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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 96

Fire Bridges Condemn T.b. Group

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 5

AT a special meeting of the Fire Brigades Assn., the action of the followers of Messrs. Higgins and Coates in…

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Homestead Destroyed by Fire. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 16

Lakeview, the homestead of Mr. M. S. Johnson, at Camira Creek, and its contents, have been destroyed by fire. Mr. Johnson was in Grafton, and his wife was alone when she was…

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Fire in City. Man Overcome by Fumes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 16

Fire caused slight damage at the Government Printing Office, at the corner of Bent and Phillip streets, city, yesterday morning Firemen confined the flames to a switchboard…

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Bridge Night at Harold Park Bells and Princes Under Fire Beautiful Bashful Mina — Books Caned by Malacca and Derby Andrew Wolverine Eats Up the Aristocrats

Referee · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 22

MAYBE it was the Fantasy of Film and Gossamer, the muted whir of life that enveloped the magic vicinity of the bridge Saturday night, but the…

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Police Probe Bush Fire Letters Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 9

The Forestry Commission has handed to the police for further investigation the anonymous letters mentioned at yesterday's inquest on…

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Legitimate Stage Fires Its First Big Shot

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 10

FIRST of the really elaborate J. C. Williamson stage productions of the year commences at Melbourne Theatre Royal on…

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Veiled Threat to All Arbitration Lyons Places Profits For Industry Above Australian Standards Of Living Amazing Bushfire Charges Alleged That Death-blaze Was Started Deliberately Six Killed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 1

SUGGESTIONS that the bushfire Which resulted in the deaths of six men at Erica, on February 5 was deliberately started, were made…

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Death in Message Workers' Threat of Forest Fire Six Victims Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 9

nesday.--"If Youl is not shifted from Erica there will be matches used very carelessly this…

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Catches Fire. Electric Light Pole

The Biz · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 3

Last week Holroyd Council received the following report from the electrical engineer:— On the 8th inst. I received a call…

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Fire at Lithgow. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 6

A fire which broke out in the grocery section of the Lithgow Co-operative Society's store at 7.30 o'clock last night was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade, members of…

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Thieves Blamed. For Fire in House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 6

Police believe that thieves who broke into a house in Brook-street, Coogee, last night deliberately attempted to set fire to the building. The owner and occupier of the house, Mr…

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Peculiar Fire at Coraki. Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 6

A grass fire on the town common caused a peaty material to catch alight, and all efforts to stamp it out have failed. Water has no effect on the fire, which is burning a foot down…

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Robbed Place, Then Set It on Fire

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 7

Contemptible, thieves who ransacked the home of Mr. W. James in Brook street, Coogee, last night set fire to the place. Randwick…

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Deaths in Bushfire. Threatening Letters. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 5

An unusual feature of the proceedings yesterday at the inquest at Erica on the death of six men, who were burned in the bushfires which destroyed O'Shea's mill on February 5,…

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Leap Into Fire on Cycle Speedway Thrills

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 5

A FINE programme, which should provide a variety of thrills, is set down for Wentworth Speedway to-night…

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Famous Ground Headingley's £20,000 Fire LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 1

Damage to the extent of £20,000 was done to the Headingley Ground, Leeds, to-day. During a football match the stands…

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Church and Store Destroyed by Fire. BALLINA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 11

The Church of England and Nicholas's general store at Broadwater were destroyed by a fire which broke out at 4 o'clock this morning. A large band of volunteer firefighters…

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Brave Times Camp-Fire Comes To Town Peeps at Show

The Sun · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 3

And this is a song for the camp-fire out west where the stars shine bright -- Oh, this is a song for the camp-fire where the old mates yarn to-night;…

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£1 HINT Simple Fire-Side Idea

Truth · Sunday 27 March 1932 · page 17

MRS. HUGH HILL, P.O., Brookton, Western Australia, is the faroff contributor who wins this week's £1 prize offered in the hint section. Her…

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Fire Routs Spectators at Football Match London

The Sun · Sunday 27 March 1932 · page 3

Stands at Headingley sports grounds, Leeds, were gutted by fire, which started during a football match to-day. Three thousand spectators…

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