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Fires & bushfires, 1931

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Fire In a Hangar Four Aeroplanes Destroyed Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 3

Four aeroplanes were destroyed in a fire which gutted the hangar of the Shaw Aviation Co., Part Melbourne, early this morning…

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Aeroplanes Destroyed Fire at Hangar £1500 Damage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1931 · page 1

About £1500 worth of damage, including the complete destruction of four aeroplanes, was caused by a fire in the hangar of the Shaw Aviation…

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Town Inspected by Fire Captain and Mr. Bailey

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 14 August 1931 · page 4

The Shire's Building and Health Inspector, Mr. Bailey, reported to the Council on Tuesday as follows.— FIRE AND ACCIDENT UNDER…

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Items of News False Fire Alarm

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1931 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade was called out at 8.45 o'clock on Friday night. The call originated from the alarm at the corner of Simmons and…

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FIRE Mr. E. Little's Car Again!

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1931 · page 3

At 12.45 yesterday morning Mrs Brettell, of Warren's Sub., who was returning from the District Hospital, noticed a fire in the garage at Mr…

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Fire At Coalmine Flames Rise to 70 FEET

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 August 1931 · page 20

A disastrous fire occurred at the Pelaw Main pit, Kurri Kurri, on Monday night. The fire was still burning late on Monday night, when…

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Factory Fire Seven Employees Trapped Narrow Escapes Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 August 1931 · page 1

Trapped by flames on the second floor of the Bright Shine Manufacturing Co.'s factory at Newtown this afternoon, seven employees escaped…

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Fire At Albury Investigations by Police

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 8

Strange circumstances surround a Are which occurred at half-past 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning in a house of 18 rooms in Crisp Street,…

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Big Blaze in Sydney Seven Workers Trapped Boy and Girl Leap to Safety. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 August 1931 · page 16

Trapped in the upstairs portion of a blazing factory in O'Connell Street, Newtown, this afternoon, a boy and a girl, employees, had to leap 18 feet…

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Exciting Chase Constable Fires Three Shots Suspect Wounded Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 1

After an exciting chase, during which three shots were fired, at North Sydney this morning, an alleged thief was wounded in the leg. While on patrol…

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Wagga Sewerage Scheme Burnt Out Motors Onus on Department

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 5

The Wagga Municipal Council and its staff have been experiencing trouble with the sewerage plant motors, and there has been some correspondence…

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Fire In a Tent Two Men Killed by Fumes Tumut

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 September 1931 · page 22

Sheltering in a tent from snow storm yesterday, two Greek brothers, Arthur and Constantine Lagos, closed the tent and lit a charcoal…

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Coastguard and Rumrunner Poison Gas Used Machine Gun Fire Boston

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 September 1931 · page 2

All the scientific refinements of warfare were employed today in e spectacular clash between coastguards and a rum runner off Gloucester,…

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Midnight Fire House Destroyed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 1

When a six-roomed house was destroyed by fire at Seaforth shortly after midnight, the inmates, Mr. Gerald Robinson and his wife and five…

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Stand Burnt Fire at Narandera Racecourse Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 6

On Saturday night last about 7 o'clock a fire broke out in the grandstand at the Nerandera racecourse. It was out of reach of water…

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Burglar Wounded Caretaker Fires Shot Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1931 · page 2

Awakered early this morning by the ringing of a burglar alarm, George Jones, the caretaker of the Ramsgate Baths, secured his revolver and…

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Fire-ball Falls at Lane Cove Scare for Inhabitants Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1931 · page 1

A fire-ball fell at Lane Cove to-day during a sudden storm. Shortly after noon there was a blinding flash, accompanied by a roar, as the…

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Honduras Hurricane Heavy Toll Op Fire ADdS T0 Terrors

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 September 1931 · page 1

BELIZE (British Honduras), Monday. A fire threatened to-day to complete the destruction of the storm and flood. The work of burying the dead…

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Fire!

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 2

The ringing of the Ore bell shortly after midnight on Tuesday aroused many in lown but owing to the direction of the wind both bells were not…

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Punctuality Is a Virtue Fire Brigades Conference

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 2

The following paragraph conveys an obvious moral. On Wednesday night Messrs C. Mountford and M. Collins, attended a…

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