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Fires & bushfires, 1926

1,023 stories in Riverina's papers · page 51 of 52

Clothing for Fire Sufferers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 2

Mrs. G. P. Turner, secretary of the Wagga Country Women's Association, has received a parcel of men's and women's clothing from the Sydney…

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Fire At Ganmain Station a Good Save

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon at about 4.30 o'clock a fire started on Gaumna Station. Mrs. P. Reid noticed the fire and got into touch with Currawara on the…

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Schooner On Fire Six Lives Lost Washington

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 3

The United States coastguard schooner Lincoln was destroyed by fire to-day, off the coast of North Carolina. Six of the crew lost their lives…

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Fire at Mt. Piper Mine. Manager and Men Lose All Their Belongings

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 21 December 1926 · page 1

By a fire, which occurred in their house some distance from the Mt. Piper Gold Mine at Billapaloora on Thursday, Mr. Wm. O'Dwyer, the…

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Bush Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 4

Mr. A. Bolger, president, had the pleasure of presiding over a meeting an Saturday night, of about thirty members of the brigade, when…

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Bush Fires. Questions in House Member's Innuendo Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly to-day a request by Mr. Fitzpatrick that old railway sleepers should be made available to settlers whose holdings had…

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Wagga Red Cross Assisting Bush Fire Victims

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 2

The Wagga branch of the Red Cross Society is helping a Worthy cause with its surplus funds in connection with the Christmas cheer appeal. The…

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Fire At Malebo Crops and Grass Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 3

A fire occurred on "Walteela" Mateno, about lunch time yesterday, and resulted in the destruction of 40 acres, of standing wheat, two hay…

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Fire at Malebo Crops and Grass Destroyed WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 1

A FIRE occurred on "Walteela," Malebo, about lunch time yesterday, and resulted in the destruction of 40 acres of standing crop,…

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Fire Outbreak at Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 December 1926 · page 2

On Tuesday a fire broke out on Mr. J. Breen's property, about a mile south of the town, and rapidly spread into Mr. J. H. Edwards's grass…

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Recent Bush Fires R.A.S. SYMPTHETIC

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 3

The secretary of the Murrumbidgee Pasteral and Agricultural Association Wagga, has been advised that at the last meeting of the council of the Royal…

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Pavilion Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 2

The weatherboard pavilion on the Temora recreation ground narrowly escaped destruction by fire, a large hole being burnt on one side before…

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Bash Fires Another Death. Dubbo

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 6

Clifford Clarence Charles, it. who was seriously burnt In the Wyanga fire last San day week, died at coon to-day. Deceased was a son of a…

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Thieves Cause Fire Safeblowers Unsuccessful. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 December 1926 · page 4

Thieves made an unsuccessful attempt to blow the safe in the office of Tye and Co., furniture warehousemen, of Prahran, Mattresses and…

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Incendiarists At Work Cottage on Fire Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 December 1926 · page 4

Incendiarists are believed to have caused two fires at Richmond early today. The first fire occurred at a cottage…

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Fire In Albury Two Men Trapped Upstairs. Albury

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 December 1926 · page 1

During shopping hours this evening a fire broke out in the upstairs portion of M'Lellan and Co's, drapery establishment, one of the oldest…

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Fire In Wheat Belt One Crop Destroyed Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1926 · page 2

A message was received from Swanwater to-day stating that an outbreak of fire had occurred in the vast wheat belt 12 miles from St. Arnuad…

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Fire!

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 3

What threatened to be one of the most disastrous fires seen here for a considerable time was averted on Sunday morning last, by the prompt…

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Fire at Male Dormitories

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 2

On Christmas Day at 2 a.m. an alarm of fire was raised at the male dormitories, Leeton. Sleepers, possibly dreaming of the…

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New Fire Station at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 2

It is hoped to have everything in readiness for the official opening of the new Wagga fire station during the second week in January, probably about…

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