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Fires & bushfires, 1933

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Reward For Prisoners Who Fought Fire?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 8

TUMBARUMBA, Wednesday. --Prisoners in the State Farm at Mannus are likely to benefit in a substantial manner…

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Country News. Bushfire at Carabost. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 10

Although it was believed yesterday that the bushfires in the Tumbarumba district were under control, lost night there was a considerable extension of the Carabost section of the…

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Test Match Incidents-- --Bushfires Near Tumbarumba

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 32

THE series of pictures of the fourth Test Match in Brisbane and others that…

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Bushfires Wane

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Immediate danger from bush fires which threatened many areas of the State on Tuesday night passed to-day with…

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Bush Fires Valuable Plantations Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

WAGGA, Thursday.--Mr. James Parry, district forestry officer, after a survey of the damage done by the bush fires in the Carabost and Manus…

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Will Be Rewarded Prisoners Who Fought Bush Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 9

The Minister for Justice (Mr. Martin), who returned yesterday from a country tour, said it could be regarded as certain that the prisoners who…

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Witnessed Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 7

On one voyage, officers and crew of the steamer Raranga, which arrived yesterday from London, saw Eights which regular travellers never…

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Bushfires Under Control. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 6

To-day's report from the bushfire centres in the Tumbarumba district show that both the Carabost and Manus outbreaks are now under control, although miles of timber are…

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Fire Destroys Cottage. Kandos

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 14

Early yesterday morning a six-roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mr. A. Naseby, in Dangar-street, was destroyed by fire. The outbreak was first noticed at 1.45 a.m., and…

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Fire Danger Past. State Pine Forests. WAGGA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 8

Reports from the fire fronts are satisfactory. The body of men watching the valuable State pine forests at Carabost and Manus have now been withdrawn and all danger of fresh…

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Flames Within Few Yards of House Bush Fire Dangers in Victoria

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Travelling a quarter of a mile a day in the direction of Yackandandah, a bush fire, which started near…

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Fire Devastation

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 7

The gutting of the French luxury liner, [?] Allantique, by fire, tens one of the greatest sea disasters in recent years. This is a glimpse of the destruction wrought by the flames on the vessel…

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Liner's Fire Filmed

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 12

Pictures of the fire disaster which wrecked the 42,000-tons French luxury liner, 1'Atlantique, are included in this week's programme at the State…

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Bush Fires in Victoria Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 5

The bush-fires in the Yacandandah and Kergunyah districts were still burning steadily over the weekend. Difficulty was experienced in…

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Bush Fires Rage For Miles Near Seafront ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 1

BIG fires raged in several localities yesterday, fanned by a 40-mile-an-hour gale. Flames swept through seven properties near Fort…

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Homes in Peril Big Front Of Vic. Bush Fire MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 8

A big bush fire is still burning on a 25 miles front in the mountains between Yackandandah and Kergunyah…

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Victorian Fires Hundreds of Acres Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Much damage was done by bushfires during the week-end, many hundreds of acres of property and bush being…

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Speedboat Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 12

Fijair after the disastrous explosion and fire in Careening Cove on Saturday…

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Spectacular Fires. Nail Works Destroyed. Oil Explosions. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 9

To the accompaniment of dull explosions and vivid flashes, caused by burning oil, the nail works of S. Cooke Pty., Ltd., in South Melbourne, were destroyed by fire early last…

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Outbreaks in Sydney. Fire at Petersham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 9

A weatherboard cottage and its contents were severely damaged by fire at Corunna-road, Petersham, last night. Fire brigades from Petersham and Leichhardt, under District…

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