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Fires & bushfires, 1933

1,807 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 91

Fierce Fire Big Wool Works Gutted Heavy Damage Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 5

A fire destroyed the interior of large wool works, belonging to Win. Murray and Co., at the corner of Hoddle-street and Alexander parade,…

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Fleeting Dutch Ship Bombed 18 Are Killed Death and Bloodshed in Ruthless End to Mutiny Fire on Board Crew Takes to Boats and Is Picked Up by Warship Amsterdam

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 1

THE now famous mutiny on the Dutch battleship De Zeven Provincien, ended in death and bloodshed to-day, when the crew,…

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Fire Damages Church

The Sun · Sunday 12 February 1933 · page 1

BRISBANE, Saturday,-- Mystery surrounds a fire which occurred in the sacristy of St. Agatha's Roman Catholic Church at Clayfield…

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Wool-treating Works on Fire Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1933 · page 14

MANY thousands of pounds worth of damage was done by a fire which broke out in the large "wool-treating works belonging to William Murray and…

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Fire Death Cleared Up Old Hermit Not Murdered Ashes As Clue Braidwood

The Sun · Sunday 12 February 1933 · page 2

One of the most gruesome mysteries of the Australian bush, the question as to whether the hermit…

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Grass Fires. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 10

Fire broke out to-day on the Rockwood Estate at Albury, owned by Mr. A. Mair, M.L.A. Despite the fact that the temperature was 100 degrees in the shade, volunteer…

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Fire at Carlingford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 9

A large brick cottage at Honiton-avenue, Carlingford, was destroyed by me on Saturday afternoon. The police believe that the place was set alight by thieves. When the…

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Leap for Life Escape From Hotel Blaze CAIRNS

The Sun · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 9

After helping several women and children to safety, C. Gluck, a boarder, had to leap from the balcony of the Barron Falls Hotel at…

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Country News Series of Fires. Harden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 10

An incendiarist is believed to have been responsible for nine fires which have occurred within two months on Mr. W. J. Coddington's property. Three occurred on one day this…

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Fire at Junee. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 10

Weatherboard stables at the rear of the Commercial Hotel, in the heart of the town, were destroyed by fire last night. Several motor cars and motor trucks garaged in the viclnity…

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"A Fire Trap" Q'land Museum Building Cited by Visitor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Mr. S. F. Markham, who is honorary secretary in London for the Museums Association, and has. with Professor H…

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Given Up! Terrific Fire-- 12-Mile Front Spreading Tumbarumba

The Sun · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 7

BURNING with ever increasing fury, a terrific bushfire, with a front of over 12 miles, is threatening the soldiers'…

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Damage by Bushfires. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 11

Bush fires, which have caused extensive damage, continue in parts of the State. At La[?]e Grace, where fires have been raging for several days, a horseman had his arms and…

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Bushfires Add to Heat Wave Misery in W.A. Motorship Experiences Smoke Fog at Sea Milk Shortage Settlers Fighting Hard to Save Homes From Destruction Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 1

THERE was another century reading, the sixth in succession, and the seventh in eight days, in Perth yesterday, the…

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Township in Danger Victorian Bush-fire Peril MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 7

Bush fires are threatening the township of Lancefield, and, although to-day is the local annual holiday for the bay trip, all the men have…

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Town Threatened by Bush Fire Tumbarumba

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 1

The little town of Mannus, [?] five miles from here. is seriously threatened by a bush fire. which has been raging since Sunday morning…

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Flood and Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 6

WHILE railway passengers were stranded by floods in Western Queensland yesterday, and traffic was suspended on several lines, a bush fire was sweeping forward on a 12-miles front on the heights near Tumbarumba. The…

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Mysterious Fires. Two Men Arrested. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 10

Following six mysterious fires at night in Southern Cross, George Frederick Martain, 23, wheat lumper, and Clarence William Spencer, 34, raliway guard, have been arrested…

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Revolt Fires In Dutch Fleet AMSTERDAM

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 1

FOLLOWING the mutiny on the battleship DE Zeven Provincien off the coast of Sumatra, a mutiny…

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Fire in Stubble. Narromine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 10

Stubble was being burned off on Mr. Tomlins property, Wingfield, near Narromine, this morning when the flames got out of control and spread to grass. The property is about…

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