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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

821 stories in Riverina's papers · page 26 of 42

Mystery Fire at Goulburn Cafe Goulburn

The Daily Express · Monday 26 August 1929 · page 1

A mysterlous fire, which occurred carly on the morning of July 27, was the subject of an open verdict after an inquest by the coroner…

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Manilla Fire Flour [?] GUTTED [?]

The Daily Express · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 2

The [?] Milling [?] at [?] [?] dam[?] [?] and…

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Disastrous Fire Flour Mill Destroyed £30,000 Damage Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 August 1929 · page 2

A disastrous fire broke out at 1 o'clock this morning at the mill of the Manilla Flour Milling Co. Ltd., at Manilla. The damage is estimated at…

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Fire Brigades' Employees Bequest for Appeal Board Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 August 1929 · page 3

The Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey to-day promised a deputation from the New South Wales Fire, Brigades Employees' Association that he would…

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More Disturbances in Suburbs of Jerusalem Police Fire on Arabs Jerusalem

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 August 1929 · page 4

Disturbances broke out at Telaviv in the vicinity of which 200 British troops are stationed. Moslems formed a procession through the streets…

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Fire at Windsor Sydney

The Daily Express · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 4

Early this morning a two-storey brick building, used as a produce store. at Windsor was completely gutted by fire with all its contents…

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Windsor Fire Safe Rifled by Thieves Attempted Shopreaking Frustrated Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 1

Early this morning a two-storey brick building, used as a produce store at Windsor, was completely gutted by fire, together with all its contents…

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Fire in Sydney Grace Bros.' Premises Man Injured by Salvage Waggon Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 4

Rushing to attend a fire at Grace Bros. premises to-night, a salvage waggon from the headquarters brigade knocked down and seriously injured…

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Fire House Gutted

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 September 1929 · page 2

Just after midnight on Saturday, a fire broke out in Mr. Clark's house on the corner of Yass and Temora roads. Within ten minutes, the…

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Saturday Night's Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

In connection with the fire on Saturday night Mr. Montgomery, insurance assessor, came to Cootamundra this morning…

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Fire at Mungindi Royal Hotel Destroyed Mungindi

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

The Royal Hotel was destroyed by fire early this morning. A dance hall and a billiard room adjoining were also destroyed. The fire fighters were…

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Fire in Shop Occupants Escape Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1929 · page 4

A fire broke out early this morning in a confectionery shop at The Spit Junction. When the fire brigades arrived the bedrooms were filled with…

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Tenement Fire Eleven Persons Killed London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1929 · page 4

A fire early this morning gutted a block of tenements at Smethwick, a suburb of Birmingham. Eleven persons were killed, including the father and…

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Eleven Killed in Birmingham Fire London, September 2

The Daily Express · Wednesday 4 September 1929 · page 4

A fire early this morning gutted a block of tenements at Smethwick, near Birmingham. Eleven were killed, including a…

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Fire at Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1929 · page 4

Yesterday morning, about 5 o'clock, a disastrous fire occurred at Mr. Trim's drapery store and Mr. Garner's grocery and ironmongery…

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Narandera Fire Two Stores Gutted Narandera

The Daily Express · Thursday 5 September 1929 · page 2

A big and disastrous fire broke cut this morning at about 5 o'clock, when the drapery store of Trak[?] and the grocery and ironmongery of…

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Fire Near Bourke Wool Scour Burnt Bourke

The Daily Express · Thursday 5 September 1929 · page 3

Fire destroyed "Toorale" wool. scour, 50 miles from Bourke, last night, causing damage es[?]ted at £20.000. Over 700 bales of wool…

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Fire at Wool Scours £20,000 Damage Bourke

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1929 · page 1

A fire destroyed the Toorale wool scours, 50 miles from Bourke, last night, causing damage estimated at £20,000. Over 700 bales of wool…

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Fire at Narandera

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 2

Two large stores were gutted by fire in Narandera main street, at 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning. The premises destroyed were L. D. Trim,…

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Big Fire Challenge Stores Destroyed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 2

For the second time within 10 years, fire has caused the destruction of the buildings at the intersection of East and Bolton Streets known as the…

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