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Fires & bushfires, 1938

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£20,000 Fire Tannery Stock at Goulburn Firemen's Peril Goulburn

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 3

Building, machinery, and stock, valued at £15,000 to £20,000, were totally destroyed this morning, when a fire broke out in the tannery and leather dressing…

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Fire at Tumut Tweedie's Buildings Destroyed Nine Businesses Affected Tumut

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 4

A disastrous fire occurred at Tumut late last night when Tweedle's Buildings at the intersection of Wynyard and Fitzroy streets were destroyed…

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Disastrous Fire at Tumut £Nine Businesses Affected Tweedie’s Buildings Destroyed Damage Estimated At More Than £10,000

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 March 1938 · page 2

Tweedie’s Buildings, situated at the corner of Wynyard and Fitzroy Streets, Tumut, were destroyed by fire last sight. The block contained nine business houses, six of which were completely destroyed. The damage is estimated at over £10,000…

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Tumut Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

It was announced in Sydney yesterday that the chief of the C.I.B. arson squad, Detective-Sergeant Delaney, will leave Sydney to-night to…

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Big Tumut Midnight Blaze Tweedie's Buildings Gutted Damage Estimated at £6,680 Big Crowd Watch Conflagration

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 2

After a comparative freeness from major outbreaks of fire for some years, Tumut experienced its second big outbreak within a few weeks on Sunday night when a fire occurred in Mr. F. W. Tweedle's Buildingson the conner of Wynyard and…

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At the Montreal World Shaking Events Rouse Creative Fire the Picture Herr Hitler Has Banned in Germany

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 29 March 1938 · page 6

Every world-shaking, event has roused creative fire and produced a stream of books which sent the electric vibration of those…

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Inquiry Into Tumut Fire Open Verdict

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 31 March 1938 · page 2

This morning, at the Tumut Court House, the district coroner, (Mr. R. L. Blakeney), held an inquiry concerning the fire which destroyed…

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Big Fire in Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 2

Fed by 600 tons of highly inflamable linseed, a fire swept through the mill room of the Linseed and Cocoanut Oil Factory in Huntly Street,…

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Tumut Fire Inquiry Coroner's Open Finding TUMUT

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

The Tumut district coroner (Mr. R. L. Blakeney, J.P.) returned an open finding after holding an inquiry into the origin and cause of the disastrous…

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French Guns Open Fire on Nationalist Planes Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

French anti-aircraft guns fired on Nationalist plants which were returning along the French frontier after bombing Fort Bou. The 'planes caused…

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£40,000 Fire in City Factory Flames Threaten Other Property SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

The factory of James Barnes Ltd., of Alexandria, was gutted by fire early this morning. The blaze was one Of the most spectacular for many months…

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Tumut Fire Inquiry Coroner's Open Finding Investigations by C.I.B. Man TUMUT

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 4

The Tumut District Coroner (Mr. R. L. Blakeney, J.P.) returned an open finding after holding an inquiry to-day, into the origin and…

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Tweedie's Buildings Conflagration Disastrous Tumut Fire an Accident No Suspicious Circumstances Detective Sent From Sydney to Investigate : Inquiry Held at Tumut Yesterday

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 1 April 1938 · page 1

AS A RESULT OF THE DISASTROUS FIRE WHICH OCCURRED IN TWEEDIE'S BUILDINGS, ON THE CORNER OF WYNYARD AND FITZROY-STS., TUMUT, ON SUNDAY NIGHT LAST, WHEN SIX SHOPS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF THE "OUTBREAK WAS HELD AT THE TUMUT COURTHOUSE YESTERDAY MORNING BY THE .DISTRICT…

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"Foam" Against Fire Successful Application in Sydney Disastrous Blaze in Warehouse Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 8

Paints and oils valued at many thousands of pounds were destroyed by a fire. on the first floor of the wholesale warehouse of Friends' and…

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Big Tumut Fire Estimated Damage, £4000

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 5

A disastrous fire occurred in the main business centre at Tumut at midnight on Sunday night, and destroyed seven out of eleven shops in…

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Fire Chiefs Heroism Alberta Colliery Disaster Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 1

The heroism of a fire chief, Harold William Airken, saved five lives after an explosion and fire in a colliery at Hinton (Alberta). "Ten men were…

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Suicide After Fire Malicious Destruction of Sports Club Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1938 · page 5

Suggestions that a fire which destroyed a sports club at Smithfield on February 16 had been maliciously caused, were made by relatives of the…

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Fire at Airport Fourteen Planes Destroyed New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 1

The main hangar at Miami municipal airport was destroyed by fire after an explosion from an unknown cause. The fire destroyed 14 'planes, the…

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Thieves Set Fire to Kiosk Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 4

When they failed to find any money, thieves, early this morning, set fire to a kiosk in the Botanical Gardens and caused damage estimated at £400. It…

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Coronial Inquiry Commercial Hotel Fire At Tumut

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 4

Before Mr. Frank Grudgeon, an inquiry was held, at Tumut, yesterday, concerning the fire which damaged the Commercial…

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