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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

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Bush Fires at Omeo Homestead Menaced MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

Bush fires have broken out in the Omeo district, and volunteers have been called up to prevent the flames from reaching the homes of a…

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Fire at Albert General Store Destroyed Parkes

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

The township of Albert narrowly escaped destruction by the last night. A large general store occupied by Mr. H. Hutchinson was totally destroyed,…

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Loss of L'atlantique Fire Deliberately Caused Committee's Finding Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

The committee of inquiry reports that the French luxury liner L'Atlantique was set on fire deliberately, and found that no other cause than…

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Child Burnt to Death Ballarat Fire Father's Efforts at Rescue Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

Henry Regan, aged 5 years, was burnt to death in a fire which destroyed his parents' home at Ballarat early this morning. The child's father,…

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Fire on Cargo Vessel Engine-room Ablaze Vessel Now Safe London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

The Furness-Withy cargo steamer Pacific Shipper, of 6300 tons, with a crew of 45 bound from London to Portland (Oragon), reported that a fire…

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Fire on Farm Railway Department to Pay Sparks and Ashes from Trains YASS

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 2

A case involving the liability of the Railway Commissioners for a fire on a property adjoining a railway line has been decided by the District…

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Bushfires at Omeo Homesteads Menaced Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 2

Bushfires have broken out in the Omeo district and volunteers have been called up to prevent the flames from reaching the homes of a number of…

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Early Morning Blaze

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 4

The premises in High Street occupied by Mr. and Mrs. S. Wilson were destroyed by Fire early on Monday morning…

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Fire at Lacmalac

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 2

Monday afternoon a fire started on the property of Mr. H. C. Wren. A breeze was blowing at the time and it did not take it long to get into Mr…

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Fire on Farm Railway Department to Pay Sparks and Ashes From Trains

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 2

A case involving the liability of the Railway Comissioners for a fire on a property adojining a railway line has been decided by the Yass…

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Thousands of Acres of Grass Land Destroyed Bushfire’s Enormous Damage

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 2

The most serious bush fire this season occurred yesterday between South Gundagai and the Tumut river, when more than 2000 acres of good…

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Bush Fire Near Henty

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 2

A fire broke out yesterday afternoon on the property of Mr. Ferdinand Schultz, near Henty, and quickly spread through the thick high grass…

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Bush Fire Near Gundagai Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 1

THE most serious bush fire this season occurred on Wednesday, between South Gundagai and the Tumut river, when more than 2000…

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Fire at Lacmalac

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 5

On Monday afternoon a fire started on the property or Mr. H.C. Wren. A fairly stiff breeze was blowing and the fire did not take long to get into…

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Grass Fire at Mountain Dam

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 4

If it had not been for the prompt turnout of the big dry area farmers at Brobenah the small irrigation lessees would have bad their dry area…

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Fire on Farm Railway Department to Pay

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 6

A case involving the liability of the Railway Commissioners for a fire on a property adjoining a railway line has been declared by the…

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Dutch Mutineers Net Closing in Threats to Fire on Steamer the Hague

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 1

The mutineers on board the Dutch crusier De Zeven Provincien have adopted a fighting attitude and threaten to fire on the steamer…

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Big Junee Blaze Commercial Hotel Stables Destroyed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 8

At 11 o'clock last night a fire was found to be raging in the large wealtherboard stables at the rear of the Commercial Hotel Junee, which is owned…

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Railway Fires Verdict Against Commisioners

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 11

In a District Court cute at Yass which extended over three days, before Judge Coyle and a jury of four, a verdict for ¼281146 was given…

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Junee Fire Hotel Stables Burnt

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 3

The Junee Fire Brigade did good work last night in preventing the spread of a fire which broke out at about 11 o'clock in the stables at…

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