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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

746 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 38

Fire!

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 2

About 4.45 o'clock on Wednesday morning a fire broke out in the large weatherboard cottage located at the intersection of Audley and Adams…

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Fire at Harden

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 2

Shortly after midnight on Monday the whistles on the railway engines blew, indicating that a fire had broken out. The scene of the fire was No. 15,…

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Fire at Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 4

A weatherboard cottage at the corner of Audley and Adams streets, Narandera, and the contents were destroyed by fire on Wednesday…

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Fire at Junee Third in Four Weeks

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 5

At 3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire gutted a four-rooned brick cottage in Lisgar Street, Junee, the property of Mr. B. J. Gummins. The house, which…

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Disused Brewery Destroyed by Fire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

The old brewery at Tamworth was completely destroyed by fire at 2.30 o'clock this morning. The building, which was of two floors, had not been…

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Woman Fatally Burned Methylated Spirit Catches Fire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 1

White Mrs. Alice Bullear, aged 25 years, of the Cherrybrook dairy farm, pennant Hills, was pouring methylated spirit into a spirit lamp in which a low…

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Child Seriously Burned Nightdress on Fire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 1

Dorothy Jones, aged 4 years, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital early this morning ina critical condition suffering from extensive burns about…

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Ferntree Gully Bush Fire Threatens Mission Melbourne

The Daily Express · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 1

The bush fire which threatened "Ramoth," the Ferntree Gully babies' home of the Mission of St. James an St. John yesterday, went within 10…

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Fire Alarm

The Daily Express · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2

About 11.45 a.m. yesterday the Wagga Fire. Brigade was called put to a fire in the premises of Wallace and Co. wholesale fruiterers. Baylis…

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Fire in Collins Street

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2

Owing to the fusing of some [?] wiring in the ceiling of the premises of Wall[?] and Co., Collins street, Wagga, yesterday morning, the…

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Factory Fire Fiats Threatened Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 1

The cabinet factory of R. Bruce at Glebe was destroyed by fire shortly before 9 o'clock list night. Many residents of nearby flats left the…

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Clothes on Fire Girls Dreadful Injuries Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 1

Dorothy Conner, aged a [?] Angel-street, Newtown was terribly injured yesterday owing to her clothing catching alight. The child was…

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Clothes on Fire Girl's Dreadful Injuries SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 1

Dorothy Connor, aged 6 years, of Angel street, Newtown, was terribly injured on Saturday owing to her clothing cutching alight. The child…

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Fire at June Big Stores Damaged Considerable Stock Lost

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 5

One of the worst fires that have occurred in Junee for many years was attended by the Fire Brigade at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. The…

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Fire at Gasworks Few Feet From Gasometer West Maitland

The Daily Express · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2

A fire broke out in the meter house at the East Maitland Gasworks last light it is surmised that a leakage of gas reached the photometer,…

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Making a Holiday Boy Sets Fire to School Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 2

"I Old it because I wanted to [?] fishing" was the novel plea of a 14-year-old boy when charged in the Children's Court at Hamilton with…

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Wanted to Go Fishing Boy Sets Fire to School Hobart

The Daily Express · Monday 10 March 1930 · page 1

Taxed with having set fire to the State chool at Iuse, a 14-year-old boy admitted to the police that he had Started the fire because he wanted to…

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Park Street Fire. Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 1

Fire did considerable damage at the premises of Keogh Radio Company, Park Street, City, late last night. The firemen effected a good save, as the…

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Fire at Kempsey Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 1

A fire at Smithtown, in Kempsey district destroyed three business premises. At one time the main shopping block was threatened. A son of…

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Film Catches on Fire at Adelong

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 March 1930 · page 2

During the performance of a picture show in the Oddfellows' Hall at Adelong on Saturday night, a film jammed, and immediately there was…

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