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Fires & bushfires, 1930

2,577 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 129

Fire In Bootshop

The Sun · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 9

A fire broke out shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday in the boot shop of Clive Valentine Collier, at the corner of Oxford and Elizabeth streets,…

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Fire in Hunter-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 12

A fire that broke out in the Pall Mall Cafe, in Hunter-street, between Pitt-street and George-street, about 10 o'clock last night attracted several hundred sightseers within a…

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Fire in Hunter Street Cafe

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 6

Fire caused damage estimated at about £25 at the Pell Mall Cafe Hunter street City at about 10 o'clock last night Four brigades from…

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Hotel Fire Woman Dies Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 9

Noticing smoke coming from his mother's bedroom at Budgeree Hotel, Yarram, at 3 a.m. on Sunday, Michael Scanlon entered it and found it alight…

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Child's Death Nightdress on Fire Goulburn

The Sun · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 9

Injuries following on her nightdress catching fire caused the death of Thelma Gertrude Bills, the three-year-old daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. C. M…

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Fire at Darwin. Dog Trapped in House. Darwxn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 12

The War Service home owned by Mr. Burton was destroyed by fire last night. The loss is estimated at about £1200. When the fire was in full blast a dog, which…

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Mill Fire Causes Huge Damage S. Aus. Town in Darkness Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 5

Illuminating the town of Pinraree about 4 o'clock this morning a fire which destroyed the flourmill and the adjoining buildings of the South…

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Fire at Leichhardt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 12

A tobacconist's shop at Parramatta-road, [?]ichhardt, occupied by E. F. Whiting, was damaged by fire last night. Great heat was generated, and this, aggravated by dense…

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Factory Fire :: Using Up Cruiser

Evening News · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 12

Steel wall of the Sydney that once stood between a country and its enemies are being sundered and turned to the arts of pease L. Gale [?] a storm in the play for the R.A.C.A. Cup at the Kensington Links to day…

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Fire at Mortlake. Threatens Gasometers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 12

Danger threatened the gasometers at Mortlake last night, and the fire brigades from Stanmore. Burwood, and Concord, under District Officer McLoughlin, had a difficult task…

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Now Is the Time for "Hecla" Fires an Australian Firm

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 8

"HECLA"--The name synonymous with electric heating and cooking appliances throughout Australia- stands for a rapidly expanding…

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Mortlake Gasworks in Danger From Fire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 6

Stanmore Burwood and Concord brigades effected a good save last night when Mortlake gasworks was endangered through a punt catching fire…

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Fatal Burns. Girl's Nightdress Catches Fire. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 15

Thelma Gertrude Bills, aged three years, died in the Goulburn Hospital as the result of burns received when her nightdress caught fire…

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Firebug Theory at Redfern Third Mystery Blaze in 3 Months Furniture Factory Discovery Made at 1.30 a.m. Vendetta Idea

Evening News · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 8

FOR the third time in less than three months, a mystery fire broke out in the furniture factory of Mrs…

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Brave Fight Fire Menaces Oil Tanks Brigade Wins Mortlake Gasometers in Danger

The Sun · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 6

Firemen at Mortlake last night fought a hard battle to prevent flames from reaching oil tanks and the immense gasometers at the gasworks. The splendid efforts of the firemen prevented any serious…

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Out of the Fire Stacks of Surprises For Patrons of Stoush Long-shots in Limelight

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 10

THERE'S certainly some elements of that uncertainty in this boxing game! THE surprising unexpectedness of the finish to Saturday night's fight was only one of the several…

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Three Fires of London

The World's News · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 17

BOADICEA'S claim to have set the torch to the first Great Fire of London stands good, but traces of another fire which burned out part of the rebuilt Roman city…

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Fire at Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 17

A fire occurred yesterday morning at the cabinet-making works of Mrs. Katrine Gazal. Eliznbelh-street, Redfern. The rear portion of the building, which is a one-story…

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A New Fire Fighter

The World's News · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 16

A WONDERFUL motor vehicle has been built for the London Fire Brigade to help in fighting fires at night. It is a powerful van equipped with a big…

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Lucky Chance Fire Seen in Time Innisfail

The Sun · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 13

After leaving a restaurant where they had had supper last night, one of two young men found that he had lost two £1 notes. They went back…

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