the Australian Bank…

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Mine Disaster Explosion and Fire Men Terribly Burned Miner Killed and 20 Injured Redhead Colliery, Near Newcastle Newcastle

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 2
Also in Daily Advertiser

A terrible explosion occurred at the Redhead colliery, near Belmont, Lake Macquarie, to-day, as the result of which one man is…

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New Fire Station Fire Commissioner's Visit. Plans for New Building

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 4

Members of the Board of Fire Commissioners arrived at Wagga yesterday morning and conferred with aldermen regarding and new fire station. Four…

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Fire Station Commissioners’s Visit Council Examines Plans

The Daily Express · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 2

The New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners visited Wagga yesterday to decide, with the Municipal Council, the type of…

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Disastrous Fire Heavv Damage at Dorrigo Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 1

A Dorrigo message reports that a large and destructive fire occurred at Dorrigo this morning Six shops and the Australian…

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Fire at Dorrigo Several Shops Destroyed Crowd Watches Helplessly Dorrigo

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 1

A destructive fire occurred in the main business centre of Dorrigo at 2.30 o'clock this morning. Six shops and the Australian Bank of Commerce…

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Fire in Simmons Street

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

Just before 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon the Wagga Fire Brigade received a telephone call to attend an outbreak of fire in Simmons-street…

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Motor Cycle Blaze

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

In Fitzmaurice Street at about yesterday a motor cycle travelling along the street, suddenly caught fire through back-firing into the…

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"Rass Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

At 1.40 p.m. yesterday the Wagga Fire Brigade received a call by telephone advising that some grass was afire on the vacant allotment at the…

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A Grass Fire

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

At about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon the Wagga Fire Brigade was called to a fire near the railway station, and the fire motor, fully manned…

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Busy Fire Brigade

The Daily Express · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 2

After a silence of several months the Wagga fire bell has called the Brigade together four times in three days this week. A back yard fire in…

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