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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

2,577 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 129

Safe Blown. Fire Started But Factory Saved

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 5

A FIRE caused by explosives used by cracksmen on a safe at the Silvarite Glass Company;s premises. Parramatta-road. Camperdown, was…

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British Steamer on Fire at Azores LONDON

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 1

The British steamer Maimoa, bound from New Zealand to London, reports that No. 3 hold is on fire. She gives her position as latitude…

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Fire on Steamer Making for Azores London

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 1

THE Brush steamer Maimos. 8011 tons, bound from Napier to London, has sent a wireless message to say that No. 3 hold is on fire, and that she…

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£3000 Damage. Thieves Cause Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 12

For the second time in five weeks a fire occurred in premises occupied by J. C. Febwab. in Brien-lane, city, yesterday. It is believed that the fire was deliberately caused by…

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Grim Death in Bush Camp Burned Alive Upset Kerosene Tin "Lake of Fire" Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 1

BURNED from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, with the bones revealed in many parts of ins body…

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Tas Bushfires Scare for Campers Burnte

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 13

AS we[?] of nearly a month having passed without rain-a record for several [?] senior bush fires have brokers [?] Wynyard and Circular…

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Rescued the Safe Darlington Blaze

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 15

WHEN a are broke one at petenham's furn[?]ture factory Vine-street. Darju[?]gton. the proprietor and a night-lorry which were on the premies…

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Fire on Maimoa

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 4

Cable advices from London state that the steamer Malmoa, en route from New Zealand to London, has suffered an outbreak of fire in No. 3…

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£2000 Blaze at Darlington Owner Saw Glare on His Way Home

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 7

Damage at the rate of £100 a minute was done, late last night, by a fire which swept through a big portion of the Darlington…

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Hurt in Fire Partner Saves Safe

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 6

One fireman was injured and several had narrow escapes, when flaming timber and splintered glass fell while they were fighting a fire at the…

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Fire on British Steamer. London, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 11

The Shaw Savill and Albion freighter Malmoa (8011 tons) proceeding from Napier (N.Z.) to London sent a wheless message from lat. 48.40 N., long 32.40 W., in the…

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Fire Rages Sweeps Country Dangerous Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 12

A bush fire on one side of the Snowy River, near Orbost and beyond Jarrahmond, which has been burning for a fortnight, has…

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Fire in Factory. Rapid Spread of Flames

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 12

A fire, which spread with remarkable rapidity, caused extensive damage to the three-story factory of the Darlington Mirror Works, Ivy-street, Darlington, last night…

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Hit or Miss? Girl Fires at Thief Kept Shooting Had Never Used Gun

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 11

Only 18 and very pretty, Miss Jean McMillan, of Salisbury-road, Stanmore, is to-day the envy of every city girl, for…

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Tas. Bush Fires Burnie, Tas

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 4

Bush fires are raging in North-Western Tasmania, and unless rain comes soon serious damage may result. Already considerable damage has been caused in some…

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When Red Demon Licks the Forest Terror and tragedy of Bush fires in the great Outbook

The World's News · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 5

UP in the vast, sparsely-populated regions of frontier Canada, the one thing pioneers and foresters fear more than 50 or 60 below zero…

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Granville Blaze

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 22

A six roomed unoccupied weatherboard cottage in Mobbs street, Granville, owned by Albert Henry Pierce, of Croydon, was destroyed by fire…

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Fresh Outbreak Fire on Maimoa

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 6

A cable message received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association today stated that a fire had broken out again in No. 3 hold of the…

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Shipping INTELLIGENCE & Weather Blaze Quelled at Sea Steamer Maimoa Anchors at Azores LONDON

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 13

The Shaw, Savill. and Albion steamer Maimoa reports that the fire in No. 3 hold has been extinguished. The Maimoa, which was calling for…

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Arson Not Suspected in Challis Bros Fire

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 5

In our issue of February 7 it was stated that arson was suspected in connection with a fire at Messrs. Challis Bros, tannery Quondong Street,…

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