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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

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Items of News Fire at Junee Hospital

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1933 · page 2

A fire occurred in the Junee Hospital at 12.30 o'clock on Tuesday morning. It appears that some linen was being aired in front of the…

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Hotel Set on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 4

At the Bending Supreme Court, before the (Acting Chief Justice Sir Frederick Mann), Dagmar Helene Drewett, widow, was charged with having at…

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Fire Brigade Called Out

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 July 1933 · page 2

At 6 o'clock last night the Wagga Fire Brigade was called out, information having been telephoned to the fire Nation to the effect that the Plaza…

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Gundagai Nearly Has Big Blaze Excitement at Club House Hotel

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 3

The clanging of the fire bell, at 5.10 a.m., on Tuesday morning last, told those who beard it that there was a fire raging…

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Fire Destroys Lunch. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 1

A motor launch, owned by Robert Morris, of Clovelly, caught fire at Thompson's Bay, Clovelly, early this morning. The blaze attracted three…

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Nearly a Big Blaze Excitement at Gundagai Hotel GUNDAGAI

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 1

The occupants of the Club House hotel are fortunate that the hotel is not a mass of ruins to-day. Mrs. Ritchie, wife of the…

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Famous Hall Destroyed by Fire London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1933 · page 1

The famous Philharmonic Hall at Liverpool, which was opened in 1849, was burned to the ground to-day. At one stage three hospitals and…

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Hotel Fire Prospector Loses His Life SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 July 1933 · page 1

Benjamin Ludwig, 65, mining prospector, lost his life in an 18-roomed hotel at Coromandel, New Zealand, which was destroyed by fire last…

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Motor 'Bus on Fire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 1

A motor bus conveying passengers from the French steamer La Perouse, from Port Kembla to Sydney, caught fire near Waterfall last night and was…

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Burglar Fires Man Shot in Thigh Another Falls From Car SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1933 · page 1

A CHASE after a burglar at Marrickville last night had an amazing sequel, one man being shot by the fugitive, and another man…

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Fire Brigades Report for 1932 Wagga Demonstration

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 8

The 23rd annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners for New South Wales, covering the operations for 1932, contains the following official…

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Board of Fire Commissioners Visit to Tumut

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 1

The Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith, M.L.C., President, Aid. G. J. Baker, and Messrs T. S. Douglas and W. B. Clarke,…

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Big London Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 July 1933 · page 1

65 fire engines worked for more than three hours on Wednesday afternoon before extinguishing a fire at chemical working in East London…

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Passion Play Theatre Destroyed by Fire Nazis Suspected Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1933 · page 1

The famous passion play theatre at Earl, near Ku[?]tean, was destroyed by fire, and a German swastika and the word "[?]venge" were found painted…

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Alexandria Fire Firemen Rescue Horses Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1933 · page 1

Considerable damage was done by a fire at Johnson's stables at Alexandria early this morning. A number of horses in the stables were rescued by the…

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Fire Brigades

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 July 1933 · page 4

The following information was continued in the 23rd annual report of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales:--…

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Newcastle Fire Brigade Demonstration

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 2

A proposal to organise a trip to Newcastle by a section of the wagga Fire Brigade is receiving popular endorsement. To defray the expenses of…

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Jewels Recovered Believed Destroyed by Fire LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 2

The sensational recovery is announced of £20,000 worth, of jewels, supposed to have been burned in Dalmore House, House, Ross-shire…

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£20,000 Worth of Jewels Sensational Recovery Believed Destroyed by Fire London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 August 1933 · page 2

The sensational recover is announced of £20,000 worth of jewels supposed to have been, burned in Dalmore House, Ross-shire…

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Lille Cotton Factory Destroyed by Fire Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1933 · page 1

The Cotton Nerie Fives at Lille, the largest warehouse in Europe, was destroyed by fire due to spontaneous combustion, and 33,000 bales of cotton…

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