Sydney Fire Pictures
Pictures of the £750,000 fire in Sydney yesterday will be found on page 13…
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Fires & bushfires, 1935
782 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 40
Wool Store Blaze Firemen Still Engaged Flames Not Subdued Sydney
Still blazing fiercely, Sydney's huge wool store fire, which yesterday did more than £750,000 worth of damage, continues…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Underground Fire Problem Smouldering Chitter
Following tests at the scene or the underground fire near the Trades Hall yesterday, when it was found that the are was spreading, a close watch will…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wool Store On Fire—Tracks Alight—Walls Collapse
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE FIRE at Goldsbrough Mort's wool store at Pyrmont yesterday.—The picture above was taken from the Darling Harbor goods yard shortly after a line of railway trucks, stacked with bags of wheat, had caught fire…
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An early view of the big fire at Goldsbrough, Mort and Company's wool stores at Pyrmont, Sydney, yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales Strong Japanese Competition Fire Affects Ofering Sydney
A good selection, that comprised 7692 bales, was offered at the Sydney wool sales to-day. An additional 4000 bales were to have been submitted by Pitt, Son…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£750,000 Blaze Pyrmont Store and 30,000 Bales of Wool Destroyed Nine Injured When Walls Crash Adjoining Premises Saved After Great Battle Sydney
Goldsbrough, Mort and Company's seven-storied wool store at Pyrmont, and 30,000 bales of wool, were destroyed to-day in one of Sydney's worst fires for a decade. For hours the building was a roaring mass of flame. Walls…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London Blaze 400 Firemen Called Out Great Damage Most Spectacular Fire for Years (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, September 26
Stores of rubber, tea, and spirits, valued at over £1,000,000 were destroyed in what is described as London's most spectacular fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sydney Wool Fire Insurances Cost £250,000 to London Underwriters London
The Sydney wool fire cost London underwriters at least £250,000. A contract for this amount was placed here as well as re-insurances with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hoses Still at Work on Fire Wool Store Continues to Burn Sydney
A change of wind lost night swept large clouds of smoke from the burning ruins of Goldsbrough Mort's wool store over the city, where a faint…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Troops Mobilised Abyssinians Believe War Inevitable Will Not Fire First Shot Appeal for Neutral Observers: League Council Invokes Article 15 (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, September 26
Reports from Addis Ababa state that the Abyssinians are now convinced of the inevitability of war, though they are determined that they will not fire the first shot. The Emperor has telegraphed to the League advising, that…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire's Legacy
Fire headquarters is pessimistic as to the future effects of the strong odour of burning wool which has permeated Sydney since Goldsbrough, Mort's wool store was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Heavy Claims Sydney and Wapping Fires London Wharf Still Burning London, September 27
The Sydney wool fire cost London underwriters at least £250,000. A contract for this amount was placed here, as well as re-insurances of Australasian…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Store Fire Still Burning Firemen Forced Back Last Night Sydney
Early to-day 20 firemen and five officers reached the heart of the smouldering fire at Goldsbrough Mort's wool store at Pyrmont, and large clouds of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fuller Pensions for Returned Soldiers T.B. After the War "Burnt-out" Men's Special Cases Commonwealth Plan Canberra
Proposed legislation to liberalise war pensions will provide for many of the representations that have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Fire Nearly Extinguished Demolisher Injured Sydney
Firemen who have been combating the smouldering remains of the fire which gutted the wool store of Goldebrough, Mortand Company at Pyrmont on Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Fire Not Yet Out Sydney
Though the smouldering wool at Goldsbrough Mort's ruined Pyrmont store continues to defy the efforts of the brigades, the firemen have it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Red Hot Stones Fire Walking Mystery Defies Solution
Another exhibition of fire walking has been given—this time in London, where a Kashmir Mohammedan, Kuda Bux, twice walked along a 12 foot trench, over 10…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Woolwash in Botany Sydney
Firemen faced a difficult task early to-day, when they were called to a fire in the woolwash of Samuel and Charles Allingham, Beauchamp-street, Botany…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Psychic Powers of Fire Walkers More Strange Cases Sydney
"There is more than a possibility that the average person could develop psychic powers along the lines of those credited to Kuda Bux, the…
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