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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 96

5M. Front Fire Out of Control Coolac

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 13

A BAD outbreak of fire started at Coolac this morning and has swept to within five miles of…

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Fire Threatens Home of Late Nellie Stewart Brigade's Good Save

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 15

The home of the late famous Nellie Stewart, who died last year, occupied by Mrs. Nancy Stewart Linton, in Thompson - street. Mosman. was…

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Benzine Peril Fire Near Truck Of 2000-Gals. JUNEE

The Sun · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 15

A desperate position threatened last night when a grassfire broke out in the immediate vicinity of a 2000 gallon railway waggon of benzine…

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Fire Fighters Penrith Helpers Boo Guard Repudiated (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 4

Sir,--I wish to draw the attention of your readers to what I consider can be described as '"prostitution of journalism" by the "Sun" paper…

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Towns in Fire Path 300 Men to Rescue Two Collapse In Fierce Heat Night Battle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 7

Baulked by a sudden change of wind, a fierce bush fire that swept within half a mile of Gunning yesterday[?] started on a new track of…

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Vigilance Corps Watch for Fire-bugs District Is Carefully Patrolled Bush Outbreaks in Victoria Weather Help Melbourne. Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 1

Following a report that a fire which destroyed 4000 acres of grass was deliberately started, residents of Mansfield have…

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BUSHFIRES. In Wagga District. WAGGA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 January 1932 · page 9

A fire which began in the township of Humula to-day spread rapidly, and was soon burning on a 10-mile front. Owing to telephonic delays only meagre…

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Fire at Bexley

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

An unoccupied weatherboard cottage in St. George's Road, Bexley, which had been condemned as uninhabitable by the Bexley Council some months ago,…

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Fire at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

The Hurstville Fire Brigade received a call on Monday night to the Federal Brick Company's premises in Forest Road, Hurstville. On arrival they…

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Fire at Penshurst

The St George Call · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

One of the finest residences of the district, “West Mayling,” at the corner of Belmore Road and Penshurst Avenue, Penshurst, and the home of…

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Raging Fires' Toll Fighters Burned Albury

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

THE bushfire at Wymah, which has swept over 4000 acres, and which broke into the hills late on…

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Fresh Fires Hard Struggle in Young Area

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

Fire broke out in the Young district yesterday in a sweated lucerne stack on Mr. Edward Cummins's property at Merango, near Young, at…

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Australianities. the Fire Fighters

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

Travelling through the Northern Tableland during September and October of last year I was impressed with the possibilities of devastating bush…

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For Hungry Fire-fighters

The Land · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 3

The cook of the Sydney contingent at work at Cobar…

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Eden Threatened by Fire Eden

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

A fire coming in on the western side of Eden threatens the town. Police and a large band of men are fighting the fire, and burning a…

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Big Fire at Hurstville. "Westmaling" Partially Destroyed

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

"Westmaling," that fine old homely residence at the corner of Belmore Road and Penshurst Avenue, Penshurst, was severely damaged by fire and…

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Serious Fire Averted. Near Big Oil Vats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 12

A strong force of firemen was assembled at the iron foundry of William Adams and Co., Ltd., Fountain and McEvoy streets, Alexandria, last night, when an outbreak of fire…

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Fatal Heat One Dead, 60 Collapse In The City Ring of Fires

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

A SUDEN change of win, and in a scorching searing blast, the heat wave swept down on Sydney to-day and by 1.30 p.m. had sent the temperature to 105.6 degrees…

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Country News. Petrol Waggon Catches Fire. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 12

At midnight a petrol waggon in the railway yards caught fire. It is believed that the valves leaked. The fire brigade quickly subdued the flames, but a large quantity of petrol…

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Lausanne Parley Still Hangs Fire London, Thursday. (Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

AN authoritative statement regarding the Lausanne Reparation Conference, fixed to be opened on Monday, is…

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