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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 93

647 DEAD Hakodate Fire (Transocean, By arrangement with the Australian Broadcasting Commission) TOKIO

The Sun · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 1

The official report puts the list of casualties in the Hakodate fire disaster at 647 dead and 400 seriously injured. Half of the latter are…

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Wife Rescued From Racing Stable Fire Hair Blazing Husband's Dash Two Horses Burnt Wall of Flame Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 24 March 1934 · page 7

WITH her nightdress and hair on fire, Mrs. Violet Murrell, one of Victoria's best known horsewomen, was…

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Memory of a Bush Fire

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1934 · page 3

WELL can I remember the day that bush fire raged, just a few miles away from us. Even if it were several years ago I could remember…

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14 Homeless Men Die in Fire Eighty Others Hurt in U.s.a. Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 10

LYNCHBURG, Virginia, Sunday. Fourteen persons were burned to death, and eighty others were injured, in a big fire here last night…

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House Damaged by Blaze Fireman Was Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 5

While the wife of the occupant was playing tonnis at the rear of the house on Saturday afternoon, a six-roomed weatherboard cottage…

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Cottage on Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 5

A weatherboard cottage in Stanley-street, Lidcombe, owned and occupied by Edward Frederick Fowler, was severely damaged by fire on Saturday afternoon…

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Espionage Plot Suspected Liner Fires: Consul's Disappearance London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 10

French detectives, according to the "Sunday Chronicle," are inquiring into a suggestion that the burning of the giant liners L'Atlantique and…

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House Destroyed by Fire. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 12

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, of Stokers, has been destroyed by fire. The family just managed to escape, saving nothing…

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Blaze in Surgery at Young Poor Water Supply Handicaps Firemen Night Drama Young

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 5

AT 10 o'clock to-night the local fire brigade was called to a fire in Mr. S. Burtinshaw's Toleado dental surgery in Main…

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Into Fire Youth Thought Two Were Trapped

The Sun · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 11

Believing that a woman and her son had been trapped by flames in the upper floor of Mr. S. Burtenshaw's dental surgery at Young last…

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Fire in Refrigerator. Lit by Disappointed Thieves. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 12

Thieves who broke into the butcher's shop owned by R. J. Gilbertson Pty., Ltd., Essendon, early yesterday morning, ransacked the premises looking for money. Being…

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Fire at Young. Extensive Damage. Firemen's Fine Work. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 12

Firemen did magnificent work in checking a fire which broke out here late to-night, and which, for a time, threatened a row of shops…

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Tried to Save Horses Woman Burned in Stable Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 26 March 1934 · page 6

ln a vain endeavor to save two of their horses from incin-eration In blazing stables at Mentone early on Saturday, Mrs,…

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Farmer Is Held Liable for Fire Neighbor's Loss Stubble Blaze Full Court Rule

The Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 24

THE Full Court to-day delivered a reserved judgment of importance to farmers and graziers, arising out…

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Oil-gusher Fire

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 5

The oil gusher which has been burning for some weeks in the district of Mount Tselfat, Morocco, and which was producing…

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Fires in Ships. Deterioration of Electrical Cable

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 5

Investigations on the heating of cables under conditions of short circuit recently were made by Herr A. Hecht in Germany to…

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Farmer's Escape. Shotgun Misses Fire. Brother Found Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 11

John Howard, an elderly man, had a remarkable escape from death on a farm off Pathra-road, near Bega, early on Sunday morning A double-barrel shotgun was aimed…

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Fire Victim Many Pay Tribute At Funeral MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 10

Former jockeys and racing associates comprised the pall-bearers at the funeral to-day of Mrs. Violet Murrell, the well-known horsewoman,…

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Fire Station Wanted

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1934 · page 16

Holroyd Council decided last night to request the Board of Fire Commissioners to build a fire station at Wentworthville…

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Fire Causes £7000 Damage. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1934 · page 18

A fierce fire destroyed the Bartholomew Timber Company's sawmill at Te Whetu, including valuable machinery and large timber stocks. The damage was £7000…

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