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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1927

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£10,000 Damage by Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 4

A fire broke out this afternoon in a stack of timber at the yards of the Rosefied Co., Glebe. Before the flames were subdued damage…

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Fires at Roseberry £12,000 Damage SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 November 1927 · page 1

Two fires occurred at the factor of Herman Slade and Co., maualacturing chemists. Primrose Avenue, Roseberry. The first was in a shed at…

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25 Persons Injured Motor Bus Overturns Vehicle on Fire Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1927 · page 1

Twenty-five persons were injured when a motor [?], carrying 27 passengers, crashed through a bridge on the Eaglehawk Road near Bendigo…

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£12,000 Damage by Fire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 2

A small fire which broke out last night and was then subdued, broke out afresh at 2 o'clock this morning in the main building of William…

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Colorado Strikes Miners Clash with Police Tear Bombs Used Police Fire on Mob Denver (U.s.a.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 November 1927 · page 2

Four men were killed and more than a score injured, six of them critically, when the long and tense mine dispute broke into open violence between…

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Bush Fire Danger. Three Start This Week

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 2

There was a bush fire at Mr. Stewart's place, the other side of Jugiong, at the beginning of the week. About 100 acres of grass country was…

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Motor Lorry Fires. Bolts Down Hill

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 2

Yesterday a motor lorry, owned by Contractor Higham, who is drawing gravel for Gundagai Shire Council was destroyed…

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"Blood and Fire" Migrants

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 2

The steamer Vendic, chartered by the Salvation Army, arrived at Albany, from Great Britain, with 645 migrants, and left, later, for eastern…

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FIRE At Young Flour Mill

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 2

At 6.30 on Tuesday night a fire broke out at the Young Co-op. Roller Flour mill in Lovell street. The building consists of three floors and a…

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Fire in Picture Theatre Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1927 · page 2

A fire occurred at the Trundle picture show last night through a film in the operating room bursting into flames, which, however, were soon…

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Bush Fire Danger

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 2

There was a bush fire at Mr. Stowart's place, the other side of Jugiong, at the begnining of the week. About 100 acres of grass country was…

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An Ingenius Fire Alarms Device

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 25 November 1927 · page 7

A demonstration of fire alarm device chat lftterally "sees" and responds to the faintest trace of smoke was a part of the display exhibited by…

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Children Start Fires Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

Two homes, one at Collingwood and the other at Brunswick, were damaged by fire on Saturday. It is believed that both outbreaks were caused by…

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Fire at Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 November 1927 · page 2

A fire broke out in some of the office buildings close to the [?]eo shed at the Narandera station and was discovered at 7 0'clock. The fire…

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The Fire Brigade. Special Meeting of Municipal Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 4

On Thursday last Mr. Watts, an officer of the Board of Fire Commissioners, visited Narandera in response to a letter written by the Municipal…

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Fire at Narandera Three Offices Burned Loco. Sheds Suffer NARANDERA

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 November 1927 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at the Narandera railway station about 7 o'clock on Sunday morning, and destroyed the three offices used by the…

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Bush Fires Raging Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 1

Bush fires are raging near Daylesford. Forest Officers are ready to call out volunteers should the flames extend towards any of the small…

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Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 3

Mr. A. Bolger, president, chaired a gathering of 27 at the annual morning, last Saturday, of the Wallendbeen Fire Brigade…

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Hay on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 November 1927 · page 2

A fire broke put on Sunday night at Stockman and Co's chaff mill. Henty Two large loads of hay on Waggons were ready to be cut for chaff and the…

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