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Fires & bushfires, 1933

1,807 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 91

Fire Alarm Electric Iron F[?]

The Biz · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 4

Cabra-Vala Fire Brigade was called out on Tuesday to the home of Mr. P. Dixon, senior, of John-street, where the fusing of the flex…

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Town Swept by Fire Three-quart'rs Gone Washington

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 1

THE American Vice-Consul ha reported to the State Department that three-quarters of the town of Tela, Honduras, including…

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Air Liner's Crash. Fire Started in Lavatory. Belgian Experts' Decision. London, April 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 9

The Brussels correspondent of the "Dally Express" states that Belgian experts, after examining the wreckage of the Imperial Airways liner City of Liverpool, which crashed…

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Petrol Blaze Woman Seriously Burned

The Sun · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 3

Showered with flaming liquid when petrol with which she was cleaning a coat at her home in Hill-street, Enfield, exploded this morning, Mrs…

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Paddington Fire

The Sun · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 7

Many new and retreaded tyres were destroyed and the properly extensively damaged by a fire at the premises of the Longlyfe Retreading Co., Ltd, Paddington, to-day…

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Constable Fires at Youths Gympie

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 1

Two youths who escaped from the custody of the police last week-end, were seen by Constable Johnston at Boolaroo yesterday. The constable…

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Gossip Coals of Fire

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 13

THE Scullin Government heaped coals of fire on the head of a former doughty opponent when they made Dr. Lew Nott superintendent of the…

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Fire in Saloon. Alleged Incendiarism. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 17

Harold Edwin Smith, caretaker of the Perth Town Hall, who was arrested at the scene of a fire on the night of March 21, on a charge of being unlawfully on the premises, gave…

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Fire Destroys Building Despite Rain. Murwillumbah

The Labor Daily · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 1

A Murwillumbah building, said to he insured for £8000, was gutted by fire this week. Torrential rain was falling and assisted the firemen to…

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An Old Fire Recollections of the 'Nineties

The Sun · Saturday 8 April 1933 · page 3

The above photograph as a relic of the "Nineties," is interesting in its connection with the old "Sun" building, the demolition of…

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Body Is Found After Fire Midnight Discovery In Tyre Shop Police Puzzlied

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1933 · page 1

The midnight discovery of a man's boy in an outhouse of a Paddington tyre shop, which twelve hours earlier had been…

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Fire And Water Blend In Beauty Spectacle on Harbor Brilliant Gem of Festival Crown Night Pageant

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1933 · page 1

Attracting thousands to vantage points from the Bridge to South Head and Manly, a vivid tableau of light and color…

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L'Atlantique Fire

The Sun · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 1

London, Sunday.--The "Sands Despatch" states that the fire o the liner l'Atlantique was caused Breton separatists, who resented the…

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One Man Killed Volunteers Fight Big Blaze at Wyong

The Sun · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 9

A MAN was electrocuted, and hundreds fought desperately with a poor water supply to check a fire which…

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Lost All in Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Awakened by flames at 2 a.m, to-day, Mrs. Kathleen Dell, occupier of a grocery shop in Green Street, Windsor, found…

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Youth Suffocated. Fire in Tyre Factory. £3000 Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 9

Edward George Hobbs, 19, was suffocated in a fire which occurred on Saturday afternoon at the factory of Longlyfe Retreads, Ltd., at the corner of Oxford and Ormond…

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Fumes Caused Death After Fire Body Found Twelve Hours Later

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 7

TWELVE hours after a fire at a tyre retreading works in Oxford Street, Paddington, had been extinguished, the body of…

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Fire in Mine. Five Deaths from Gas. CAPETOWN, April 8

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

Five lives were lost in a fire 4000 feet below the surface in the Langlaagte Estate mine. There was no shift on duty when the fire broke out. The underground manager, accompanied…

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Bretons Blamed Caused Fire on Giant Liner, Says Paper London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1933 · page 1

The "Dispatch" declares that the fire on the giant French liner L'Atlantique, which destroyed the ship on January 5, was due to a secret…

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Life Lost and £2000 Damage Done in Blaze Three Buildings Razed in Fire Outbreak at Wyong Timely Save Man Electrocuted in Trying to Quell Flames

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 5

A FIRE, which totally destroyed three business premises and damaged a collage in the business centre of Wyong yesterday…

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