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Fires & bushfires, 1938

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Fire at Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 2

Prompt action by several citizens prevented what may have been a huge fire yesterday morning, when the front portion of Mr. N. Bell's barber's saloon…

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Conditions in Schools Lack of Warmth Attacked "Fire More Essential Than Garden" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 2

Miss E. Bothwell, of the Australian Institute of Industrial Psychology, to ferring to the tack of warmth in school rooms in the winter, to-day expressed…

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Nightwatchman Fires! Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 1

While Nightwatchman Jock McDermott was patrolling Enfield early this morning he surprised a man acting suspiciously near the office of A. L…

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Mystery Fire on Mail Train

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 5

On arrival of the Temora mail A at Goulburn early on Wednesday morning railway officials were startled to find that the floor of…

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Fire Brigades Cost of Upkeep Insurance Manager's View "Community Responsibilitty"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1938 · page 3

Mr. W. K. Fethers, manager for Australia, in an interview in sydney, expressed the view that fire insurance…

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Football Group 13 Competition Tumut and Tarcutta Tie Blues Pull Game Out of Fire in Last Few Minutes Both Teams Equal at 7-All at Final Bell

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 5

When Tumut visited Tascutta on Sunday to meet Borambola-Tarcutta they fulfilled their last away-match for the competition. The day was…

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New Rifle for U.S.A. FIRES 60 Shots a Minute New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 July 1938 · page 1

The Washington correspondent of the united Press learns that the U.S. Army will soon be equipped with a new secret type of semi-automatic rifle…

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New Rifle for U.S.A. Fires 60 Sh[?]ts a Mis[?]te

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 5

The Washington coorrespontent of the United Press learn- that the U.S. Army will soon be equipped with a new secret type of [?]ea[?]-nuromatic…

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Frontier Incident Italians Fire on French Holidaymakers LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 1

According to the Paris correspondent of "The Times," the French Foreign Office has ordered a strict inquiry into a serious incident which…

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Frontier Incident Italians Fire on French Holiday-makers One Seriously Wounded LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1938 · page 1

According to the Paris correspondent of "The Times," the French Foreign Office has ordered a strict inquiry into a serious incident…

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Fire in Old Mill

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 8 July 1938 · page 5

Fire in four places broke out in the old flourmill, at the corner of Capper-st., Tumut, and the Adelong Road, at 8.15 on Tuesday…

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Newcastle's Underground Fire Burning for Years

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 4

Firemen were again working on an underground fire which has been burning for some years in ground adjacent to the Newcastle Trades Hall…

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Fires in Schools Youth with Warped Intellect Held to Be Responsible Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 6

"The only conclusion that I can come to is that the four fires were caused by a youth with a warped intellect. The writing indicates that…

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Frontier Violation Italians Fire on French Students Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 1

An official investigation has revealed that two French students who were fired on by Italian guards a few days ago were well inside French territory…

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Terrible Disaster Nine Youth Killed Taking Part in Fire Demonstration Lisbon

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1938 · page 1

Nine were killed and 12 seriously injured, mostly youths aged between 12 and 18 years, during a fire brigade demonstration. The…

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Fires in School "The Lone Wolf Strikes Again" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 3

When the police were called to the Glebe Public School yesterday to investigate two distinct fires on the first floor, they found chalked on the…

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£15,000 Fire in New Zealand Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 1

Damage amounting to £15,000 was done when fire demolished a large joinery factory owned by Fletcher Construction Company, in Auckland…

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Saturday Morning’s Sensation Fire Brigade Captain Calls Police Was Attempt Made to Burn Well-known Business Premises ?

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 2

There was a sen[?]ation in Gundagai on Saturday morning. Following an investigation by the Captain of the Gundagai Fire…

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A Lifetime on the Land Reminiscence of a Pastoral Pioneer Part Xix a Record Fire—ravage at Woodburn—not a Stick Left Standing—two Thousand Sheep Destroyed—getting the Sheep to Grass—reconstruction—out of Evil Cometh Good a Record Fire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 July 1938 · page 4

Bad news travels quickly. We were not long left in doubt as to the seriousness of the position up at Woodburn. A most disastrous fire had…

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Mail Van Destroyed by Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 July 1938 · page 5

Thousands of letters were destroyed in 13 mail bags, by either fire or water, when a mail van was burnt, whilst standing outside the Royal…

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