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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

1,807 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 91

Bush Fires Grass and Fencing Swept In Riverina

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 3

A NUMBER of serious bush fire again occurred during the past week, but the most devastating were in the Lockhard and Albury districts, and in…

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Fires in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Many parts of Victoria where bushfires are still burning are hoping for soaking falls of rain to end the…

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Fire at Deewhy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 10

Mr. Thomas Bellamy, the owner and occupier of the weatherboard cottage which was destroyed by fire recently in Vale-avenue, Deewhy, points out that the outbreak was…

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Fire at Cronulla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 10

Fire severely damaged a weatherboard cottage in The Esplanade, Cronulla, on Tuesday night. When the Cronulla fire brigade arrived, it was blazing fiercely, but they saved…

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Saved Homes Boys Fight Fires at Gosford

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 11

GOSFORD, Wednesday.--Headed by officers, 30 boys from the Gosford Boys' Home, fought a bush fire that raged to-day along the Mangrove…

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Club Notes. Fire Danger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 5

Before Christmas the R.A.C.A. appealed to motor tourists to use extreme care in the making and extinguishing of camp fires. Outbreaks of bushfires which have occurred…

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Awe-inspiring Fire Helmets

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 1

TWO OF THE LATEST SMOKE HELMETS, as worn by firemen at yesterday's public demonstration at Fire Headquarters, were weird enough to frighten small spectators…

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Stove Causes Fire. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 10

The explosion of an oil stove in the residence of Mr. W. Winter, Prince-street, Junee, started a fire which completely destroyed the building. The house, which was owned by…

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Miners Fight Fire Pithead Threatened at Glebe Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- At 2.30 p.m. to-day, when the temperature at Signal Hill was 100.8 degrees, several bush fires broke out. and six…

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£10,000 Damage Done In Melbourne Fire MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 1

DAMAGE estimate at £10,000 was caused by a fire which broke out on the top floor of Marks' Building Russelt Street, Melbourne, early…

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Mine Menaced by Fire Veer of Wind Saved The, Situation Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 1

"THE timely change in the direction of the wind saved Glebe colliery from being severely damaged by fire this…

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Labor Women's Deputation "Light and Fire" Winter Needs Are Sought for the Workless the Speakers

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 9

TWENTY members of the Women's Central Organising Committee of the A.L.P. formed a deputation yesterday to the Director of…

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BUSHFIRES. Outbreak in Victoria. Homestead in Danger. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 March 1933 · page 10

Working under grave difficulties in rugged country in the Kobyboyon district, about 15 miles to the east of Seymour, more than 100 men were to-night endeavouring to control a…

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Bush Fires in Victoria Station Properties in Danger Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 7

Homesteads and station properties are now threatened by the bush fires which are still raging in the Seymour districts. The fires gained a…

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Fire on Esplanade

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 1

Fire severely damaged a weatherboard cottage in The Esplanade, Cronulla, on Tuesday night. When the Cronulla fire brigade arrived, it was blazing fiercely,…

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Fire at Cronulla

The Propeller · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 3

Fire severely damaged a weatherboard cottage in The Esplanade, Cronulla, on Tuesday night. When the Cronulla fire brigade arrived it was…

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The Trail of Fire

The Land · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 24

The fire demon has been working hard during the last week, and there is eestimony to his efforts in many parts of the State…

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Fierce Fire Druggists' Premises Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A fierce fire destroyed the contents of the top floor of the three-storied building occupied by the Sigma Co., Ltd[?]…

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Night Fire in City Bank Chambers

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 8

Brigades from Headquarters and Circular Quay rushed to Union Bank Chambers in Hunter Street, near Pitt Street, City last night, in response…

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Big Fire in Melbourne Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 8

Damage estimated at £20,000 was caused by a fl[?] which broke out early to-day on the top floor of a Flinders Lane building, occupied by…

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