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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1929

821 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 42

Fire at Old Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 2

The residence of Mr. T. Bond Old Junee was totally destroyed by fire about 11.15 on Wednesday night Mr. Bond and his two sons were in Junee…

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Fire on Steamer Remarkable Allegations Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 2

Startling allegations were made at an inquiry concerning a fire on the steamer Maweena at Bellerive in January…

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Fire on Steamer Remarkable Allegation HOBART

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 1

Startling allegations were made at an inquiry concerning a fire on the steamer Waweena at Bellerive in January…

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North Melbourne Fires Work of Incendiarists £400 Stolen From House Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 1

The home of Mr. Patrick Sullivan, a well known contractor, at North Melbourne, was considerably damaged by fire last night whilst the occupiers…

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Insane Asylum Fire 19 Inmates Perish Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

It has been ascertained that 19 patients died as the result of the burning of an insane asylum. There were heartrending scenes when the survivors…

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Fire at Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 2

Yesterday morning, about 3.30 o'clock, a fire broke out at the fruit shop and cafe of Mr. Bryant, Narandera. The shop was completely…

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Fire at Griffith

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 2

At the unseemly hour of three a.m. an unoccupied small cottage at Griffith, was destroyed by fire in the presence of most of the residents of the…

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Gilmore Fire Fighters' Association

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 2

A meeting of the above was held at the Bureau Hall on Thursday night. In attendance were:—Messrs. A. W. Davis (chair),…

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Fire at Narandera Narandera

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 1

Yesterday morning, about 3.30 o'clock, a fire broke out at the fruit shop and cafe of Mr. Bryant, Narandera. The shop was completely…

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FIRE Schoolboys to the Rescue

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 2

The boys of the De la Salle School Were the means of quelling what might have been a serious fire, which broke out in Mr. Bayliss's residence in…

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Wilfully Caused. Coroner's Verdict Pearce & Whitehead's Fire

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 3

The coronial inquest into the fire at the premises of Pearce and Whitchead, in Kurrajong Avenue in January resulted in a…

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FIRE Mr. A. Bryant's Shop Gutted Good Save by Fin Brigade

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 2

In the early hours of yesterday morning the ringing of the fire bell aroused a large number of residents from their slumbers…

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Fire Destroys Store Wyalong

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 3

Damage estimated at £3000 was caused by fire which broke out at 4 o'clock this morning in Neill's store at Weethalla…

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Fire at Waterloo Much Damage Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 3

Damage estimated at several thousand pounds, was caused by a fire which broke out at Mauri Bros. and Thompson's store at Waterloo…

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Fire at Waterloo Much Damage SYDENEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1929 · page 1

Damage Estimated at several thousand pounds, was caused by a fire which broke out at Maurl Bros, and Thompson's store at Waterloo last…

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Disastrous Fire Engineering Works Burnt Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1929 · page 3

Damage estimated at £40,000 was caused by a fire which practically gutted the engineering works af Williams Adams and Co. at Alexandria…

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Fire Bell Rings

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

At half past 7 on Tuesday evening the ringing of the fire bell cre­ated quite a stir in the town. People rushed to the fire station only to…

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Fire Rages During Rainstorm

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

At Forbes on Wednesday in less than an hour just on two inches of rain fell. The downpour commeilced just as the horses passed the post…

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Fire at Town Hall Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 4

A fire, broke out in the Sydney Town Hall early this morning, as a result of the fusing of electric wires. Some of the woodwork at the top of…

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