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Fires & bushfires, 1933

1,807 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 91

Haystack Fire Inquiry. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 10

The Coroner (Mr. J. A. Bradley) returned an open verdict at the inquiry into the fire, when three stacks of hay, the property of John Dolden and Co., were destroyed. He…

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Raid on Reds Fierce Fight In Dublin Huge Fire Dublin

The Sun · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 1

WHILE a tremendous fire was raging in Bachelor's Walk in the centre of the city to-night, the…

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Fire Insurance Rates

The Propeller · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 6

The executive of the Local Government Association has made application both to the late Government and the present Government to consider the…

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'Quake, Tidal Wave, Fire

The Sun · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 1

Waterside buildings at Kamaishi Cho, Miyagi prefecture. Japan, on fire, showing vessel high and dry on the roadway and wrecked wharves, following earthquake and tidal wave on March 3…

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Wickham Fire Station Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 8

The Board of Fire commissioners intend closing down Wickham fire station whoa a buyer for the property is found. The area now served by Wickham…

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Haystack Fire Inquiry. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 12

At the inquiry held yesterday concerning the fire which destroyed three stacks of hay, the property of John Dolden and Co., Mr. Dolden stated that he had purchased £10,000…

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Blizzard-swept Country-- German Reichstag Fire

The Sun · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 16

Above: On main road over the Cotswolds from Oxford to Cheltenham…

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Not a Fire But A Legal Affair

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 8

THE presence of a throng of uniformed firemen at Queen's Squard Law Courts, yesterday, possibly, gave rise to the belief…

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Long Service with Fire Brigade Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 7

Divisional Officer H. S. Bellsom, who for the last four years has controlled the fire district of Newcastle has been promoted to Acting-…

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Dublin Melee Crowd Fought Reds While Fire Raged Dublin

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 7

At the height of a tremendous fire in the centre of the city last night, a crowd rushed the Communist headquarters at Connolly House, and after…

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Pirates Fire on Big British Steamship Four Officers Captured and Held for Ransom Two Wounded Carried Off to Area Where Mrs. Pawley Was Held Shanghai

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 1

PIRATES fired on and boarded the British freighter Nanchang, 2488 tons, anchored in the Newchwang Roads…

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Hall Destroyed by Fire. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 14

Calleen church hall, the largest in the district, was destroyed by fire. A galvanised iron supper room adjoining the hall was also destroyed. The hall had been dedicated as…

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New Fire Station for Waratah Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 10

A request from Waratah that a new fire station be erected was granted by members of the Board of Fire Commissioners, who…

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Industrial Commission. (Before the Full Bench.) Fire Brigade Band

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 10

The hearing was continued of the reference by the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. M. Henwood) of an application by the Board of Fire Commissioners for interpretation and/or…

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90 Men Fight Fire In Briquette Dump MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 5

A fire has broken out in a 5000-ton briquette reserve dump adjoining the briquette factory at the State Electricity Commission's works at…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street. Mr. Justice James, and Mr. Justice Davidson.) Marine Insurance. Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd., v W. H. Price, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 10

The Court unanimously dismissed, with costs, the appeal by the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd., from the judgment by Mr. Justice Halse Rogers in the…

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Blaze Destroys Big Hall Firemen Able to Save Church

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1933 · page 18

The Palace Hall, at Scarborough, was gutted when a fire broke out early yesterday morning, but the local fire brigade, although…

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Briquettes on Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The fire which broke out in the reserve dump of briquettes at the State Electricity Commission's plant yesterday has not…

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Woman in Blaze Rescued From Her Burning Home Child Search

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 9

Believing that one of her children was still inside, a woman rushed into her blazing home in Bay Parade, Long Bay,…

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Fire at Goulburn. Goulbourn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 10

Shortly before 6 o'clock this morning a fire broke out under the stage of the Leidertafel Hall and did damage to the extent of about £300. The stage was badly burnt. A series…

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