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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

2,577 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 129

Fire in Bondi Church

Evening News · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 7

A fire in the Vestry of St Ann's Roman Catholic Church. Oakley-road. North Bondi has night, was extinguished by trumen from Darlinghurst…

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Big Blaze Safe-blowing Sequel? 47 Motors Burnt Men Seen Running Away Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 5

Forty-four cars and three motor trucks were destroyed in the biggest fire which Geelong has known for 15 years,…

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Left Children to Die in Fire Bucharest Roumania [?]

Evening News · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 1

EIGHT [?] were [?] fire which [?] whole village of [?]…

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120 PERISH. In Cinema Fire. Disaster in Manchuria. Shanghai, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 17

The worst cinema disaster in China's history is reported from Changchun, in Manchuria, where a fused electric wire ignited a filmsy, makeshift structure during a…

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Fire Tragedy. Girl Burnt to Death Brother Dies from Injuries. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 17

Shirley Musgrave, aged two years, was burnt to death when her parents' home in Shamrock-street, Hexham, caught fire this afternoon…

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Baby Burnt to Death Brother May Die Cottage Destroyed by Fire Mother Shopping Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 1

A two-years-old baby girl, Shirley Musgrave, was burnt to death while asleep in her cot in a weatherboard dwelling at…

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NO. 1 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) Insurance on Burnt Motor Car. Blackmore v Southern Star Fire, Accident, and General Insurance Co., Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1930 · page 14

This action was brought by Helen Veronica Blackmore against the Southern Star Fire, Accident, and General Insurance Co., Ltd., to recover £ 150, alleged to be due under a policy…

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47 Motors Gone Big Blaze at Geelong Safeblowers to Blame ? MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1930 · page 5

Forty-[?]our cars and three motor trucks were destroyed in a fire which gutted the garage of Margett's Motors Pty., Ltd., in Merces-street, Geelong,…

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Factory Destroyed by Fire

Daily Pictorial · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Factory premises in East Brunswick, occupied by E. S. Thores, phonograph manufacturer, were destroyed by fire early…

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Werris Creek Fire. Werris Creek

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 12

Horatio P. Whinfield, who was accused of arson in regard to the recent Werris Creek fire, has, by order of the Attorney-General, been committed for triai at Tamworth…

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Freemantle Blocks Hang Fire Few Suitable Applicants

Daily Pictorial · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 15

BATHURST. -- The demand for blocks of the Freemantle resumed area, recently made available by the Lands Department, has been far from…

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Second Child Dies Hexham Fire Tragedy Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 5

James Musgrave the four months old baby who was frightfully burned about the face and body when a four-roomed dwelling was completely destroyed by…

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Garage Fire. 60 Motor Cars Destroyed. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 12

The most destructive fire witnessed in Geelong for 15 years occurred shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday morning, when the motor garage in Mercer and Cavendish streets owned…

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60 Cars Destroyed in Big Garage Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 1

The biggest are in Geelong for 11 years occurred on Saturday morning, when Margetts' Motors Pty., Ltd., garage was destroyed…

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Four Shops Burnt Fought £10,000 Fire in His Dress Suit

Daily Pictorial · Monday 24 March 1930 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- With his dress suit soaked in water, Chief-Officer Lambert supervised the fire brigade last night when it fought a…

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Three Fires Man Burned Motor Works Blaze

Evening News · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 5

TWO fires occurred in the metropolitan area last night and in a third outbreak in P[?] City to-day two motor car were damaged…

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Radio Magic Blaze of Light Sydney and Marconi

Evening News · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 5

ONE-SEVENTH of second from the time the M[?]se Marconi in [?] yacht electra lying off Genoe. touches the switch of his control…

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Fire at Surry Hills

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 12

An outbreak of fire last night caused extensive damage to the contents and fittings of Mrs. Emily Jackson's grocery shop, Hannamstreet. East Sydney. Firemen from…

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Fire on Waterfront. 3,000,000 Dollars Damage. VANCOUVER, March 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 11

An outbreak of fire at Hoboken (New Jersey) to-day wrecked portion of the waterfront, destroying two piers belonging to the Lamport nnd Holt line, and more than 400…

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Dragged From Blazing Room Old Woman's Peril Fire Caused by Candle Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 25 March 1930 · page 1

JUST in time to save her from a terrible death Mrs. Ellen Donnelly, a helpless invalid, aged 80 years, was rescued from a…

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