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Fires & bushfires, 1929

821 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 42

Billiards Wagga Fire Brigade Tournament

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 3

The Wagga Fire Brigade is running an open billiards tournament in which so far nearly eighty entries have been received. As the proceeds from the…

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Fire at Grammar School Nurses Escape in Night Attire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 April 1929 · page 4

Nurses attached to the staff of Trinity Grammar School, Du[?]wich Hill, were awakened about midnight with someone calling loudly, "Fire," and found…

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Stables on Fire £350 in Notes Lost Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1929 · page 2

Stables in Minter street, Canterbury were totally destroyed by a fire early this morning. The owner lost £350 in notes which had been con[?]ed in a…

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Fires

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 2

Two fires occurred in Tumbarumba in the early hours of yesterday (Thursday) morning…

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Leeton Fire Brigade Five Proficient Drivers

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 2

Inspector Coghlan put five members of the local fire brigade through their, proficiency tests on Wednesday night" as drivers of the engine. He…

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Gulargambone Fire Hotel Destroyed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 1

A fire at Gulargambone destroyed the Club House Hotel and an adjoining cottage. The damage is estimated at more than £6,000. Four other buildings…

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Fire at Gulargambone Hotel Destroyed SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 1

A fire at Gulargumbone yesterday morning destroyed the Club House Hotel and an adjoining cottage. The damage is estimated at more than…

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Fire at Theatre Boys Released on Probation Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1929 · page 6

Two boys, aged 8 years and 11½ years respectively, pleaded guilty at the Camp[?]ie Police Court to-day to a charge of having set fire to the Bank[?]…

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Fatal Fire Woman Dead Under Bed Husband Badly Burned Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1929 · page 4

Owing to some sulpha[?] which had been [?] burning m[?] spreading on the floor of the Kitchen of a [?] in which John Ewart aged [?]…

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Junee Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 4

On Saturday night a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Pike, in Ducker street, Junee. The furniture was almost wholly damaged…

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Fire Queen Pars

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

There was a splendid kick off in the way of entertainments at Mr, A. [?] farm on Tuesday night. From the attendance and the way…

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Fire at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 4

The residence of Mr. L. Pike, of Ducker-street, Junee was almost wholly destroyed by fire at 9.40 o'clock on Saturday night. All the family were…

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Forest Fires

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 3

That Outario's efforts to cope with the forest fire menace are meeting with unqualified success is strikingly indicated by the Canadian…

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Races at Leeton Fire Queen Day

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 3

Excellent progress is being made with the campaign to crown Mrs. Alan Ross Reid country fire queen. The queen committee, which is…

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Leeton Fire Queen

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 2

The Carnival Committee are certainly a live body as the following list of functions will show:— April 24, Dinner and dance: 26…

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Lewisham Hospital Queen Fire Bridages Art Union

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 3

The organising committee of the Wagga Lewisham Hospital Queen, Mrs. R. Langdon, in the Fire Brigades Art Union, have so far been very…

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Tram on Fire Practically Destroyed Blown Fuse the Couse Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1929 · page 1

Severe damage was done to a tram in Darlington this afternoon when a fuse box blew out and the lames shot from beneath the ear. They soon had…

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Department Store Fire £20,000 Damage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 3

A quickly spreading fire considerably damaged the cash and carry department and the millinery and underwear departments of Fitzgerald and Sons'…

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Fire on Euripides Outbreak Quickly Subdued Firemen Use Smoke Masks London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 1

A fire broke out near the steerage of the liner Euripides lying in Gladstone D[?], Liverpool. The crew fought the flames until the arrival of the brigade…

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Fire at Winchendon Vale. Family’s Narrow Escape

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 2

At about 3.30 a.m. on Thursday April 11th Mrs J. McCormack of Winchendon [?]…

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