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Fires & bushfires, 1932

1,916 stories in Sydney's papers · page 83 of 96

Awaits Spark To Blaze Poland Danger-Spot of Europe LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 20 November 1932 · page 3

Poland s future is the most precarious in Europe, says the Berlin correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian,"…

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Much Damage Baradine Fire Means Lengthy Idleness London

The Sun · Sunday 20 November 1932 · page 3

Though her holds were empty, the fire which broke out on the P. and O. branch liner Baradine, in King George V. Dock yesterday, did…

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Fires. Heavy Damage in Perth. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 9

Property valued at about £7000 was lost in a fire which broke out on Saturday afternoon in wood at the rear of the premises of McPhersons Proprietary, Ltd., machinery…

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Fire Destroys Store Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out at the rear of the premises of McPherson's Pty., Ltd., which fronts Murray Street; and quickly spread…

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Fire on Baradine. London, Nov. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 9

Dozens of fire Brigades and a firefloat, aided by the crews of other vessels, extinguished, after several hours, a fire on the Baradine, which is undergoing overhaul at Georve V…

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Danger of Fire Bush Near House

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 1

The danger of the from bush on the adjoining property was stressed by N. Newland, of Church-street, Cabramatta, in a letter to Cabra-Yale Council on…

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Six Attempts To Start Fire In a School

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 1

Six distinct outbreaks of fire Were discovered shortly after 7 o'clock last night in the Crow's Nest public school…

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Tremendous Deluge Made Storm History 35 Million Tons Of Rain Fires and Floods Follow Sydney's Wettest Half-hour Great Damage in Shops, Factories, and Homes Deep Water in Big Business Houses

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 November 1932 · page 1

Never has Sydney been deluged as it was during the half-hour climax to yesterday morning's tremendous electrical storm. In the 30 minutes after 7.20 a.m. 210 points poured down upon the metropolitan…

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Boy Arrested. Fire at School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 November 1932 · page 10

Detective Simpson, of North Sydney, made investigations yesterday into the outbreaks of fire which occurred in the Crow's Nest Public School on Sunday night. He interviewed a…

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School Fire Examination Papers Intact

The Sun · Tuesday 22 November 1932 · page 7

A story of a boy's curiosity to see the brigade turn out at his own command has been told to detectives following the finding of five separate…

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Lad Is Charged with Arson Said to Have Set School Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 November 1932 · page 1

A search ended in the arrest of a lad last night on a charge of having maliciously set fire to Crow's Nest Public School on Sunday night…

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Vic. Church Destroyed by Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 November 1932 · page 1

St. John's Church of England at Wandong a wooden structure, was destroyed by fire to-day. The cause of the outbreak is unknown. The…

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Sequel to Fire in School Boy Is Arrested a Crow's Nest Police Action

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 November 1932 · page 8

An unexpected development occurred last night in connection with a fire at crow's Nest Public School on Sunday night…

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BUSHFIRES. Valuable Feed Destroyed. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 November 1932 · page 9

Densely-covered pasture lands, crops, buildings, and fences between Arrino and Yandanooka, about 185 miles north of Perth, have been destroyed by a fire apparently caused…

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Suspicious Fires "Always Happen Early In Morning"

The Sun · Wednesday 23 November 1932 · page 7

"The great majority of suspicious fires happen in the early hours of the morning." commented the Parramatta Coroner (Mr. Richardson…

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Bushfires Danger. Farmers Organising. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 November 1932 · page 13

Vigorous steps are being taken throughout Riverina to organise bushfire brigades. There already has been several outbreaks, and farmers are organising so that they will be…

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Bushfire Fighting. Organisation in the Monaro

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 November 1932 · page 11

COOMA, Tuesday.—Over the [?] [?] [?] Monaro there is the heaviest growth of grass and herbage seen for 30 years. Recently a Monaro Fire Fighters' Association was…

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Trapped Launch Blaze Men Saved

The Sun · Thursday 24 November 1932 · page 17

ROY LAMB and Nat. Mathieson, well-known Watson's Bay residents, had a thrilling experience when their launch…

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Fire Menace Country Prepares For Outbreaks

The Sun · Thursday 24 November 1932 · page 21

Although it is believed that this year there will not be a repetition of the bush fires that last year blackened thousands of acres, killed many…

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"Wilfully Caused" Coroner's Opinion of Fire Early Morning Outbreak

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 November 1932 · page 6

To the list of mysterious fires another was added on November 6, when a weatherboard house in Jellicoe-street, Lidcombe, was damaged by an early…

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