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Fires & bushfires, 1930

746 stories in Riverina's papers · page 19 of 38

Kosti Church Fire Mothers of Victims Insane Bucharest

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1930 · page 1

As a result of the fire in a church at Kosti, a Rumanian village, in which more than 100 persons, mostly children, died, 24 mothers became insane and…

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Ten Years' Task Artists' Blaze of Color

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1930 · page 4

One of Italy's most distinguished artists, Commenda[?] C. T. Formilli, has been commissioned to decorate the whole of the interior of Brompton…

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House on Fire Man Rescues Wife and Baby Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 April 1930 · page 5

Awakened at 11.30 o'clock last night by the clatter of crockery falling from burning furniture in the kitchen, Mr S. J. Sesley, of Hampson-road,…

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Fire Commissioners to Visit Leeton To-day

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 April 1930 · page 2

The members or the Leeton Volunteer Fire Brigade will need to polish up their helmets for to-day the Board of Fire Commissioners will pay…

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Punchbowl Fire Escape in Night Attire Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 1

When a weatherboard cottage at Punchbowl caught fire this morning, Mrs. Mildred Heron escaped with her Sleeping daughter in their night…

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Fire Destroys House Narrow Escape of Occupants Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 1

When a weatherboard cottage at Punchbowl caught fire this morning Mrs. Mildred Herron snatched her sleeping daughter from her bed and escaped…

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Fire on Tanker False Evidence at Inquiry Two Men Fined Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 4

At the Summons Court to-day, James Burn, the chief engineer of the motor tn nicer British Honor, was fined £50 on a charge of having given false evidence…

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Indian Riots Fight at Madras Police Fire on the Mob Calcutta, April 29

The Daily Express · Wednesday 30 April 1930 · page 1

Two were killed and many injured in rioting at Madras, when the police opened fire on a mob of over 5000, who attacked them with stones…

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Fire at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1930 · page 4

At 1 o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in a brick store in Pitt-street, Junee, occupied by Mrs. M. Laurie as a general store. Before the…

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Re-building of Premises Destroyed by Fire at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1930 · page 4

A remarkable feature of the many fires which have occurred in Junee within the last few months is the foot that while the claims for the…

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Ohio Penitentiary Mutinous Outbreak Guards Fire On Convicts COLUMBUS (Ohio)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1930 · page 1

The State penitentiary, where 322 convicts were burnt to death recently, was the scene of renewed violence to-day, when the guards on duty with…

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Junee Council Fire Siren Discussed Relief Work For Unemployed C.W.A. DAY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1930 · page 6

The fortnightly meeting of the Junee Municipal Council was held on Tuesday night. Present were Aldermen R. M. Harris (Mayor), C. O'Sullivan, R…

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Fire Board to Visit Junee

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 4

Members of the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners will visit Junee on May 15, and will be entertained by members of the Junee…

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House on Fire Started by Thieves Perth

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 1

Thieves broke into the unoccupied home of Mr. Stephen Earle at Mt. Lawley last night, and after thoroughly ransacking the place set it on fire…

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New Zealand Fire Bride Jumps From Window Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Express · Friday 2 May 1930 · page 3

Trapped by a fire, which spread rapidly through the Royal Hotel, at St. Greymouth, early this morning, a young bride jumped from a window…

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Thief Fires Revolver Man's Narrow Escape Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 1

When a burglar was trapped in the room of a house at Rose Bay last night, he fired a revolver shot through a panel in the door. Jumping through a side…

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Paisley Cinema Fire Manages Not Guilty London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 1

Charles Dorward, manager of the Parsley cinema, where 70 children perished in a fire at a matinee performance on New Year's Eve, was to-day…

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Fire in Sydney a Good "Save" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 May 1930 · page 2

What is regarded as one of its best "saves," was made by the fire brigade in Princeton House, Clarence street, city, yesterday morning…

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Fire Outbreak Quelled

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 2

What might have been the nucleus of a disastrous fire eventuated at the residence of Mr. Frank Lawson, Cornishtown, on Friday morning last. Mr…

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Ganmain Fire Inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1930 · page 4

Mr. D. F. Parker, coroner, will hold an inquiry to-day at Ganmain into the circumstances surrounding a fire at Ganmain on April 8, when the premises…

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