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Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 96

Fire Destroys Bakery. Tottenham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 10

The local bakery was destroyed by fire at one o'clock this morning. The premises were owned by Messrs. Armour and Bowden, and were leased to Mr. E. S. Slggers. The damage…

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Inquiry Into Fire. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 10

At Moree Police Court this morning the Coroner (Mr. W. A. Cole) held an inquiry into a fire which destroyed the wool shed of E. J. Cory, at Terry Hie Hie, on June 21. An open…

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Rioting in Bombay. Police Fire on Combatants. CALCUTTA, June 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 10

Acute Hindu—Moslem tension has been smouldering since the recent disturbances broke out. Savage communal rioting occurred in the…

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Man Plunges Into Fire to Save Family Held by Neighbor When Exhausted and Burned Three Deaths Poignant Story Is Told at Melb. Coroner's Inquiry Melbourne Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 5

A POIGNANT story of a fathers frantic and unsuccessful attempts to save his wife and two children from being burned to…

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Fire Scare in Theatre

The Sun · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 5

During the screen of "Private Lives" at the Butterfly Theatre, Fairfield, this afternoon, a fire occurred in the projection-room, but was…

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Stolen Car Destroyed by Fire

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 6

Stolen from outside the Auburn Picture Theatre on Thursday night, a motor car belonging to Mrs. Delaney of Marlon Street. Auburn was…

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Cowra Fire Brigade. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 14

Members of the Fire Brigade Board, including Aldermen E. E. Collins and T. J. Baker and Messrs. Haythorpe Beswick, and Watt, visited Cowra, and were met by the…

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Country News. Children Rescued From Fire. Dorrigo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 14

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, a young Scottish couple, who have Mr. E. W. Gess's farm at Rocky Creek on lease, lost the whole of their furniture and personal belongings when their…

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Her Ashes in Ruins of Self-set Fire? Demented Woman Attacks Relative and Burns House Bleeding Sister-in-law's Flight From Club and Blazing Brands Patient Vanishes--in Fire or Hills?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1932 · page 1

Whether a middle-aged woman, 53, remained to die in the blazing, home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Stewart, at Laughten Dale, near Wiseman's Ferry, yesterday afternoon, or whether,…

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Lit Hero Own Pyre Burned to Death In Blaze Wiseman's Ferry

The Sun · Sunday 3 July 1932 · page 1

SETTING fire to the house of her brother at Wiseman's Perry on Friday afternoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Walker, a…

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Are Ghosts Genuine? Spiritualism Under Fire As Religion London

The Sun · Sunday 3 July 1932 · page 3

The credulity of inquirers in the face of obvious fraud" is a subject of regret by Sir Ernest Bennett, author of "Apollonius…

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City Fire. Hardware Stock Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 9

Considerable damage was done to the stock of hardware and tools belonging to Messrs. Waring, Martin, and Harris, hardware merchants, when a fire broke out in their…

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Youth's Fire in Rugby Veterans

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 7

WE "veterans" tottered away from the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, happy and contented…

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House Destroyed by Fire. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 10

At 4.50 o'clock this morning a call was received by the Wollongong Fire Brigade to Keiraville, where it was found that a cottage, occupied by Mr. Charles William…

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Fire on Steamer Serious Outbreak In Melbourne MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 7

A serious fire broke out in No. 1 hatch of the British- India steamer Querimba, lying at Victoria Dock, late this…

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Demented Woman Found Injured, After Supposed Death in Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1932 · page 9

Although she was thought to have been burnt to death in a fire in a farmhouse near Wiseman's Ferry on Friday night, Mrs Elizabeth Mary Walker, 53, was found in the hilly…

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Colliery Fires. Greta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 8

Two inspections have been made of the main haulage tunnel of the Central Greta mine, which was recently destroyed by fire. The inspection was only carried on as far as the…

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Series of Fires In New Zealand Township. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 7

Three fires have lately occurred at Toiaga Bay, an east coast township, within a fortnight. The first one occurred on June 19 in a large block of shops, and the second one…

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Ship Fire Breaks Out at Wharf

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--About £1000 damage was done to jute and linseed cargo in No. 1 lower hold of the B.I. freighter…

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Country News. Boiling Tar Causes Fire. Muswellbrook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1932 · page 8

Fire destroyed the greater part of Mr.G. McElroy's residence at Muswellbrook on Saturday afternoon. McEiroy was admitted to hospital mullering severely from burns to the face…

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