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Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 75 of 96

Smith's Theory of Car Fire Held Feasible Slow Progress in Speed Driver's Libel Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 9

AFTER six days, the evidence of the second witness in plaintiff's case has not yet concluded in the £20,000 libel action by…

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Nazis Are Given Dose of Own Pills Unprovoked Attack on Workers Leads to Desperate Exchange of Rifle and Revolver Fire Four Killed & Twenty Wounded In Clash Raid On Club Foiled Nazis Turn And Run Hand-to-Hand Fighting VIENNA

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 October 1932 · page 1

FOUR combatants were killed and about twenty wounded, several seriously, when hundreds of Nazis stormed a socialist workers' club in the suburb of Simering yesterday. Desperate exchanges of rifle and revolver fire took place in the streets…

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Fire On Town Hall Roof

The Sun · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 13

Firemen at work on a fire at the Town Hall to-day. (See story on Page 15.)…

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A Record Fire Chief's Toys for "Sun" Fund Unselfish Fa[?]

The Sun · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 13

"WE have made a new record this year:" proudly says Chief-Office) Nance, of the N.S.W. Fire…

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Town Hall Fire Big Crowd, But It Soon Went Out

The Sun · Wednesday 19 October 1932 · page 15

A huge lunch-time crowd con[?]cted in front of Sydney Town Hall at 12.30 p.m. to-day, when a fire broke out on the roof of the building…

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Town Hall Fire Soon Extinguished

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 5

A large crowd gathered in front of the Town Hall at 12.30 p.m. yesterday, in anticipation of seeing a big fire. An outbreak occurred on…

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Sydney Town Hall. Fire Damages Roof

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 11

A large crowd gathered when two the engines fiom headquarters drew up in front of the Town Hall early yesterday afternoon. The engines had been huiried to the scene on a…

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Pitt St. Blaze Attracts Huge Crowd Film House Outbreak Chemical Apparatus Quells It Traffic Blocked

The Sun · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 17

ALL motor traffic was diverted, the tram service was totally suspended, and a huge crowd collected in Pitt-street…

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Cot Catches on Fire Mother and Baby Burned Abermain

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 October 1932 · page 6

Awakened by the crying of her eight months-old daughter Laurel at 3 a.m. to-day. Mr. R. Reed of Hay Street, Abermain, struck a match to attend to…

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Fire Alarm

The Biz · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 5

When an alarm of fire was raised in Cabramatta on Thursday night, one of the firemen rushed to the scene in [?]mas and leggings…

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Fire Brigade

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 2

The Wagga Wagga Demonstration proved to be very successful for the team representing the local brigade, Cronulla carrying off the Dennis Shield for the…

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Cronulla Fire Brigade

The Propeller · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 3

At the Fire Brigade competitions at Wagga last week the recently-formed Cronulla Fire Brigade won first prize for "discipline," against 52 other…

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Cronulla Fire Brigade Recreation Club

The St George Call · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 6

The Wagga Wagga demonstration proved to be successful for the team representing the local brigade, Cronulla carrying off the Dennis Shield for the…

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Fire in Hold. Milora's Cargo Damaged. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 10

Four brigades turned out to a fire which broke out in No. 2 hold of the interstate freighter Milora this evening. Smoke was so dense that gas helmets had to be used to…

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Cannot Afford Big Fire Town Hall Records Invaluable

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 5

It was only a small fire which licked at the roof of the City Town Hall on Wednesday, but it raised a big "if" in the imagination of those who…

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Cronulla Fire Brigade and the Cronulla Amateur Swimming Club

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 2

A monster victory dance will be held in the Cecil Ballroom on Wednesday night, October 26, when the Dennis Shield will be presented to the members…

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All City Brigades on Scene Huge Crowd Gathers in Pitt St. to Watch Fire Film House

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 5

ALL the city fire brigades were ordered out by Chief-Officer Nance, yesterday, when, a fire broke out in Film House,…

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For Valour Only V.C of Australian Light Horse And that Won By McNamara of the Royal Australian Air Force Sullivan's Decoration for Rescuing Drowning Comrades Under Fire How Australian V.Cs Were Won, no.17

Arrow · Friday 21 October 1932 · page 25

TO the Tenth (West Australian) Regiment belongs the distinction of having provided the only Light Morse V.C. of the war—that awarded to Lieutenant Hugh Throssell…

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Blaze of Carnations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 3

ALTHOUGH most of the exhibits were cramped for lack of table space, and members of the Royal Horticultural Society…

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Ottawa Agreement Under Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 October 1932 · page 4

Shop stewards of the Amalgamated Engineers' Union, at their quarterly meeting, condemned the Ottawa Agreement…

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