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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

728 stories in Riverina's papers · page 37 of 37

Disastrous Fire Richmond Factory Destroyed Fireman Seriously Injured MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 December 1932 · page 1

Buried beneath a pile of bricks when a wall collapsed during a fire at the factory of the Aeolian Co. of Australia at Richmond this morning,…

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Another Bush Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 December 1932 · page 2

Another bush fire is reported from the Belfrayden district. The outbreak started about 11 o'clock yesterday morning on the property of Mr…

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Hotel Fire Man Loses Life Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 December 1932 · page 1

John Hayes lost his life in a fire which destroyed a hotel at Otago last night. Hayes was trapped in his room. His charred remains were found in the…

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Fire at Coolamon

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 2

Yesterday morning, at 6.30 o'clock, a fire was discovered at the shop of Mr. G. Smith, bootmaker, Cowabbie-street, Coolamon. The building was of one…

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Casino School of Arts Destroyed by Fire Casino

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 December 1932 · page 1

Damage estimated at nearly £20,000, was caused by a fire which gutted the School of Arts building at Casino late last night. The building, which…

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Deniliquin Hospital Threatened by Grass Fire Deniliquin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 1

The Deniliquin Hospital was threatened by a grass fire to-day. The fire spread rapidly towards the police inspector's quarters and the police…

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When the Hose Is Away the Fire Can Play But Who Took the Hose?

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 30 December 1932 · page 3

There might be sparks flying at next Tuesday night's meeting of the Yanco Progress Association, that is if a scapegoat can be…

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Bush Fires. Two Fires After Train [?]

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 December 1932 · page 10

The Wagga dis[?] has been [?] larly fortunate in regard to bush [?] this season; in fact throughout [?] Riverina outbreaks usually have been…

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