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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1930

2,577 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 129

Pursued by Fire Hayden Family's Bogey

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 2

After having been driven out of their home at Carlsbrooke Flats, Darlinghurst, by fire on Friday, six members of the Hayden family, which has…

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Two Fires Family's Narrow Escape Homes Destroyed Fled in Night Attire Cessnock

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 5

Two fires, m one or which there were exciting incidents, occurred during the early hours of this morning…

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Is Fire Fiend After Them? Sydney Family Escapes Twice

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 3

Soon after the Hayden family, driven from their flat at "Carisbrooke," Darlinghurst, by Friday's fire, had settled down at…

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Audience Did Not Know of Fire Outbreak in Picture Show

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 2

A small fire which broke out among films on the top floor of the Arcadia Theatre, Pitt Street, was attended by the brigade, but the show went…

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Illness Beat Him After Fire Had Dealt Heavy Blow No Policy

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 28

SOME people pray for fires—but they aren't the least bit of good to the man who has forgotten to take out a fire policy…

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Elevator Fire £650,000 Dock Blaze London, [?]

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

Alfred [?] to-day. The building and [?]…

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Saved His Six Children Home Burnt Out Two Destructive Fires at Cessnock Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

In rescuing his six children from his [?] home early yesterday morning [?] McDonald, timber cutter, of Kalingo Street, Bellbird, and both bunds severly…

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Harbor Blaze

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 13

The motor yacht Emerald, which carries the staff at Garden island to and from Man-o'-War Steps, was destroyed by fire at 8.15 a.m. to-day…

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Arcadia Theatre Blaze

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

Fortunately for all concerned, the film used at the Arcadia Theatre, is, according to the manager, non-inflammable, and when the spool caught…

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Fire in Picture Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 13

A burning spool was responsible for a call to the fire brigade late on Saturday afternoon from the Arcadia Theatre in Pitt-street. When the headquarters' brigade arrived at the…

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Fire Victim's Death Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

Dennis Slattery, 50, who was severely burned in a fire which destroyed Boston Blacking Company's factory, Richmond, has died in hospital…

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Werris Creek Fire. Fruiterer Arrested. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

Phillip Horatius Whinfield was arrested at Tamworth last night on a charge which, it is believed, is connected with the disastrous fire at Werris Creek, on Friday morning. He…

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An Arrest Werris Creek Fire Werris Creek

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

In connection with the Werris Creek fire, Phillip Horatio Whinfield, the [?]ssee of the shop that the fire started in, was arrested by Sergeants…

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In Glass Case Placing Fire Hydrants Alderman's Views

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

When the Fire Commissioners asked Lidcombe Council lost week to see that hydrants in the municipality were kept free from dust considerable indignation…

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Peril in Theatre Film Catches Fire Operator's Plucky Save

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

Nobody in the crowded audience at the Arcadia Picture Theatre. Pitt Street, City, knew of the deadly peril they were in when a spool caught…

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Fire at Tamworth. Seventh in a Month. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

The seventh fire in Tamworth this year broke out in the butter factory's weatherboard cottage on Armidale-road, a mile and a half from Tamworth, at 3 o'clock this…

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Brave Nurse Carried Patient From Fire Famous Hotel Gone London

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

The fire which destroyed the well-known hotel Reina Cristina, at Algeciras says the "Daily Mail's" Gibraltar correspondent, is believed to…

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Boarders Have Lucky Escape From Fire Establishment Gutted To-day at Mudgee

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

Just after ten persons had dashed from the place in their night attire, early this morning, a big boardinghouse in Lewis Street, Mudgee, was…

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Frequent Fires Gordonvale Damage Cairns

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

FIVE shops and a house were destroyed by fire at Gordonvale, near Cairns. The shops were in the main business block, and the presence of concrete…

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Film on Fire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 8

Thee manager of the Arcada Theatre Pitt Street, advises that reports of a fire at the theatre were exagerated…

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