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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1933

1,807 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 91

Total Loss. Motorship Taronga. Abandoned at Perim. Second Fire Within Month

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 9

The Norwegian motorship Taronga, in which a fire occurred while she was at Sydney, has been abandoned as a total loss at Ferim, an island about 96 miles…

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Slack at Pit-top Catches Fire Bridge and Coal Stack Badly Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 6

LITHGOW. Monday.--The slack at the pit-top of the Zig-Zag Colliery caught fire last night, the bridge and coal stack being badly damaged. The…

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Foul Play Rumors in Liner Fire Mystery Man and an Anonymous Letter London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 1

Rumors of foul play in connection with the disastrous fire on the giant French liner L'Atlantique are rife. The Paris newspaper, "Le Matin,"…

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Dogged by Fire, Ship Lost Taronga Is Abandoned in Red Sea Once Ablaze in Sydney

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 January 1933 · page 1

THE news reached Sydney yesterday that the Norwegian motor-ship Taronga, which was damaged by fire in Sydney Harbor…

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Fire Trail in Forest Were Outbreaks Deliberate?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 1

MATCHES flung deliberately into dried grass and leaves by a man on horseback are believed to have been responsible for 30…

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Air Fire Fighters Wireless Telephone on 'Plane MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 11

For the first time in history an Air Force Wapiti 'plane, fitted with a wireless telephone, today flew over the forest areas north-east of…

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Flesh Burnt Off in Fire Hotel Manager's Plight Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 5

When fire at Bullfinch to-day destroyed the Exchange Hotel, the manager, Mr. R[?]ordan, staggored into the room J. Fu[?]ler…

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Cosmetic Has the Form April Fire Shows A Lot Of Promise

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 1

ALTHOUGH the field for the Nursery Handicap at Victoria Park to-day is small, nevertheless it should prove an interesting race…

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"I Am Burned to Death" Man's Cry in Hotel Fire; Explosions

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 8

PERTH, Tuesday.--At Bullfinch about 1 a.m. to-day the Exchange Hotel was burned to the ground. The manager, Mr. D. Riordan,…

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Widespread Bushfires. Much Damage Done in New South Wales

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 7

Bushfires raged in many districts throughout New South Wales and Victoria last week as a result of heat wave conditions…

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Bush Fire Patrols

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The proposed scheme to institute a system of bushfire patrols has found an ardent supporter in the…

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Magpie Refugee From Bush-Fire

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 22

A weather-beaten, forlorn looking old magpie, with wings badly singed, hopped into a yard at Gosford yesterday, a refugee from the great…

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Beacon Message Camp Fire Concert

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 6

Dorothy Mount, Wentworthville, was the site chosen for a beacon message to the surrounding public last week. The fact that it was the cloudy night of…

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Spark From Engine Causes Fire. Quandialla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 10

The Coroner (Mr. A. A. Bradley) found that a fire which destroyed 300 acres of natural grasses and one mile and a half of fencing, about three miles south of Quandialla, was…

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Safety First Precautions Against Fire, Explosion and Suffocation

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 12

Whon working on a car, what precautions are necessary to guard against fire, explosion and suffocation? This was a question asked in one of…

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The Turf. April Fire's Success. Early Pony Races Recalled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 12

A long and successful association with racing on what until a couple of weeks ago were known as pony courses was recalled by the success of April Fire in the Nursery Handicap…

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M.C.C. Is Between Many Fires Wants to Stand by All Sides London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 1

The Marylebone C.O. received the cable of protest from the Australian Board of Control to-day. and, in accordance with customary formality,…

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Overcame His Troubles April Fire Beats Cosmetic a Likely Colt

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2

In recent years, Mr. R. Wootton has raced very few good horses, but he owns a promising youngster in April Fire, and…

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BUSHFIRES Severe Lotto of Crops, Stock, and Other Property

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 3

Bushfires did considerable damage in the district between Gosford and Newcastle (N.S.W.) last week-end. The Fassifern railway station was burnt down,…

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Carramar Hall Burnt Early Morning Blaze

The Biz · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

Between 3 and 4 a.m. on Sunday last, Fairfield and G[?]ord fire brigades received a call to a fire at Carramar, where the entertainment…

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