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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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After the Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 4

The fire which destroyed the premises occupied by Messrs. Sexton and Lord, motor car painters, recently, also destroyed a valuable plant which had…

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Fire at Kyeamba

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 2

A big fire broke out yesterday on Kyeamba .South, and burnt across to the Murraguldrie Forest. It is understood that the fire jumped the Main…

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Heidelberg Fire Melbourne

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 8

A serious grass fire swept over several office of dry country in the Heldelbers district [?] morning. Several housed were speedily…

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The Victorian Bush-fires

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 2

Recent bush-fires in Victoria are responsible for damage estimated at £100,000…

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Bush Fires. State Pine Forest Saved Belmore Blaze Out

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 2

Calm weather on Friday night, and a shower of rain on Saturday morning, combined with the efforts of the fire fighters to extingush bush fires which…

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Bush Fires Near Holbrook Holbrook

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 1

The most disastrous bush fires in the history of the district occurred on Saturday, and several homes were destroyed…

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Bush Fires Outbreaks at Tarcutta Blazing Motor Ignites Grass

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 2

A fire broke out about 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning near the Belmore Bridge, near Oberne. A motor car, driven by Mr. Metcalf, is said to…

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Tumbarumba Fire

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 2

A fire is reported to have broken out on Mr. Murray [?] in Park property, about 30 [?] south of Tumbarumba. The fire was stated to…

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Good Fire Save In Castlereagh Street SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 February 1927 · page 1
Also in The Daily Express

Quick work by firemen prevented a serious blaze at Citroen House, Castlereagh street, on Saturday night. The fire broke out on the fifth…

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Bush Fires Commission of Inquiry Few Centres to Be Visited Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 1

The General Secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. Cambridge, interviewed the chairman of the Bush Fires Commission,…

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Bush Fires Inquiries by Commission No Visits to Country Centres. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

The general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. Cambridge, interviewed the chairman of the Bush Fires Commission, Mr. J. B…

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Bush Fires Inquiries by Commission No Visits to Country Centres SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 1

THE GENERAL secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. Cambridge, interviewed the chairman of the Bush Fires…

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Bush Fires Outbreaks at Tarcutta. Blazing Motor Car Ignites Grass. Fencing and Grass Destroyed

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 3

A fire broke out last Wednesday morning near the Belmore bridge Oberne. A motor car, driven by Mr. Metcalf, is said to have caught fire…

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A Big Blaze Fire art North Goulburn GOULBURN

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 1

THE DESTRUCTION by fire of a weatherboard shed at the rear of Mrs. Crouch's residence, near Allison street, North Goulburn,…

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Water for Fires

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

In the discussion at the Wagga Municipal Council meeting on Thursday night on the water supply in case of fire, the general opinion was that in…

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Tumbarumba Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 3

A fire broke out on Air. Murray's Possum Park property, about 30 miles south of Tumbarumba. The fire destroyed the telephone lines in…

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Vic. Fires Score of Homes Burnt, Destruction at Beechworth Melbourne

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 1

Experts estimate the damage caused in the areas swept by bush fires in the Beechworth and Whitefield district at approximately…

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Fire in Kooba Street Cottage and Contents Destroyed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 3

In the early hours of Sunday morning between 1 and 1.30 a.m., an outbreak of fire was noticed in centre of the back portion of a cottage in…

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San Pedro Oil Fire Related in Sydney Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 1

A graphic story of a big oil fire at San Pedro was, related by the crow of the motor ship Hellanic, which arrived in Sydney to-day…

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