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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

1,807 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 91

Bathurst Fire

The Sun · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 3

Ruins of the permanent Way workshops at Bathurst after the fire which gutted the shops containing machinery worth thousands. The cause of the outbreak is a mystery…

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FIRES. Railway Workshops Destroyed. BATHURST

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 13

What is regarded as Bathurst's most disastrous fire occurred early this morning when the permanent way workshops; together with most of the valuable machinery, were…

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Country- News. Store Destroyed,by Fire. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 14

At an early nour this morning a small general store on the Junce-road, owned by A. J. Turner, together with the contents, was destroyed by fire. The building was well a light…

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Workshop Gutted at Bathurst Early Morning Blaze Causes Damage of £12,000 Blow to Men Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 5

DAMAGE estimated at £12,000 was caused by a fire which gutted the permanent-way workshops at Bathurst early…

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Bowral Property "Maliciously Set on Fire." Charge Against Yugoslav. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 13

At the Bowral Courthouse to-day, Mr. M. E. Soane, P.M., conducted an inquiry into the damage done by a fire on the morning of Decomber 28, to buildings on Wingecarribbee, the…

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Fire and Smoke in Spain (From the British Trade Union Congress Industrial Review.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 9

It is an extraordinary fact the British Press generally, takes very little notice of what happens in Spain. It is very discursive about…

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BUSHFIRES. Losses of Stock and Property. Village Menaced. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 13

Bushflres have caused losses of stock and property. Hundreds of acres of grasslands have been burned, and firefighters are still engaged on numerous fronts,…

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Bushfires in the West State Forest Is Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 7

LITHGOW, Friday. -- Despite the efforts of large bodies of firefighters, the district is still menaced by serious bushfires…

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[?]arwood—CONQUEROR of Australia! Full-blooded Youth Australia's Only Hope For Victory On English Tour Of 1934 Fading Stars Faii Before Fire of Larwood's Attack

Truth · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 1

HEARTACHES AND HEADACHES HAVE FOLLOWED THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS THROUGHOUT THEIR TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. TO OUR BATSMEN LARWOOD, THE DEMON FAST-BOWLER, HAS BEEN THE…

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Fight Bush Fire Post Office and Radio Will Assist

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 7

Arrangements have been made for full co-operation between the Postal Department and the Broadcasting Commission in the light against…

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Fire-fighters' Good Save

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 9

WENTWORTH FALLS, Monday.-- Bush fires, which advanced from the Wentworth Creek area and threatened the town's outskirts, were…

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Garage Destroyed by Fire. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 10

Fire early this morning destroyed the building and contents of a garage in the main street of Murwillumbah owned by Mr. E. A. Tevritt, of Sydney, and occupied by Mr. E…

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Thieves Cause Fire In Unoccupied Cottage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 10

Thieves who broke into a cottage at Woy Woy yesterday afternoon are believed to have been responsible for a fire which was discovered by neighbours, and extinguished only…

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Bush Fires Raging

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 10

MUDGEE, Tuesday.-- Bush fires, are raging throughout the district, and the town for days has been enveloped in smoke. Hundreds of men…

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Their Reward Prisoners Who Fought Bush Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 7

Prisoners in the Brookfield Afforestation Camp at Mannus, who recently helped to fight bush fires in the Tumbarumba district, will each…

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Bush Fires. State Forest Menaced. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 10

The Government forest at Kuitpo was again menaced by fire to-day, when flames extended over a mile front. The forest was only saved by a change in the direction of the wind…

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Bush Fires in Victoria Tourist Resorts Are Menaced Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 1

Bush fires to-day menaced several districts in Victoria and country fire brigades arid volunteers were kept busy preventing the flames from…

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Prisoners to Rescue Homestead Saved From Bush Fire ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 5

AN epidemic of fires broke out to-day, and the Government forest at Kultpo was again menaced, but it was saved, by the efforts of 700…

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Ravaged by Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 1

Troops march past the imposing facade of the Berlin Reichstag…

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Fires Rage in Victoria Town Threatened, Home Burned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Houses at Pearcedale (Mornington Peninsula), and Moolert (Maryborough district), the…

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