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Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 93

Incinerated in Stable Blaze

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 5

In the picture are seen the remains of one of the three yearlings incinerated in the blaze which destroyed seven horse-boxes, as well as the sale ring and stand, at H. Chisholm and Co.'s, stables at Randwick early yesterday, morning. The police believe that…

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In Fire Curios Lost VALUABLE

The Sun · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 3

A VALUABLE collection of curios was lost in a fire which destroyed the contents of the sitting-room of…

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Cause Unknown Fire That Destroyed Three Yearlings

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 7

Police are unable to say what caused the fire at Chisholm and Co.'s stables yesterday, which destroyed three yearlings. They do not…

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Yearling Sale-ring at Randwick Destroyed by Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 18

Three yearlings were burnt to death in a fire which destroyed H. Chisholm and Company's yearling sale-ring and portion of the stud stables [?] Randwick yesterday. Chatham was rescued from the building…

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Fire Damage In Queensland Town Estimated at £15,000. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 15

A fire, the worst In the history of Gatton, a small town lying between Brisbane and Toowoomba, occurred early this morning, when damage estimated at £ 15,000 was done…

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Shops Are Wiped Out in Q. TOWN Fire Sweeps Street For Hours Little Water V Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 April 1934 · page 5

FOURTEEN shops were gutted in the main street of Gatton by a fire which commenced at midnight and lasted…

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Fire Proof Tunnel

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 6

The new £8,000,000 Mersey tunnel, under the river from Liverpool to Birken head, is now safe from fire. It has presented an anxious problem to the…

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Fire at Turramurra

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 5

A weatherboard cottage, tenanted by Mrs. Aubrey Sonter, in Tennyson Street, Turramurra, was totally destroyed last night, when a fire…

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Doctor's Home on Fire

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 5

IN attempting to save some curios form his home in Peel Street Tamworth which caught fire early on Saturday morning Dr. Keith Piper…

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Second Fire Disaster. Explosion at Hakodate

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 5

As a result of the explosion of a petrol tank an outbreak of fire occurred on Thursday last in Hakodate (Japan), the city which was partially wiped out…

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Fire in Cloak Room. Duebo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 April 1934 · page 10

A fire broke out in the cloak-room of the Monarch Empire Theatre. The ushers noliced smoke issuing from the room, and returned coats and wraps just in time. The fire…

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Fire in Stables. Woman Suffers Burns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 6

A fire yesterday destroyed a shed and four stables at Redfern, the property of the Dalwood Estate, and occupied by Mr. Gavin. No animals were in the stables…

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Curios Destroyed by Fire. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 10

Fire destroyed the sitting-room and its contents at the home of Dr. K. A Piper, of Tamworth. His surgery was damaged. Curi[?] collected during tours of the East, the Uni[?]…

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The Telegraph Late News Murders, Wrecks. Fires on Soviet Railway Moscow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 1

The Soviet manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway reports that last year bandits staged 11 train - wrecks, 39 attempted…

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Fire in Death Trap Men Shocked by Live Wire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 6

A FIRE razed four stables and two sheds in the heart of a well-known "death trap" off Cooper Street, near Young Street, Redfern,…

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Ordeal by Fire Juror Had Lighted Pipe In Pocket MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1934 · page 7

Called hurriedly into the Court of General Sessions to-day to take the oath as a juryman, a man was holding the Bible aloft in his right hand…

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Chief Fire Officer. Mr. G. S. Grimmond Selected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 14

Mr. George S. Grimmond, deputy chief officer of the metropolitan fire brigades, will succeed Chief-Officer Nance, who retired recently…

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Invalid Trapped in a Fire Lying In Bed Only Few Yards From Flames Wheeled Out Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 April 1934 · page 1

A NARROW escape from death was experienced by Mrs. Albert Holmes, an invalid, when her house at Caulfield caught fire…

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Fire at Punchbowl

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 6

Damage Estimated at £30 was done to Buchan's bakery at the rear of The Boulevarde, Punchbowl, late on Tuesday night, when a fire broke…

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Chief Fire Officer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 April 1934 · page 12

Mr. Grimmond has been appointed to succeed the former Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Nance…

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