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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

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Disastrous Fire £60,000 Damage Caused Melbourne Motor Firm's Loss Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1935 · page 1

Damage estimated at £60,000 was caused by a fire late last night, on the premises of Brooklands Motor Accessories Pty. Ltd., Lonsdale street. next…

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Gundagai's Fire Engine

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 5

The fire engine for the use of the Gundagai Fire Brigade, referred to in our report of the Shire Council's last meeting as about to be applied…

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Shed on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 4

The Wagga Fire Brigade received a call yesterday afternoon to a fire which had broken out in a shed off a lane at the rear of Baylis-street,…

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Disastrous Fire at Woolworth Auckland Premises Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 7

The worst fire that has occurred in Auckland for four years destroyed the premises of Woolworths (N.Z.) Limited last night It was a building of…

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Tar Causes Blaze Brigade Called Out

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

MR. R. PETTS was boiling a drum of tar at the back of Mr Owen's workshop in the western end of Pine Avenue…

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Dunedin Fire Viciously Caused Wellington N.Z., Saty

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 1

After a spectacular fire had destroyed the furniture factory of A and J. Watts at Dunedin, a man was arrested on a charge of, arson. It…

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City Fire Costly Loss Estimated at £60,000

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 7

Breaking out on the second Hoot of the premises of Brooklands Accessories Pty. Ltd., Lonsdale Street, near Russell Street, Melbourne, at…

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The Weather Fire and Water Inverell Troubled by Both Wide Damage Caused

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 4

The Inverell district was visited by a cloudburst, followed by continued violent storms and disastrous floods. Lightning struck the station,…

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Factory Fire Man Charged with Arson

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.— A man allegedly bent on vengeance, smashed the show windows in A. and J. Watt's furniture warehouse in…

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Heroic Rescue of Children From Fire Sydney

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 2

When a fire broke out in a weatherboard cottage at Botany, Francis Raymond Speechley, carried two young children from the burning room to…

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Bush Fires Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 4

Bush fires are raging at Dry Creek, five miles north of "Strathbogie, in the Strathbogie Ranges. A call for help, was sent out this afternoon and 30…

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Grass Fire at Pomingalarna

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 4

A grass fire of considerable size started at Mrs. S. R. Copland's station, Pomingalarna, about noon yesterday. The hill paddock called "Tommy…

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Excessive Heat Causes Fire Alarm

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 4

The Wagga Fire Brigade bad a false alarm yesterday afternoon. At half-past two the bell that connects with the sprinkler system at Hardy's Ltd…

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Bush Fires Serious Damage Near Mount Gambier Sir Sidney Kidman Suffers Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

Several valuable properties, including that of Sir Sydney Kidman, were badly damaged by a lire which swept the Mount Gainbier district on…

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Fire Destroys Camp Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

Underground pent fires which have been burning steadily for some days have now spread to the camp of the relief workers near Morrinsaille. The…

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Local and General Grass Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 3

The first grass of the summer in the Wagga district, started at Po[?]ingalarna Station on Wednesday, but was under control next day, 200 acres…

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Wheat Truck on Fire After Lorry- Hits It Train's Dash to Hydrant

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

When a motor lorry carrying a load of bricks crushed into the side of one of the trucks of a goods train at a level crossing near Temora on Thursday…

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Grass Fire at Henty

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

During a stock sale at Henty on Friday dense smoke was seen arising from a paddock about one mile from the township Many helpers went from…

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Shocking Tragedy Girl Shot in Sleep by Frenzied Lover Room Set on Fire Farmer Commits Suicide KEMPSEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

A double sooting tragedy occurred at Austral Eden. Lower Macleay, early yesterday morning. As a result, Geddes Taylor, aged 26…

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Fire at Yass Early Morning Blaze in Peterson Bros.' Store

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 5

One of the largest stores in Yass' main street, that of Peterson Bros., Ltd., drapers, was practically destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning…

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