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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 96

Won't Tell Bramston Puzzles Officials Car Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 14

ALDERMAN George Bramston, ex-Mayor of Canterbury, refused last night to supply police and firemen with…

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Defaulted Interest Federal Writ for £238,000 Hangs Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 March 1932 · page 8

Fourteen days ago N.S.W. entered an appearance to the Commonwealth writ for £238,000 defaulted bond…

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Homesteads in Danger Young Bush Fires Menace Stations

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 10

Believed to have been started by lightning striking a tree on Monday night, a bush Are blazed in the Cowra district all day yesterday, and,…

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Fire in Timber Yard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 10

A fire broke out yesterday morning in the timber yard of Allen Taylor and Co., Ltd., in Bank-street, Pyrmont. Constable Curtayne informed the Pyrmont Fire Brigade, and the…

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Fire on Steamer Time. Cargo Damaged

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 1

A FIRE which broke out among general cargo on the Howard Smith steamer Time on Friday evening, March 4, was…

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Country News. Early Morning Fire. Dungog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 March 1932 · page 14

Fire destroyed Bromley and Redman's refreshment rooms, Brown-street, at 3 a.m. The flames quickly spread to the dwelling and J. M. Roberts' watchmaking premises. A railway…

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Home Destroyed by Fire. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 10

Fire destroyed the brick and weatherboard residence owned and occupied by Mr. Ba[?]do Cunich, fruitgrower and grazier, of Cowiaroad. The building was completely gutted. The…

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Bushfire Near Cowra. Cowra, Wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1932 · page 10

A bushfire, starting on Young's Torrington property, about 12 miles from the town, burned fiercely in an easterly direction until it was checked at the Binni-road, after…

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Bush Fires. To the Editor

The St George Call · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

Sir,—In view of recent -bush fires In Sans Souci, and also the fact that strong representations have been made to Rockdale Council and Aldermen to…

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Fire at Rockdale

The Propeller · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

Last Saturday afternoon a fire broke out in the dressmaker's shop occupied by Miss Florence Daisy Chilton in the Tramway Arcade, Rockdale. Some…

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Incendiarism by Communists? Suspicious Fires in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A strong smell of kerosene was noticed during the fire at a weatherboard house in Broadway Avenue, Reservoir, last…

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Stole for Fire Wood. Took Slip Bails

The St George Call · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 1

That he had teen out of work for 14 months and had a wife and five children to support, and he needed firewood, was an explanation given to Mr…

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Fire Works! Attack on Mayor- Aldermen at Loggerheads

The St George Call · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

Approaching midnight last night the atmosphere in the Rockdale Council Chambers was charged very heavily when the Aldermen…

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Notes From a Countryman's Diary "Greatest Show on Earth" The Greatest "Royal"—A Horse of Doubtful Breeding —Surveying Our Land Resources—A Very Tall Bushfire Tale

The Land · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

WELL might the forthcoming Royal Sydney Show be described as "the Greatest…

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Bushfire Peril Stronger Precautions Urged; No Control Board Wanted

The Land · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 6

Anxiety aroused by the recent bushfires and by the mystery surrounding the origin of many outbreaks, was reflected in the discussions on bushfire…

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Country News. Bushfire Near Cowra. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 10

A bushfire, starting on Young's Torrington property, about 12 miles from the town. burned fiercely in an easterly direction unfil it was checked at the Binni-road, after…

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Fire, But No Firemen

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--While the firemen were away at the competitions in Geelong two shops, with dwellings and contents, at Birchip…

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The Church Militant "Bring Me My Chariot of Fire."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 7

The Church is on the march, banners are unfurled, the camp is moving, in the Holy Catholic Church throughout all the world there is a stir. It seems that a trumpet has…

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Why the Glass Broke Gin That Became Real Fire-water

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 5

"Fire-water" became an actual fact yesterday in a Pitt Street hotel, when a patron ordered a gin from the barmaid, and decided to show his…

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Two-year-old Fires Royal Salute

The Sun · Sunday 13 March 1932 · page 4

WALLSEND, Saturday.--No big guns boomed for the arrival of the Governor to inspect the local hospital. But as the…

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