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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1938

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Adelong Fire £4000 DAMAGE 3 Shops had Billiard Room ADELONG

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

In the most disastrous fire in the history of Adelong three ships and a billiard room, together with stock and fitting were were completely burned early…

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Disastrous Fire at Adelong Damage Estimated at £4000 Three Shops and Billiard Room Burnt Remarkable Save Effected ADELONG

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

In the most disastrous fire in the history of Adelong, three shops and a billiard room, together with stock and fittings, were completely burnt early…

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Wyalong Fire Wyalong

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 2

The third fire at Wyalong in three weeks occurred when a large, unoccupied cottage was destroyed. As the building was outside the water…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 6

The third fire at Wyalong in three weeks occurred when a large unoccupied cottage was destroyed. As the building was outside the water…

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Destroyed by Fire Washington

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 1

An official announcement declares that the Samoan clipper was destroyed by fire of an unknown origin. It added that facts revealed that the fire developed incidentally to the discharge of fuel necessary to trim the ship to a proper landing weight, which is…

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Serious Grass Fire at Albury

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 6
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The fire which broke out on Tuesday on Toonallook Station (the property of Messrs. F. and N. Griffith), and which was apparently under control…

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Truck on Fire Man Suffers Burns Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 1

A truck belonging to Messrs. M. Rava and Co., Wagga, caught on fire three miles from Junee yesterday morning, on the Old Junee road, near…

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Disastrous Fire at Adelong Damage Estimated at £4000 Three Shops and Billiard Room Burnt Remarkable Save Effected

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

In the most disatrous fire in the history if Adelong, three shops and a billiard room, together with the stock and fittings, were completly…

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No Bush Fires

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

The sudden spell of very hot weather in Wagga has given rise to the belief in some quarters that bush fires must be burning in the district. Inquiries…

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Upper Murray Bush Fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

The Toonallook bush fire Has been subdued and is now under control. In the Wymah portion of the Ore all the grass was destroyed and the flames…

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Fire at Mannus

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

As he was preparing to go to bed about 11 o'clock on Wednesday night. Mr. Hardiman, acting forest officer at Mannus, observed a small outbreak of…

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Disastrous Fire at Adelong Damage Estimated at £4000 Three Shops and Billiard Room Burnt Remarkable Save Effected

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 1

THE MOST DEVASTATING FIRE THAT EVER OCCURRED IN THE TOWN OF ADELONG TOOK PLACE ON TUESDAY MORNING, THE FIRST NOTICE OF IT. BEING ABOUT A QUARTER TO 3 O'CLOCK. THREE SHOPS AND A…

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Upper Murray Bush Fires Face of Several Miles

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 16

Bush fires in the Upper Murray have contributed to the heat wave and the weather conditions during the day and at night were the worst…

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Crackers Cause Fire

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

An explosion of crackers in a shop window in Paddington, Sydney, on Wednesday caused a fire which did extensive damage. Police say that…

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Big Fire At Adelong Hour Buildings Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 6

The most destructive fire in the history of Adelong occurred early on Tuesday morning. It began either in Bell's barber shop or in A. A…

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Variation for Prisoners Fire Next Central Police Station Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 1

Over thirty prisoners had to be removed from the cells at the Central police station early this morning, when a fire broke out in a…

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Fire Has Burned 147 Years Lit in Pre-match Era

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

A fire which was lighted 147 years ago is still burning, on the hearth of a mountain cabin near Hendersonville. North Carolina. It is…

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£7000 Damage in Fire at Trundle Electric Light Plant Destroyed Trundle

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

Lack of a water supply hampered the efforts to extinguish a blaze which destroyed the Trundle Electric Light Company's plant carly this morning…

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Clipper Disaster (Continued from Page One) Fire Causes Few Air Accidents Aeronautical Expert's Statement Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

The lecturer in aeronautical engineering at the Sydney University (Mr. T. D. J. Leech), referring to-day to the loss of the Pan-American Airways…

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