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Fires & bushfires, 1930

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Fire at Garage Petrol Vapor Ignited Stoney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 1

Fire gutted the Live Wire Service' station at Petersham this afternoon after petrol vapor had been accidentally ingnited by the striking of a match…

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Lockhart Urban Committee. Tanks for Fire Purposes. Further Tree Plan Ting

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the Lockhart Urban Committee was held on Thursday evening. Present: Messrs. A. C. Cowin (Chairman), W. K. Day…

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Fire at Picture Show Extensive Damage Stored Films Saved Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 2

A fire broke out this morning at the Glebe Picture Theatre. The dress circle and the screen were destroyed. "Talkie" equipment, valued at £1500…

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Fire at Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 2

About 2.45 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire occurred at the hairdressing saloon of Mr. K. Limon in Trim's Buildings, East-street, Narandera. The…

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Items of News Fire at Bethungra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 2

On Sunday night a fire destroyed a four-roomed unoccupied house at Bethungra, the property of Mr. J. Otty who was at Wyalong at the time. The…

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Fire in Bunker at Balmain Colliery Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 1

Fire was discovered to-day in a coal bunker at Balmain collier. It is believed that the fire had been burning for some days before being…

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Car Set on Fire Waterloo Incident Wheel Also Removed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 June 1930 · page 2

While in Campbell Crescent, Waterloo, last night, William Smith saw two men interfere with a motor car. He notified the police, but the men made…

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F0rest Fires Appalling Scenes Hundreds of Homes Burnt Vancouver, June 3

The Daily Express · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 1

Paul Garton, forestry protection aviator, and five farmers perished as the result of the worst forest fire in Ontario for many years. Five others…

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Garage Fire Seven Cars Destroyed Orange

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 1

A fire gutted Chambers' motor garage last night, and seven cars in the building were destroyed…

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Ontario Forest Fire Six Persons Perish Many Homeless Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 June 1930 · page 1

Paul Garton, a forestry protection aviator, and five farmers perished as the result of the worst forest fire in Ontario for many years. The fire on a…

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Billiards Fire Brigade Tournament

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1930 · page 2

The Wagga fire Brigade is conducting, another of its popular open billiards tourn[?]ments. Last year it raised by this means a substantial sum for the…

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Men on Roof Constable Fires Shots Lithgow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1930 · page 1

While on duty early this morning Constable Riddington saw two men on the roof of the premises of the Lithgow Co-operative Society Stores. He…

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Theatre Fire Arson Suspected Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 1

The police believe that a fire which destroyed the Imperial picture theatre, South Melbourne, last night was deliberately caused. They have…

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Fire at Picture Theatre £10,000 Damage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 June 1930 · page 5

Damaged estimated at about £10,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the Imperial Picture Theatre at North Melbourne shortly after midnight…

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A Gundagai Fire Lizzie Lights Up A Spectacular Blaze Ford Garage and Eight Motor Cars Destroyed

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 12 June 1930 · page 3

Gundagai had [?] fire yesterday afternoon—[?] fire that started suddenly, and in a hour’s time had destroyed about £3000 worth…

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Disastrous Fire. Ford Service Station Destroyed

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 2

About 4 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon the Ford Service Station, at the east end of Sheridan-street, was completely destroyed by fire…

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Disastrous Fire at Gundagai Ford Service Station Gutted Mr. R. Quarmby's Great Loss

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 June 1930 · page 5

Shortly after 4 p.m. on Wednesday a fire broke out in the Ford Service Station, Gundagai, owned by Mr. Robt, Quarmby, and before anything…

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Fire in Dry Cleaning Works Proprietor's Brother Injured

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1930 · page 8

A fire occurred at the American Dry Cleaning works, Fitzmaurice street, Wagga, about 6 o'clock on Thursday evening, when Mr. H. Ryan…

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Items of News Fire at Adelong

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1930 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Adelong about 8 o'clock last night, when a weatherboard cottage owned by Mr. B. Perkins, of Adelong, and occupied…

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City Garage Fire Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 17 June 1930 · page 2

Damage amounting to £4000 was done by fire in Col's garage at Darlinghurst early this morning. A valuable Alsatian dog, which was…

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