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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 93

Clothes on Fire. Switchboard Worker Badly Burnt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 March 1934 · page 23

Terrible burns were suffered by Ernest Kirkpatrick, 48, an electrician, of Ingham-avenue, Haberfield, when his clothing caught fire in an electrical sub-station in Castlereagh-street,…

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Two Left Family of Nine Home on Fire Prairie Tragedy Vancouver

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1934 · page 1

TRAPPED in their farm-house while a gale howled outside, Mrs. Philip Gillespie, aged 34, and six of her…

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Bravery Of Roughrider Risked Life Saved Six Horses Stable Fire Seven Perished Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1934 · page 17

PLUNGING barefooted into fiercely burning stables at Ballarat-road, Footscray, seven times, early to-day, A…

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Saved Horses From Fire Third Stable Blaze in a Fortnight

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Barefooted and dazed with burns and smoke, A. W. Cakebread, well-known horseman and rough-rider, dashed…

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House Destroyed Blacktown Blaze

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 6

Mystery surrounds the origin of a fire which destroyed a four-roomed weatherboard cottage in Pyes-road, Blacktown, early on…

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Liverpool Fire Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 7

Approval has been given to the preparation of sketch plans for the erection of an officer's quarters at the Liverpool Fire Station…

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Want Fire-station Wentworthville Move

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 6

An effort to secure the establishment of a fire station at Wentworthville is to be made by Holroyd Council…

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House Destroyed by Fire. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 12

Returning from a nearby store, Mrs. W. Hendley, of Colches-street, found her home, which she had left only a few minutes earlier, enveloped in flames. The Fire Brigade was…

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Leaky Fire Hose Alderman's Serious Statement

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 4

At Dundas Council meeting last sight, Alderman Rhodes, a business man of the district, made a statement to the effect that at a lire in the district on Monday,…

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Man Hurt Liverpool Explosion and Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 11

When a tin of methylated spirits exploded at Bartle's Cash Grocery, Terminus-street, Liverpool, on Monday morning, William Petley (10) received…

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Sir Sampson Sladen. Former London Fire Brigade Chief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 12

Lieutenant-Commander Sir Sampson Sladen, R.N., who directed the City of London's fire brigades for ten years, including the war, when air raids were frequent, was a passenger by…

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Big Fire. All Men Out. in City. Hat Factory

The Sun · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 9

ALL city stations were sent shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon to fight a big fire in a hat factory in…

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Fatal Fire in Racing Stables Victorian Trainer's Wife Is Victim

Referee · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 5

MRS. W. MURRELL, 26, one o the leading horsewomen of Victoria, was fatally burned in trying to save her show horse, Garryowen and the…

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Stavisky's Finger In L'Atlantique Fire. Romantic Chase Through Blizzards. "Proofs" Secured. Suspect As Spies. Dramatic Bargain. London

The Sun · Thursday 29 March 1934 · page 1

AFTER "nightmare" journeys through Swiss blizzards, a band of Englishmen obtained documents which will enable London underwriters to appeal against the verdict of the Paris courts that they…

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£6000 Blaze Foveaux St. Factory

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 5

A spectacular £6000 blaze gutted the top floor of the…

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Fire Victim's Relapse

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. W. Murrell, the racehorse trainer and former jockey, who was burned in saving his late wife from the fire…

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Cottage on Fire

The Biz · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 1

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

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Factory on Fire at Surry Hills

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 8

Damage estimated at £5000 resulted following a fire in the factory of Merretfs Ltd., hat manufacturers. Foveaux-street, Surry Hills, late yesterday afternoon. Nearly 100 employees were unaware of their danger when the fire brigades arrived…

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Disease Epidemic Follows Fire Tokio

The Labor Daily · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 5

An epidemic of diputhe[?] and [?]arlet fever has broken out in Hakocate, and the lives of 95,000 homeless refugees are endangered…

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Liverpool Fire Station Erection of New Quarters

The Biz · Friday 30 March 1934 · page 2

The Board of Fire Commissioners informed Liverpool Council on Tuesday night that it had approved of the preparation of sketch plans for the erection…

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