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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 93

Sequel to Fire. Georges Philippar Rescuers Rewarded

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 4

The French Ambassador at Moscow is reported to have presented medals and diplomas to the crew of the Sovietskayneft, which took a leading…

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Pioneer Who Helped to Blaze the Trail for British Pictures Ernest Turnbull's Long Fight Crowned With Success

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 April 1934 · page 15

ERNEST TURNBULL, managing director of the British Dominions film company, is a pioneer of the film-industry. That is to say, he is one of…

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Build Up the Inner Fires Exercise But Fewer Clothes

The Sun · Sunday 15 April 1934 · page 36

COLD weather usually demands heavier clothing, though the habit of wearing thick woollen underwear during the winter…

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England Fires First Shot in Fight for "Ashes" Selectors' Task Larwood Is Key Tests Will Be Hard Fights

The Sun · Sunday 15 April 1934 · page 24

ENGLAND has fired her first shot in the battle for the Ashes, and the announcement of the Selection…

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Ice And Fire Blaze In Refrigerator

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 5

A situation which would have done credit to the inventive genius of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan occurred at Kensington yesterday when a refrigerator caught fire. To complete the picture the owner's name was Frost…

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Thief Fires at Pursuer

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 1

SEEING a man taking same money from a milk billy witch had been left on the front verandah of his home last night Sydney Evers of…

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Ready-to-Light Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 4

Anxious to spread the merits of their coal, colleries in Manchester, England, are distributing free a large number of ready-laid fires. Each ready-to-light fire…

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Cornered Thief Fires Shot

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 7

CAUGHT stealing from a billy-can, pennies that had been left to pay the milkman, a petty thief stood at bay last night and…

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Fires Were Wilfully Caused Orange

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 6

At an Inquiry at Cumnock into fires which destroyed five haystacks miles apart within a few hours of each other the loss being estimated…

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Armed Man Fires Revolver at Pursuer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 10

Sydney Evers, of Wilson-street, Redfern, narrowly escaped being seriously wounded last night. A suspected thief he was pursuing drew a revolver and fired at him at close range…

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Edgecliff Bakery Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 7

When an atomiser in James Cook'e bakery, Victoria Street, Paddington, caught fire last night the flames threatened to spread rapidly…

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Fire in Shop

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 3

On Friday night, a fire, caused by an electric motor overheating, broke out in Ashcroft's butcher's shop in John-street, Cabramatta Parramatta. Cabramatta…

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Fire Menaces Sheep Turrawan

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 6

Over 500 acres of grass were burned when a fire swept over four properties near Turrawan railway station. Hemmed in a corner of a…

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Fire in Open Air Cinema. Lockhart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 10

Pedestrians in the main street last night noticed a column of flame shoot up from the operating box of an open air cinema. The fire brigade promptly extinguished the flames…

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Early Morn Fire At Girls' School. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 16 April 1934 · page 11

Damage estimated at £500 was caused when a fire destroyed two weatherboard classrooms and damaged a third at St. Catherine's School…

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Fire Chief Plays

The Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 7

Mr. Grimmond, new Chief Officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades, captain of a team of officers who played a firemen's eleven, photographed while…

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Launch on Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 7

A motor launch caught on fire in mid-stream in Middle Harbor this afternoon, and, breaking from its mooring, drifted away blazing fiercely…

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Fire in Garage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 3

A fire broke out early yesterday morning in a garage at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Borthwick, in Alt-street, Haberfield. A motor car in the garage was badly damaged. The fire…

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Fire Destroys Launch Gosford

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 April 1934 · page 8

An auxiliary motor, launch belonging to Mr. J. Davis,of, Gosford, was completely destroyed,by, fire early this morning. while lying at…

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City Blaze Considerable Damage

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 April 1934 · page 6

BRIGADES from Headquarters and Darlinghurst turned out to a fire last night in the congested area bounded by Crown Street and Crown…

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