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Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 96

Blaze About Blazers Balmain Juniors Jolt League

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 17

BALMAIN Junior League did not mince matters when they told the N.S.W. League they should be shot for not handing…

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Fire at Camperdown

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 5

The two top floors of the Empire Racquet Company, Camperdown, were almost gutted by fire early this morning…

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Fire at Walacia Boaddinghouse Destroyed

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 3

Riverview boardinghouse, Wallacia, a large establishment, owned by Mrs J. Morgan, of Wallacia, and conducted by Mrs Grant, was totally [?]oyed…

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Factory Fire. Two Floors Badly Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 14

The floors of the Empire Racket Co, in Brown-street, Camperdown, were severely damaged by a fire early this morning. Firemen from the George-street West, Newtown,…

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Serious Fire at Camperdown Brigadesman Hurt

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 9

A fireman attending a blaze at the Empire Tennis Racket Company, Brown Street, Camperdown, at 12 o'clock last night, was badly…

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Boy in Case on Fire Women Hear His Screams

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Passing an allotment at Mayfield, women saw a packing case in flames, and, hearing screams, looked over the top to find…

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Fire Caused by Thieves? Thousands Of Tennis Frames Destroyed Forced Door

The Sun · Saturday 13 August 1932 · page 3

A FIRE at midnight seriously damaged the two upper storys of the Empire Racquet Company's factory, in…

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Early Morning Blaze

The Sun · Sunday 14 August 1932 · page 4

A two-storied building, owned by Mr. J. F. Robinson, clothing manufacturer, was completely destroyed by fire early this morning. All city…

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City Fire

Truth · Sunday 14 August 1932 · page 12

Thousands of pounds damage was caused by a fire which broke out early this morning at the clothing factory of J. F. Robinson and Son, at…

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Set Fire To Husband?

The Sun · Sunday 14 August 1932 · page 1

Committed for trial in Perth on a charge of murder, Mrs. Rita Bransby, who is alleged to have thrown petrol over David Smith and then set alight to him following a violent quarrel. Smith died in hospital as a result of the burns…

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A Camp Fire That Exploded CRAFTON

The Sun · Sunday 14 August 1932 · page 7

While sinking some fresh wood in his rump fire at South Grafton to-day George Barnes had portion of the thumb and two…

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Fire Guts Building

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 August 1932 · page 5

Fanned by a strong wind, fire gutted two floors of a building on the corner of Elizabeth and Belvoir Streets, City, in the early hours…

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Explosion in Camp Fire. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1932 · page 10

Whilst a middle-aged unemployed man named George Barnes was stoking wood which he had placed on his camp fire at South Grafton, an explosion occuired, as a result…

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Sparks From Engine Danger of Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 August 1932 · page 5

How a house narrowly escaped destruction by fire, caused by sparks from the quarry train, was told by Mrs. M. F. Dunn, of Smithfield-street, Smithfield, in a letter…

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Fire in a Surry Hills Clothing Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1932 · page 12

A fireman inspecting the damaged premises of Messrs. J. F. Robinson and Son, Elizabeth-street, Surry Hills, after a fire early yesterday morning…

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Country News Was Too Near the Fire

The Sun · Monday 15 August 1932 · page 10

TAMWORTH, Monday.--Attracted by screams, L. H. Cognow rushed into his home, at Niangala, to And his two-year-old child, Vera, with her…

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Fires Die Olympiad's End Manager and Team Friction Report Los Angeles

The Sun · Monday 15 August 1932 · page 7

JUST as the sun was sinking behind the rim of the vast stadium, the fire was extinguished in the peristile in the presence of…

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Clothing Factory Destroyed by Fire. Damage Estimated at £8000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 August 1932 · page 9

Damage estimated at about £8000 was done to the clothing factory of J. F. Robinson and Son, at 539 Elizabeth-street, city, during a spectacular fire, which occurred in the…

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Woman Runs Fire Gauntlet Escaped in Car Accomplice Is Twice Hit by Bullets

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 August 1932 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--In a dramatic struggle with a man and a woman at Heathcote early today,…

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To Fight Bush Fires by Flame Is Plan Railway Scheme for Whole of the State Breaks Along the Ones Spark Danger

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1932 · page 1

BY burning off thousands of miles of grass along both sides of the railway lines…

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