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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

434 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 22

Lockhart Fire Brigade

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 5

The local fire brigade team are earnestly practicing for the Newcastle demonstration. At the open-air cinema…

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Victorian Fires Checked Settlers' Anxious Night Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 2

Bush fires, which spread fiercely in the high wind on Friday and caused much damage and great anxiety in various parts of the State, were…

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The Fire Walkers of Fiji

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 4

Fiji is planning a unique spectacle in honor of the pleasure cruise of the Strathaird next April. Fire walkers will be brought from Bega Island to…

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Fire. House Destroyed

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 2

Early on Wednesday morning tae [?] on Mr. J. H. [?] property “The [?] was totally de[?] Mr. Tom [?]…

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The Fire Walkers of Fiji (To the Editor)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 1

Sir,—In your interesting article upon "The Fire Walkers of Fiji," in your last Tuesday's issue, you mention that fire walking is rarely seen…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 4

A seven-roomed weatherboard cottage and contents at Junee Beefs were destroyed by fire. The building, which was occupied and owned by Mr. J. R…

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Ink Factory Damaged at Woollahra Fire and Explosion Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 2

An ink factory, owned ty William Price, East Woollahra, was badly damaged this afternoon by an explosion, followed by a fire. Albert Campbell…

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Fire at Junee Reefs

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 2

On Wednesday last a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. John Ronald White, a seven-roomed structure of weatherboard. It was burnt to the…

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Eight Perish Tenement Fire New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 1

Eight persons, five of whom were children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a five storey tenement in the East Side alum area of…

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Woman Takes Life Crowd Incensed at Husband Attempt to Fire House Launceston

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 1

The feeling which has been engendered by the suicide of Mrs.Stella Loyett took a startling turn last night, when an angry crowd tried to…

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Adelong Fire

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 6

A coronial inquiry into the cause of a fire which destroyed the residence of Mr. John Albert Cheetham, Lynch-street, Adelong, on February…

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Fire in Cottage Owner's Narrow Escape Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1934 · page 4

A fire broke out in a six roomed cottage at Oatley early this morning and the building, which was weatherboard, was reduced to ashes within…

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Items of News New Fire Engine for Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 2

The Board of Fire Commissioners, in a recent communication to the Narandera Fire Brigade intimated that a new and improved Dennis fire engine…

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The Riddle of the Adelong Fire How Was Cheetham's House Burnet? Coroner Returns an Open Verdict

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 2

Because he thought the rats might eat it, John Albert Cheetham, of Adelong, said he left his house insurance policy with, a friend —this was only one of the many peculiar incidents in the inquiry held regarding a fire at Adelong on February 8th…

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Coolaman Fire Brigade

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 2

On Monday week next, in Furner’s Hall, a grand euchre party and dance will be held in aid of the local Fire Brigade’s demonstration fund. The…

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Pilliga Mystery Woman's Amazing Confession Killed Nott with a Stone Built Fire and Burned Body Then Drove Car Into the River PILLIGA

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1934 · page 2

The police are now investigating the gruesome allegation that a woman murdered and then burned the remains of George Washington Nott, aged 45 years, the missing Pilliga stock and station agent. It is understood that the…

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Reichstag Fire Trial Three Bulgarians Acquitted MOSCOW

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 1

Wild cheers and shouts of "Long Live Dimitroff!" greeted the arrival of the three Bulgarians who were acquitted in the Reichstag fire trial,…

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Reichstag Fire Trial Bulgarians Released Left for Russia Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 1

Whether by coincidence or design, the three Bulgarians, Dimitroff , Popoff, and Taneff, who were acquitted in the Reichstag fire trial, and have…

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Nearly Trapped in Fire Harden

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 1

A weatherboard cottage and its contents, belonging to Mr. N. Kerchin, were destroyed by fire during the owner's absense on the South…

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Fire at Novitiate Barn and Contents Gone

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 8

At 4.30 on Tuesday morning a the was discovered at the Novi[?]late on the road to the Cootamundra show-ground…

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