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Fires & bushfires, 1937

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Town Hall Fire Coroner's Inquiry Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 3

At the coroner's inquiry into the fire which destroyed the Eastwood Town Hall on September 13, Detective L. Coble gave evidence that Gordon…

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Fire Brigade Captain Replies (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 12 October 1937 · page 1

Sir,—The first thing that flashed through my mind in reading Cusack's letter was an article written by Mick Dillon, a reporter of the…

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Dutch Destroyer Fires on Jap. Fishing Vessel SINGAPORE

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 1

Two of the crew were injured when the Dutch destroyer Hares fired at the Japanese fishing vessel Taishau Maru, owned by a Singapore company…

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Dutch Destroyer Fires on Japanese Fishing Vessel. Singapore

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 4

Two of the crew were Injured wher the Dutch destroyer Flores fired at the Japanese fishing vessel Taisha[?] Mara, owned by a Singapore company…

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Blayney Fire Accused Found Not Guilty BATHURST

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 1

When the trial of Richard James O'Neill, on a charge of having set tire to the Blayney theatre, on September 11, was resumed, Detective Turner…

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Fire at Rabaul Shipping Offices Destroyed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 1

A message from Rabaul states that the main store and offices of Burns Phllp and Co., Ltd. were destroyed by, a fire about midnight. The fact that…

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Blayney Theatre Fire Accused Denies Wearing Found Not Guilty Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 October 1937 · page 1

When the trial of Richard James O'Neill on a charge of having set fire to to the Blayney Theatre on September 11 was resumed to-day. Detective Turner…

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Amusements "Love Under Fire"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 6

Gay Loretta Young, more captivating than ever, with handsome, dashing Don Ameche, go romancing tempestuously in turbulent Spain in the Twentieth…

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Theatre Fire Charge O'neill Acquitted

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 13

A jury in the Bathurst Circuit Court on Thursday found that Vincent James O'Neill, 36, was not guilty of a charge of having set…

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Town Hall Fire Threat in Anonymous Letter Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1937 · page 6

During the inquiry into the fire which destroyed the Eastwood Town Hall, the assistant town clerk, Raymond Chamberlain, related that three…

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Amusements "Love Under Fire"

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 2

Loretta Young, gayer and lovelier than ever, with Don Ameche, as her romantic lead, finds tempestuous romance in turbulent Spain to the…

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Fire-ball Strikes Hospital Pierces Roof of Operating Theatre Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 1

A fire-ball struck the Boort Bush Nursing Hospital at 6.30 a.m. to-day, burst through the roof or the operating theatre, wrecked two chimneys and…

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Blayney Theatre Fire Accused Denies Wearing Rubber Heels Accused Found Not GUlLTY

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 October 1937 · page 4

When the trial of Richard James O’Neil on a charge of having set fire to the Blayney Theatre on September 11 was resumed at Bathurst on…

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BROOKDALE Bush Fire Brigade

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Brookdale Bush Fire Brigade was held in the district hall on Saturday evening, Mr. H. Bowyer, J.P., presiding,…

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Garage Destroyed Fire at Rankin Springs Weethalle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 1

A garage occupied by the Western Engineering Co. at Rankin Springs was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour, on Saturday morning. The origin…

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Fire at Rankin Springs Garage Destroyed WEETHALLE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 1

A garage occupied by the Western Engineering Co., at Rankin Springs, was totally destroyed by fire. The aright of the fire is being investigated…

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Violent Lepers Mass Escape Attempted in Roumania Gendarmes Fire Volleys Bucharest (Roumania)

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 1

Brandishing knives and sharp instruments, 70 lepers to-day attempted a mass escape from the Infectious Disease Hospital at Tichllastu, a desolate spot…

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Ladysmith Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 6

There was a good attendance of members at the annual meeting of the Ladysmith Bush Fire Brigade. The following officers were elected: Captain,…

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Amusements "Love Under Fire"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1937 · page 3

Given the gayest and most hilarious roles of their careers, Loretta Young and Don Ameche have the time of their lives in war-tossed turbulent Spain in…

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Stove As Bank Fire Consumes Savings Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1937 · page 5

Believing that he had left some money in his pocket instead of secreting it in the usual hiding place Mr. P. Sandford, of Renmark, lost £180. It had been…

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