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Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 93

MISSING Three Children After Fire Homes Burned MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 5

THREE children are missing at Yuulong, a small town 15 miles from Princeton, near…

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Under Fire The U.S.A. Codes WASHINGTON

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

The N.I.R.A. is under hot fire again, and General Johnson, administrator of the Act, predicts that a conference he will call will develop…

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Gular Mystery Now More Baffling Throat Cut After Store Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

MR. H. J. LEWIS, owner of the store at Gular, near Gulargambone, which was destroyed by fire after a mysterious…

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Fire in Store. Man Badly Injured. Father Found with Throat Cut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 15

Detective-Sergeant Matthews, of the Criminal Investigation Branch, has been sent to Gulargambone to investigate a fire, which destroyed the store of H. J. Lewis last Monday…

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Chinese Rescues Children But Baby Girl Dies After Dragged From Fire City Drama

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

DASHING into a room enveloped in flames at the shop and residence of Wing On, Chinese importer, in Campbell…

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In Peril of Fire. Family's Refuge in Pool. Flames Within Foot of Water. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 15

When her home at Ferny Creek, near Fern Tree Gully, was surrounded by fire this afternoon, Mrs. V. Clarke and her two children took refuge in…

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Ruin and Rescues in Bushfires Families Are Snatched From Flames Tasmanian Factories Destroyed Victorian Losses in Holocaust

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

WHILE flames from blazing factories and homes glared, a black pall of smoke spread over Hobart yesterday from bush fires that imperilled scores as they swept…

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Brilliant Sydney Solicitor To Enter House Of Commons One-time Nationalist Stalwart Joins British Labor Party R. W. G. Mackay Is Protege Of Fire-Eater Sir Stafford Cripps Tells "Smith's" Story of Secret Negotiations

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

R. W. G. MACKAY, Chairman of the Institute of Political Science, has thrown in the towel. This brilliant young intellectual from whom Australia had hoped so much because he represented the leaven of youth in the sorry dough of politics: for…

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Fears for 500 in Bush Fires Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1934 · page 2

Fires late this afternoon had cut off all communication with townships lying to the north and east of Beech…

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Fire and Death Sequence Of Tragic Events DUBBO

Truth · Sunday 11 February 1934 · page 10

THE discovery of the body of James Lewis, 54, with the throat cut, yesterday afternoon was a tragic sequel to a series…

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Bush Fires. Losses in Tasmania. Settlers Take Refuge In Well. Family in Mud Hole. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 9

Many settlers in the Derwent Valley had terrifying experiences and remarkable escapes while bush fires raged on Friday. At Uxbridge a party spent five hours waist deep…

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Five Fires Story Of Mosman Outbreak

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 9

Evidence of five separate fires was given to the City Coroner (Mr. Farrington) to-day, when he inquired into an outbreak on January 18 in…

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Lightning Causes Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 6

A flash of lightning which struck the electric wires of the timber yards of Neville Smith and Company, in South Melbourne, during a…

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Fire Protection. Equipment of the Princess Maud

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 4

At the recent launching of the new turbine steamer Princess Maud, built by William Denny and Bros. Ltd. at Dumbarton, for the London, Midland…

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Escapes in Tas. Fires Acts of Heroism Caught in Log Hobart

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 7

THE bush fires have left a trail of desolation, and stories of heroism and miraculous escapes are…

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Reichstag Fire Trial. Interpreter's Disappearance. LONDON, Feb. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 10

Following an order for his expulsion. Danovsky, interpreter for the Bulgarian prisoners at the Reichstag fire trial, was seen ti. depart for Moscow on Thursday. He…

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500 Are Isolated by Fires Fears Entertained In Victoria For Lives Homes Razed Melbourne [?] Sun

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 1

BUSH fires are still ravaging Victorian country settlements, the most serious position being at Beechforest[?] where…

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Hid In Well As Bushfire Raged Family Reaches Safety Through Blazing Forest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 1

HOBART, Sunday--To escape death in the bushfires which have been raging in Hobart district, Mrs. G. Bentley,…

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Bush Fire Heat Ruins Crops Apple-growers' Loss in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

HOBART, Monday.--The terrific heat from the bush fires has destroyed the apple crop in some districts. In others, an effect of the…

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Fire at Cremorne. "Traces of Kerosene Found."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 3

Evidence was given before the City Coroner (Mr. Farrington), at the Coroner's Court yesterday, that five separate fires started in premises in Military-road, Cremorne, on…

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