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Fires & bushfires, 1933

1,807 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 91

Hosiery Factory Damaged by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 11

A large crowd of people gathered in Renwick-street, Redfern, last night to witness a fire which considerably damaged the Gala Hosiery Manufacturing Company's factory…

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Forest Menaced 500 Men Fight Fierce Fire Adelaide

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 9

More than 500 men are fighting a fierce bush fire which is sweeping towards the valuable Kuipto Forest, 50 miles from Adelaide, on a two mile front…

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Fire-bug Is Busy At Victorian Seaside Resorts MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 9

The fire-bug, who has been plaguing Sandringham and Beaumaris for months, causing almost nightly fires among the tea-tree: on the foreshore…

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Bush Fires Near Sydney

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 16

Scene at West Head t lit [?] where bush fires which broke outyes[?] still burning to-day…

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Bush Fires Sheep and Cattle Perish in South Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 3

SOME of the worst bush fires this season occurred in all the States during the past few days. In New South Wales, scarcely a district has escaped, thousands…

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Trundle Fire Seven Shops Destroyed in Huge Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 7

When fire swept the main business block in the town of Trundle yesterday morning, the proprietor of the picture show collapsed when the fire…

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Fires Sweep Hawkesbury River Area Homes Menaced by Huge Blaze

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 15

OPPRESSIVE heat-laden wind, choking clouds of smoke, and the fierce dull crackling of advancing…

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Country News Fires on the Mountains

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 20

KATOOMBA, Thursday--Katoomba and Leura fire brigades had a busy time yesterday. At noon they were called to Echo Point, where a bush…

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Theatre Gutted by Blaze That Lasted for Only an Hour

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 8

TOOWOOMBA, Wednesday. -- The Empire Theatre was completely destroyed by fire to-night an hour after the blaze was discovered by an…

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Fire at Mudgee. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 10

A fire which caused £400 worth of damage occurred in Reid's wood yard, Short-street, Mudgee, last night. It is not known how the fire started. A shed containing machinery,…

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Crippled Ship Now Has Fire in Bunkers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 7

PERTH, Wednesday.--A message received to-day stated that the crippled setamer Helmspey, which is making for Fremantle with a…

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Seven Shops Destroyed in Trundle Fire Trundle, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 5

DESPITE heroic efforts by a number of men seven shops were gutted in the main business block of Trundle by a [?]…

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Late News Cattle and Sheep Perish in Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Wednesday,--Fifty cattle, several hundreds of sheep, and thousands of acres of grass were destroyed by a bushfire…

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Theatre Destroyed. Fire Causes £30,000 Damage. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 9

More than £30,000 damage was caused by a fire which destroyed the Empire Theatre in Neil-street, Toowoomba, to-night. The fire is thought to have been caused…

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Steamer on Fire Off Fremantle Bunkers Are Alight Perth

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 5

Limping towards Fremantle with a damaged propellor. the steamer Helmspey now has fire in her coal bunkers…

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The Usual Fire But He Changed The Time MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

Residents in the vicinity of Balcombe-road, Black Rock, were surprised last night when no fire reel dashed down the road to a scrub…

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Fire and Cyclone Then Propeller Broke Ship Thrills Fremantle

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 15

BUFFETED by the tail end of a cyclone for two days, a fire in the coal bunkers, and the loss' of…

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Fire at Trundle. Seven Shops Destroyed. Shortage of Water. Trundle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 10

Fire swept through a block of seven offices and shops in Forbes-street, Trundle, early this morning. The fire started at Power's Cafe about 2.30 a.m., and spread to the premises…

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Naval Dentist Burned. Fire on H.M.A.S. Canberra. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 9

The Defence Department was notified from Tasmania to-day that Surgeon-lieutenant Leonard M. Shugg, dental surgeon on H.M.A.S. Canberra, was severely burned on Monday…

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Bushfire Control Important Points Raised by the Yass Brigade

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 3

Consideration to the local application of the Bushfires Amendment Act, 1932, in given at a special meeting of the Yass Bush Fire Brigade. The Act…

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