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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

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Local and General Fire Alarm

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 May 1935 · page 2

At 10.30 on Monday night the fire bell rang; but fortunately the out break, which occurred in the roof of one of the rooms occupied by Mrs…

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Newmarket Jockey Club Historic Wing Destroyed by Fire Irreplaceable Souvenirs Lost London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 May 1935 · page 6

The oldest wing of the Newmarket Jockey Club, with which Kings and Princes and famous figures of the turf have been familiar since Newmarket…

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Fire at "Sparkes"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 5

The coroner returned a finding of arson against a person or persons unknown at the conclusion of the inquiry into the explosion and fire…

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Fire at Rannock. Heavy Loss

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 24 May 1935 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon, May 12th a disastrous fire occurred on Mr. Jim Heaslip’s property, Methul. It appears that Mr. Healsip’s children were…

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Scout Camp Fire Ball

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 4

The Wagga Boy Scouts will hold their animal ball iu the Wonderland Theatre on June 26. The function this year is to be a tamp fire ball, and, as…

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Big Blaze at Tullamore 7 Shops and 1 Home TULLAMORE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 1

A disastrous fire occurred in the main business portion of Tullamore, a small western township between Bogan Gate and Tottenham, early this…

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Fire Causes £3000 Damages Newport

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 2

The club house of the Royal Motor Yacht Club at Newport, valued at more than £3000, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. A number…

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Motor Gar Destroyed by Fire Coronial Inquiry

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 4

An inquiry into the destruction by fire of a motor car owned by Ivan Spencer Beck was conducted at the Wagga Police Court on Saturday…

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Shocking Tragedy Two Children Burnt to Death Home Destroyed by Fire Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 May 1935 · page 5

A shocking tragedy occurred at Backwater, near Guyra, early this morning when two sisters, aged five years and three years, were burned…

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Bonfires Blaze On Empire Night

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 3

BON FIRES blazed at numerous points in Leeton after sundown on Empire Day, illuminating the gleeful faces of the…

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Tullamore Fire Eight Buildings Destroyed £8000 Damage Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 1

A disastrous fire occurred in the main business portion of Tullamore, a small western township between Bogan Gate and Tottenham, early this…

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Fire at Argalong Mr. R. C. Bowler's Home. Stead and Contents Demolished

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 May 1935 · page 6

By a fire which occurred at the homestead of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bowler at Argalong on Wednesday night last, the building and almost…

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Fire Walking

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1935 · page 4

Ranking in mystery with the Indian rope trick, the authenticity of which is open to considerable doubt, and with the Cingalese mango trick, which…

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Shop Thieves Active Fires Cause Heavy Damage Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1935 · page 10

Smash and grab thieves were active in the suburbs to-day. Fire stores were entered and although the value of the goods stolen was only about £50,…

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The Fire Danger Mudgee

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 2

"People think that because of fire escapes, emergency exits, and other safety contrivances that they are used to the fire danger is not so great,"…

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Between 10,000 and 15,000 Dead Fire Adds to Earthquake Terrors Calcutta

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 3

Most reliable estimates of the earthquake casualties are between 10,000 and 15,000. The British death roll is repoted to…

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Earthquake Town of Quetta Twenty Thousand Dead Eighteen Thousand Perish in Bazaar Fire LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 1

THE Quetta correspondent of the "Dally Mall" states that the estimates of the number dead as a direct result of the earthquake…

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38,000 Believed Dead in Baluchistan Earthquake's Toll Town of Quetta Crashes "Like House of Cards" 18,000 Perish in Bazaar Fire British Casualties: 72 Dead, 92 Injured LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1935 · page 1

The Quetta correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that the estimates of the number dead as a direct result of the earthquake which occurred in British Baluchistan early yesterday morning vary, but it has been stated on reliable…

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Fire Menace Commissioner's Warning Mudgee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1935 · page 1

"People think that because there are fire escapes, emergency exits and other safety contrivances, the danger from fire is greatly lessened,"…

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Grave Abyssinian Frontier Incidents Police Base Attacked Italian Subjects Killed Outpost Incident Troops Open Fire on Tribesmen ROME

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1935 · page 1

A fresh incident—less grave than the Wal-Wal affair, however—is reported from the Abyssinian border, near Uebescebelli. It is stated that following an Abyssinian attack on a police base at Uebescebelli, 30 Italian subjects…

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