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Fires & bushfires, 1936

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Fire Brigade in Ganmain Apparatus to Be Purchased

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 3

At a recent 'meeting of the Ganmain Progress Association, it was definitely decided to proceed with the project of purchasing fire-fighting apparatus, and…

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Fire Bridge for Ganmain Apparatus to Be Purchased

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 3

As a meeting of the Ganmain Progress Association held last Monday week. it was [?] decided in proceed with the project of…

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Coonabarabran Fire Garage, Shop, and Cars Destroyed Coonabarabran

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 1

A garage and a mercery shop were destroyed by fire here this afternoon, and 12 cars, one of which was new. were included in the loss. Three other…

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City Fire Hunters' Boot Factory Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1936 · page 1

A fire, which destroyed the huge boot factory of John Hunter and Sons at Redfern late last night, was not extinguished until the early hours…

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Fire on Ferry Another Death Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1936 · page 1

Sydney Tight, aged 44 years, greaser, one of the five men rescued from the blaking Manly ferry Bellubera, on Monday last, died to-day, making the…

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12 Cars Lost In Fire Town Saved by Volunteers

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1936 · page 3

Twelve pars, one of them new, were destroyed when a [?] gutted Brain Bros' garadge and G. Makin's shop at Coonabarabran on Thursday…

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Big Sydney Fire Hunter's Boot Store Enveloped Thousands of Pounds Damage Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1936 · page 5

On the most spectacular fires seen in Sydney for many years caused many thousands of pounds worth of damage to the shoe factory of John Hunter…

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Boarding House Blaze Mungundi

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 2

Mrs. Sid Dawes was nearly suffocated by smoke when she entered b room in a boarding house to-day in an unsuccessful attempt to save some…

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£1,000,000 Fire Distillery Destroyed Thousands of Gallons of Spirits Burn Bukdaberg's Second Big Blaze Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 2

Damage estimated at £1,000,000 was caused at Bundaberg last night when the rum distillery owned by the Millaquin Sugar Co…

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Post on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 2

The Wagga Fire Brigade was called about 8.30 o'clock on Saturday night to North Wagga, where a post in a fence near the Parken Pregan lagoon…

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£1000 DAMAGE Coonabarabran Fire. New Brigade’s Efforts

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 1

A fire which broke out in the principal street of Coonabarabran shortly after noon on Thursday, for a time threatened to destroy the main…

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Terrible Fire 30 Houses Destroyed 600 Homeless ANGERS (Prance)

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 1

A fire destroyed 30 ancient houses and damaged many others hero to-day. Six hundred families' hove been rendered homeless, the fire broke out in…

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Bundaberg Fire Distillery Destroyed Thousands of Gallons of Spirits Burn BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 November 1936 · page 1

DAMAGE estimated at £1,000,000 was caused at Bundaberg on Saturday night, when the rum distillery owned by the Millaquin Sugar Co…

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Lockhart Bush Fire Brigade

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

Since the last meeting of the Lockhart Bush Fire Brigade, a considerable amount of equipment has been obtained and distributed…

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Bush Fire Lockhart B.f.b. Useful

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 6

A small fire, but one with grave possibilities, broke out on the Galore road recently and was already in Mr. W. McDonald's paddock, when…

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Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

The bell, clanged yesterday, at about 5.p.m. The call was to a weatherboard home in Lower Cooper, street, owned by. Mr. Prank Holder, and occupied by…

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Fire at Gocup

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

About mid-day last Thursday a 4-roomed weatherboard cottage on a farm leased from the Brennan "Euro-bin" Estate, Gocup, by Mr. Matt…

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Fire Destroys Shops Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

Four shops were destroyed by fire at Ayr (North Queensland), but volunteer firemen, after a hard fight, prevented the blaze from demolishing the entire…

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Destructive Fire Many Cars Destroyed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 2

A destructive fire occurred at Ballingall, about five miles out of Griffith early on Saturday morning, when a shed containing eight cars and…

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Devastating Fire in France Angers (France)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1936 · page 4

A Are destroyed 30 ancient houses and damaged a number of others to-day, and 600 families were rendered homeless. The fire broke out in a…

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