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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 96

On Trek Fresh Fires Guard at Work Front Secured Cobar

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 13

THE New Guard went out again this morning to fresh outbreaks about eight or 10 miles from their bases…

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Hay Damaged by Fire. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 10

A large quantity of hay was damaged at Swan Reach last night when a hayshed, the property of Mr. William Smith caught fire. Before the arrival of the fire brigade, the…

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Water is Rushed to Fire in Milk Cans

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 1

THE Commercial Hotel at Kangaroo Valley, near Berry, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Three women and a youth, who…

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City Force Fire-Aid Scheme Takes Shape Wide Approval

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 15

First definite steps to create the City Volunteer Bush Fire Fighters' League will be made to-day or to-morrow at a conference of interested…

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Hotel Fire. Occupants Escape in Night Attire. Kangaroo Valley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 10

The Commercial Hotel at Kangaroo Valley was destroyed by Are early this morning. The occupants escaped in their night clothes. They lost all their personal belongings…

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Boy Labor for Fire Force Brigadesmen Much Concerned Poor Policy

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 6

Members of the Fire Brigades' Association, at a meeting yesterday, decided to send a deputation to the Cheif Secretary…

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BUSHFIRES. Fresh Outbreaks in South. Under Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 9

There have been a number of new outbreaks of bushfires in the south. Fortunately most of them were subdued before they assumed serious proportions…

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Vic. Bushfires Under Control Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 5

NO further reports concerning bush fires were received by the Forests Commission to-day, and it is now…

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Demands Apology for Distorted Report Davidson's Letter to the 'Sun' Condemnation Of Boo Guard At Cobar Bushfire Stunt

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 6

After the close of the Cobar meeting recently, which expressed resentment at the Boo Guard bushfire stunt, a "Sun" reporter…

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"Spotting" Bush-fires

The Land · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 14

Air pilot and wireless officer preparing to leave a Victorian depot on a flight to "spot" fires…

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Nothing a Day Fighting Bush Fires

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 3

Dear Comrade,— No doubt you have been reading in the Capitalist Press of the bush fires that have been raging in various…

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Notes From a Countryman's Diary Bush-Fires and Politics.—Not True Western Spirit.—First Blood to Hutt—Unions' Designs on Meat Industry.— Harvest End Draws Near Spirit of the West

The Land · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

THE attitude of the Mayor of Cobar and a section of the men of that town toward…

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A.L.P. Assists Fascism New Guard Bush Fire Stunt Build Workers' United Front Against Campbell's Thugs SYDNEY

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

The fascist New Guard is striving to “popularise” itself by sending a couple of hundred of its members out West allegedly to fight the…

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Fire-precautions

The Land · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 5

A bushfire danger period, extending' to the end of March, with stringent re strictions against the careless use of fire, has been proclaimed in Victoria,…

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Disastrous Blaze Heavy Damage in N.Z. Outbreak

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Thursday.--Damage amounting to many thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which swept the business centre of…

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Nail Causes Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 5

A nail in a quantity of flock, caused a fire in the factory of Nettleton, Son, and Company, in Moorehead-street. Redfern, yesterday afternoon. When the flocks were passing…

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Energetic Fire-fighter

The Land · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 14

Constable "Tiny" Titcume did great work in the Cobar bush-fire area…

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Fires and Tariff Dr. Arthur Suggests Import Plan

The Land · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 3

Dr. Richard Arthur, in a letter to "The Land," suggests that, in order to assist bushfire victims who have lost fences and buildings, Dr.. Page…

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Fire Patrolling Is Dry Work

The Land · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 2

Car and motor-cycle patrols in the Canberra fire area compare notes…

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Fire Destroys Cottage. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 10

A four-roomed house at Brocklesby, owned by Mr. A. C. Severin, President of the Hume Shire, and occupied by Mr. J. Mattson, was destroyed by fire. Practically nothing was…

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