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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

2,577 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 129

Redfern Fire Puzzling Features at Factory 4 Outbreaks in 30Ft. "Methylated Spirits: Traced"

Evening News · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 5

PUZZLING features are associated with a five which broke out in the cabinet factory of Michael Gazal. Elizabeth-street, Redfern, shortly before 1 a.m. to-day…

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Australians Rescued From Midnight Fire On Liner Outbreak on Comorin at Colombo Passengers Are Safe on Shore Hold Flooded Colombo

Daily Pictorial · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 3

A fire broke out at midnight aboard the P. and O. liner Comorin, which arrived from Australia yesterday, while the steamer was anchored in the harbor. All the passengers from Australia were landed, and…

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Government Appointees Who Try To Teach Firemen Fire-Fighting Fire Board Overrules Fire Chief Policy of Chairman Criticised Were Appointments Merited?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 6

THAT all may not be well with N.S.W. Fire Brigades administration is indicated by the high-pressure hose of Criticism which is being directed at the methods of the Board of Fire-Commissioners, the body created as the result of the Act passed by J. T. Lang's Labor…

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Homestead Destroyed by Fire. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 16

The homestead at Flemington Park, situated seven miles from Adelong, was destioved by file to-day The owners, Messrs Treweeke and Miller, will be heavy losers, as it is…

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City Fire Good Save Effected Midnight Alarm

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 3

A fire broke out at 12.30 a.m. today on the fifth floor of a seven-story building, Callaghan House, George-street, near King-street, city…

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Solicitor's Fall. From Fire Escape. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 15

W. T. Atthow, 69, solicitor, who fell from a fire escape on the sixth floor of Perry House yesterday, was to-day reported to be in a grave condition. An X-ray examination…

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Comorin Fire Mail Bags Suffer Voyage to Continue

The Sun · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 7

The report on the fire on the R.M.S. Comorin at Colombo, received by the Sydney agents of the P. and O. Line, Messrs. Macdonald, Hamilton and Co…

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Comorin Able to Leave No Panic During Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 1

Messages received in Melbourne to day indicate that the London bound P. and O. liner Comorin, which caught fire at Colombo yesterday, would be…

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Fire on Comorin. Extensive Damage. Long Fight with Flames. Colombo, March 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 15

The fire on the P. and O. liner Comorin was extinguished late last night. The list to starboard was due to the large quantities of water pumped into the holds…

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Whiffs From the West Fencing Hints—Stays for the Posts; Forked, Wire, Anchor or Sleeper Protection Against Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 9

THERE are a multitude, and then some more, means of staying a postcorner, strainer or gate. The commonest, perhaps, is the forked loaning stay. This…

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Stop Press Mystery Fires at Redfern

Truth · Sunday 16 March 1930 · page 1

Extraordinary circumstances surround the finding of a fierce fire burning in the Star Cabinet Making Works Elizabeth-street, Redfern, shortly…

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Serious Mails Damaged in Cormorin Fire Melbourne

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 March 1930 · page 2

MR. H. P. BROWN, Director of Post and Telegraphs, to-day received word that the fire in the mail room of the Comorin was more serious than at…

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Fire Again Twice in 48 Hours Redfern Factory

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1930 · page 2

Firemen were amazed, a few minutes after midnight, when they received the second call within 48 hours to the Star Cabinetmaking Works, owned and…

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Mails Suffer Comorin Fire Out Meat to Be Dumped

The Sun · Sunday 16 March 1930 · page 5

Five hundred and seventy-two bags of mall from Australia for the United Kingdom were damaged by water in the fire in the R.M.S. Comorin at…

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C.G.A.S.A. News. Moonlight Picnic Songs Round the Camp Fire

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 March 1930 · page 18

THE City Girls' Amateur Sports Association will hold its gala carnival to-morrow night at the men's Domain baths at 6.30 p.m. The large number of…

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Homestead Burnt Out

Daily Pictorial · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 7

CONDOBOLIN, Sunday. -- The homestead and furniture of Mr. George Maxwell, of "Myalls," seven, miles east of town, on the Forbes…

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Cottage Destroyed Early Morning Blaze

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 1

At 12.10 a.m. this morning, an unoccupied house in Tennyson-street, Granville, was totally destroyed by fire. The building, which was a five-roomed…

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Gas Fumes in Carlton Blaze Lucky Escapes

Evening News · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 5

A WAKENED by suffocating smoke and gas fumes, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kelly, of Carlton Parade, Carlton, narrowly escaped death when…

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Blown Fuse Starts Fire

Daily Pictorial · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 7

Slight damage was done to the machinery of a lift in Municipal Chambers, Oxford Street, City, yesterday, when a fire was started by a…

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Supposed Thieves. Police Fire Revolver

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1930 · page 12

Prompt police action, following the receipt of a telephone message, resulted in a man being arrested at Rose Bay on Saturday night. There men were noticed acting suspiciously…

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