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Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 96

Early Morning Blaze at Dee Why

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 5

A cottage was completely gutted by fire in Monash. Parade, Dee Why early this morning. Dee Why and Manly brigades attended the blaze,…

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Fire Takes Five Shops

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Monday.--The worst fire in the history of Te Kulti destroyed a business block of five shops, one of which was a large bargain…

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Shops Destroyed by Fire. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 10

A fire at Tekultl destroyed a business block of five shops. The damage was extensive. The brigade saved the post-office, which was badly scorched…

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Guttered by Fire. St. Paul's Church, Harris Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 10

St. Paul's Church of England in Crownstreet, Harris, Park, was guttered by fire eerly this morning. The building, which was an old…

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Lidcombe Fire Son Of House-Owner Is Arrested

The Sun · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 7

A SEQUEL to the Coroner's inquiry into a fire which destroyed the weatherboard cottage owned by Michael John Darmody, at Adderley-street, Lidcombe, at 2.45 a.m. on August 26, was the arrest last night of Edward John…

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Pit-top Fire Throws Over 400 Idle NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 9

Although serious enough to lay the colliery idle and render over 400 men unemployed for a few days, little damage was done by a fire which…

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"Traces of Petrol in Fire" Brigade Asks Police to Inquire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Suspicious about a fire which destroyed a house at Essendon early this morning, the Fire Brigade has asked the…

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Colliery Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 1

Fire at the John Darling Colliery, Newcastle.--A wooden poppet head, to have been replaced by the iron one just completed was destroyed with the…

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Fire at Deewhy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 15

A small unoccupied cottage in Monashparade, Deewhy, was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The police believe that it was the property of a Mrs. Deveny…

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More About Aboriginal Fire-Making

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 2

THE article on aboriginal fire-making by "Thorlindah" in the "Mail" of June 1 agrees with what I saw in Western Queensland in 1886; but the Central…

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Fire at Auburn. Owner's Son Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 11

Detectives Blown and Sawyer of the Auburn police have arrested a man as the outcome of a fire which broke out in an unoccupied cottage in Adderley-street. Auburn early on August…

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Fire on Toe Strassfurt Brigadesmen Overcome Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 5

A fire on the German steamer Strassfurt, which is loading wool at Port Adelaide to-day, caused some damage, and rendered the electrical…

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Old Fire a Potential Danger Fumes From Mine Cause Alarm CESSNOCK

The Sun · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 11

A FIRE which for over a year has been burning underground in a sealed-off section of old workings of Hill End…

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Fire on Steamer. Many Firemen Overcome. Desperate Fight with Repeated Outbreaks. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 11

Many firemen were overcome by fumes while fighting a fire on the German freighter Stassfurt at Port Adelaide to-day…

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Poison Fumes and Fire Again Menace C'nock Water Finds Its Way to the Underground Workings Lives in Danger Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 5

HEAVY, poisonous fumes and smoke are issuing from the cavities where the surface has subsided, causing the…

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Fire on Stassfurt. Serious Outbreak at Adelaide

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 4

A serious outbreak of fire occurred on the German-Australia steamer Stassfurt at Adelaide on Tuesday. The fire was first noticed at 6 a.m. and…

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Church Destroyed Early Morning Fire Cause Unknown

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 4

Last Saturday the parishioners of St. Paul's, Harris Park, assembled to witness the laying of the foundation stone of their new church. On Tuesday they went…

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Southern District News House Gutted Fused Wire ? Guildford Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 7

A fused electric light wire, it is believed, was responsible for a fire which gutted a house owned by Walter Reuben Setterfield in Alison-road,…

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Fire Extinguishers Not Now Necessary on Tractors on Power Harvesters

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 September 1932 · page 13

The regulations gazotted in April, 1039, under the Caroless Uso of Fires Act, making It compulsory that are extingu[?]shera must be carried on all tractor…

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Fire at Auburn Owner's Son Arrested

The Biz · Friday 23 September 1932 · page 5

Detectives Brown and Sawyer of the Auburn police have arrested a man as the outcome of a fire which broke out in an unoccupied cottage…

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