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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

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Fire at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 2

The Junee Fire Brigade was called out on Sunday afternoon to an alarm of fire, which was found to be in a bedroom of the home of Mr. L…

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Fire Harvest Remarkable Search

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 1

Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at the Wagga Municipal tip when men with lorries were dumping rubbish from Copland's department store…

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Footballers' Fright Motor Train on Fire Little Damage Done

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 6

Passengers on the special motor train returning on Sunday night to Wagga from Barmedman, after the football match between Wagga and…

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Pawnbrokers' Shop Destroyed by Fire £2,500 Damage Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 August 1930 · page 1

A shop occupied by Simon Smith, a pawnbroker, was destroyed by fire at Hurstville early this morning. Damage to goods was about £1,500 and to…

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In the city Auckland Factory Fire Sydney, To-day

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 21 August 1930 · page 2

When a hat factory was destroyed by fire at Auckland (N.Z.), yesterday many female employees were compelled to jump from the windows…

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Fire Inquiry

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 7

Yesterday morning the coroner, Mr. E. H. Harrison, P.M., inquired into the recent fire in Adam street, which partly destroyed an unoccupied…

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Kat Factory Fire Twenty Girls Injured Auckland

The Daily Express · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 1

'It is now learned that 20 girls were injured in a rush from the Plummer Hat Company's building, which was destroyed by fire…

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Forest Fires In Drought Areas WASHINGTON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 1

The forest services reveal that fires due to the drought are costing the Government 19,000 dollars daily to control. Fires are reported from…

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Forest Fires in Drought Areas Washington, August 22

The Daily Express · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 2

The forest services reveal that fires due to the drought are costing the Government 19,000 dollars daily to control. Fires are reported, from…

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Three Men Wounded Occupants of Stolen Car Constable Fires Shots a Dramatic Chase Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 August 1930 · page 7

Three men, who are alleged to have been using a stolen motor car, were wounded, one critically, when, after they failed to stop, Constable Kelly, of…

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Bathurst Street Fire Man Arrested Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 2

After inquiring into a fire in a building in Bathurst-street, Sydney, on Saturday night detectives to-day arrested Solomon Spectreman, aged 27…

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Bathurst Street Fire Specterman Remanded Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 27 August 1930 · page 1

In the Central court, Solomon Specterman was remanded on £500 bail on a charge of maliciously attempting to set fire to a building in…

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Iniquitous Ingenuity' Elaborate Fire Raising Plans

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 2

Evidently hard times quicken the ingenuity and activities of those who may be suffering from the effects of…

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Croydon Fire Man Detained Petrol in Room Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 2

A man was detained following the police investigations into the source of a fire at a shop and residence in Edward Street, Croydon, this morning…

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12 Boys Arrested Police Fire Shots Petty Thefts at Redfern Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 1

The police arrested 12 boys, whose [?] range from 7 years to 14 years, at Redfern to-day. They hope by this [?]ans to clear up the growing number…

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Old Fire Station

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1930 · page 4
Also in The Daily Express

The Wagga Municipal Council decided at i[?]s meeting last night to accept the recommendation of the finance committee that the Wagga sub-branch…

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A Fire Brigade for Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 1 September 1930 · page 2

Messrs. Watt and Barber, two officials from the N.S.W. Fire Brigades' Board, visited Gundagai on Thursday last to investigate the…

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American Gamblers Ship on Fire 353 Persons Escape Los Angeles (Cal.)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1930 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Three hundred and fifty-three persons escaped from the gambling ship, Monte Saltone, anchored off the coast here when it caught fire on Saturday…

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