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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

2,577 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 129

Fire Bugs in Melb. Theatres Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 9

Damage estimated at £1000 was done by incendiarists who, at 3.15 a.m. to-day, set fire to the stage furnishings and projection screen curtain at…

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Explosions Thieves at Manly Home £1000 Fire Damage

The Sun · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 10

Explosions in a house at No. 28 Lauderdale-avenue, Manly, awakened a neighbor at 3 a.m. to-day. He found that the place, which is of two stories,…

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Explosions. and Fire in Empty House Early Morn Manly Mystery House Wreck

Evening News · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 10

RESIDENTS of Lauderdale-avenue, Manly, were startled about 4 a.m. to-day by a series of…

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Ex-Kaiser In Heroic Role Step-children Saved Motor Boat on Fire in Lake Close Calls London

Evening News · Friday 20 June 1930 · page 7

THE Prince Carme and Prince George, step-children of the es-Kaiser, had narrow escapes from death…

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Norwich Union Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 17

From July 1 the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd., will take over the accident business previously carried on by the Norwich and London Accident Insurance…

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Early Morning Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 20

When a tramway employee named Patterson was returning home from work at about lam yesterday he saw in a window of a cottage in Northern-avenue, Bankstown, the…

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Fire at Paddington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 19

A fire broke out in a fish shop occupied by Peter Istnthou, in OxforJ-street. Paddington, early yesterday morning, and considerably damaged the shop fittings. Brigades from…

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Fire Kills Pensioner Toowoomba

The Sun · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 3

A fire occurred at Leyburn, on the Darling Downs, in a house lately occupied by a pensioner, James Denham, whose remains were found in the…

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Fire Destroys Hotel Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 6

The 20-roomed Kilcunda Hotel, at Kilcunda, near Worthaggi, was gutted by fire late last night. An Italian staying at the hotel lost a roll of notes. The…

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Mysterious Fire. in Empty Manly Building

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 16

Residents of Lauderdale—avenue. Manly,.were awakened early yesterday morning by several loud explosions When they ra[?] outside they found the…

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Fire in City Brigade's Good Work

The Sun · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 5

A fire occurred about 4.30 this afternoon on the fourth floor of Ford's Buildings, Reservoir-street, city. Firemen from headquarters,…

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Disgruntled Thieves Fire Theatre Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 4

ANNOYED because they found no money in the manager's office, thieves early this morning set fire to the…

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Country News. Fire at Nyngan. Nyngan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 16

A stot and part of an hotel at Coolabah, conducteby Mr. Thomas Gregson, were destroyed bfira this morning. The fire was discovered [?] 6 o'clock. Several people narrowly…

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Fire in Theatre. Started By Thieves. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 16

Damage estimated at £1000 was caused by a fire in the Balwyn picture theatre early thls morning. The stage furnishing and projection screen curtain were destroyed…

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Was It Incendiarism? Kerosene Found in Manly Fire

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 5

SUSPECTING incendiarism, detectives are investigating a fire that partly destroyed a house yesterday in Lauderdale Avenue, Manly…

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Big Steamer on Fire--when Don. Bradman "Went'

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 24

DON BRADMAN bowled by Ailom after be had made 66 in the Australian team's match against M.C.C. at Lord's. A. P. F. Chapman is easily recognised. RED-HOT HULL of City of Honolulu just before she was…

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NO. 2 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and juries.) Fire From Locomotive Spark. Longhurst and another v Raliway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1930 · page 12

The plaintiffs in this action, Daniel Thomas Longhurst and Elaine Longhurst, sued the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales to recover £1750 compensation for loss…

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Knitting Mills Fire

The Sun · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 9

BRISBANE, Monday. Considerable damage was caused by fire, believed to have been caused by an electric short circuit, in the building…

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House Ablaze Mysterious Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 4

Last Wednesday Mr. H. Richardson Clark, Parramarta District Coroner, held an enquiry at Ryde Court House into the circumstances surrounding a fire at 62…

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Fire Alarms Additional Boxes Wanted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 23 June 1930 · page 4

Ryde Council had asked the Fire Brigades Board for additional alarm boxes at three positions which were specified, and also for more up-to-date…

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