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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 93

Britain's Fire Bill

The World's News · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 30

Fires in Great Britain and Ireland raged at the rate of £22-/8/6 a minute throughout November. The total estimated damage was £975,000,…

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Through Fire !

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 1

Jumping through a hoop of fire at the Show Ground yesterday, in preparation for the Police Carnival to-morrow,Tess, one of the…

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Rail Award Union Fires First Shot of Battle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 1

The first step in their fight in the Courts against the Railway Commissioners' log of claims for a new award was taken yesterday by the Railway…

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Improved Form By April Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 2

IMPROVING greatly on the form he had shown at Rosebery a week earlier, April Fire led all the way in the Welter Handicap at Victoria Park…

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Fire-walkers. a Mystery of Fiji. P. & O. Arranges Spectacle

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 40

Fiji is planning a unique spectacle in honor of the pleasure cruise of the Strathaird next April. Fire Walkers will be brought from Bega Island to perform…

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Lit Fire Austrian "War" Europe's Peril Fascism's Spread London

The Sun · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 1

THE brief but bloody Austrian civil war has lighted fires capable of spreading abroad Fascism's victory…

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Explosion And Fire

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 9

Fire raging following an explosion to-day at the chemical works of W. Price, Double Bay…

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Fire in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 12

Considerable damage was done to a room [?] the premises of Mark Foy's, Ltd., in Liver[?] street, city, last night. when a fire broke [?] in a switchboard. Firemen from [?]…

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Fire Board Election

The St George Call · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 6

When Rockdale Council considered the election of one member to the Board of Fire Commissioners at their last meeting, it was noticed that only…

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Board of Fire Commissioners

The St George Call · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 6

The Chief Secretary's Office forwarded four ballot papers to Kogarah Council on Monday evening in connection with the election of a member…

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Fire at Mark Foy's

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 7

Caused by a short circuit, a fire severely damaged the telephone switchboard in Mark Foy's, Ltd., Liverpool Street, last night…

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Fire Destroys Cottage. Gilgandra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 12

Last night a seven-roomed cottage, owned by Curran Estate, was destroyed by fire. It was partially covered by insurance…

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Brigades Turn Out to Rubbish Fire

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 8

Responding to a call at W. Tabley and Co., stationers, Church St. Darlinghurst last night fireman discovered a quantity of rubbish…

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Leap From Fire Man's Escape Hotel Destroyed

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 9

TRAPPED on the upper story when a fire broke out at the Royal Hotel, Gloucester, early to-day,…

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Deadly Gas Quells Fire in Shop Switchboard

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 9

When a fire broke out last night in the main switch-board of Mark Foy's, Ltd., firemen used their most scientific appliances, carbon…

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Prize Fowls Burnt. Mysterious Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 10

At an inquiry conducted yesterday into a series of mysterious fires, which brake out among poultry pens at Bankstown in the early hours of January 20, and in which a number…

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Escaped From Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 1

MR. ALBERT CAMPBELL, of Waverley, who was employed by the Price Chemical Company at Double Bay, and was working there…

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Fire Razes Factory Chemical Explodes

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 5

ALTHOUGH firemen fought strenuously at an outbreak of fire in a factory in Queen Street, East Woollahra, early yesterday afternoon, they were unable to save the building, which was gutted…

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£3000 Fire in Double Bay Ink Factory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 18

Mr. W. Price's factory, in Manning-road, was destroyed by fire following an explosion yesterday morning…

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Factory Fire Caused by Explosion of Chemicals. DAMAGE £3000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 15

A spectacular fire yesterday afternoon destroyed an ink factory owned by Mr. W. Price, in Manning-road, Double Bay, causing damage estimated at £3000…

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