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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 96

Mine Fires Reviving. Greta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 10

At last meeting of the Greta Municipal Council the mayor and deputy mayor reported that fire was again manifesting itself in the haulage tunnel of Central Greta mine,…

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Claim for Fire Damages. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 10

Arthur Charles McCumstie, a farmer, of Edgeroi, claimed £400 from the Transport Commission, before Judge Clancy, as damages for injury done to his property by fire on…

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Champion to Fire for Top Honor Shearim After Fourth Clasp King's Medal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 4

IF Warrant-Officer J. D. Shearim, of Randwick Small Arms School, wins the Army Championship at Long Bay…

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Petrol on Fire. Child Dead; Father Injured. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 17

A shocking burning fatality occurred this morning at the farm of William Overall, three miles north of Hopetoun Overall was lighting a fire in a stove, when he applied petrol…

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Poured Petrol on Fire Baby Dead; Father Seriously Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--His infan[?]son, two years, was fatally burned, and William Overall, farmer, of Hopetoun, received serious burns…

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Fire at School. Man Trapped in Blazing Room. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 13

Two men—a father and son—were badly burned when endeavouring to save a piano from the St. Agnes Louise kindergarten school in Ahearne-street Hermit Park, Townsville,…

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"Match of Day" But It Didn't Set Fans On Fire

Truth · Sunday 5 June 1932 · page 7

OFFICIALLY classed as the "match of the day," Norths and Drummoyne turned on one of the poorest exhibitions of the Union code at North…

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Fire Engines Will Have To Be Called Out the Track Will Be Burnt Hot Lot of Fliers in Kenso Flying Normandy to Notch the Notes

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 2

IF the fire-engines have to be called at Kensington to-morrow, you can blame the first division of the Flying field for setting the track afire. These speedsters are almost certain to "scorch" the grass. A…

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Fire at Bankstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 9

Consideiable damage was caused by a fire which broke out in a weatherboard cottage in Banksia-road, Bankstown, early yesterday morning. The building has been unoccupied…

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Fire at Forbes. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 12

The refreshment rooms occupied by Leo Ryan, in Rankin-street, were badly damaged by a fire which broke out in the early hours of the morning. The shop is in the centre…

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Pony's Visit Galloped Into Fire Brigade Yards

The Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 16

Firemen on duty in headquarters yards, in Castlereagh-street, received a shock at 7 a.m. to-day, when a thoroughbred pony galloped…

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They Made the Blaze New Role for Firemen

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Firemen are usually called to put out fires, but to-day a detachment from fire…

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Told Round the Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 9

It was a wild and wintry night, and the girls in "Glencoe" Boarding School at Katoomba were gathered round the bright mountain log fire in the…

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Motor Lorry on Fire

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 4

A butcher's motor lorry caught fire at Ryde last night, when some motor spirit came in contact with a naked light. Ryde Fire Brigade…

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Ship in Line of Fire Steamer's Skipper Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 3

In Central Summons Court yesterday, Captain George Doyne, skipper of the Hawkesbury River steamer Errtoghi, had to pay a total of £611…

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Steamer's Danger. In Range of Artillery Fire. Master Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 7

While a special artillery battery was firing from the forts on Middle Head on the night of March 21, the coastal steamer Erringhi entered the harbour while the port was closed to…

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Fire Brigade Officers

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 8

At a meeting of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades Officers' Association, held at Fire Headquarters, the following were elected on the mangement…

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Fire Alarm Destroyed. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 14

The mystery of an explosion which awakened many residents of Murwillumbah some nights ago has been solved by the discovery that some miscreants had blown up…

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Police Warned Of Danger To Premier - . . to Fire Marbles From Catapult U.A.P. Speaker Kidnapped In Car and Dumped in Bush Terrorist Tactics

The Sun · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 9

FOLLOWING other forms of intimidation at Auburn, Banks town, Kogarah and Redfern, against U.A.P. and Federal Labor supporters, the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Childs) this morning received a report that three prominent Labor…

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False Alarm for Fire Brigade

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 4

Penrith Fire Brigade was called out by 'phone, after someone had rung the bell, on Monday evening, to go to a fire at Kingswood. The men…

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