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Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 93

Two Years' Imprisonment For Setting Fire to Haystack. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 13

William Goud[?]e, 59, was sentenced at the Criminal Court to-day to two years' imprisonment, for maliciousl;ysetting fire to a haystack belonging to Rudolph Gustav Albert…

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After Fire And Blizzard

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 21

Japanese military clearing up the ruins of the city of Hakodate, after the fire which burnt for 12 hours, followed by a severe snowfall…

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704 Bogus Fire Alarms In Year

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 27

Out of 2711 alarms of fire in Sydney and suburbs last year, 704 were bogus, the Board of Fire Commissioners states, in its annual report…

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Woman Fell Into Fire Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 7

Shockingly burned when she fell face first into the fire at her home during a fit. Mrs. Edgar Hanrahan, 29, of Burraga; was in a critical…

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Gas Explosion Fire Destroys Hotel MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 17

When the Panton Hills Hotel caught fire to-day a gas cylinder under the bar counter exploded and hurtled through the blazing front…

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Fell Into Fire Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 8

Falling into the fire at her home when overcome by a fit, Mrs. Edgar Hanrahan, of Burraga, was frightfully horned about the face chest and…

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Fire in Cottage. Coroner's Open Verdict

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 6

"This is one of the many fires which I and the police think are not innocent," said Mr. H. Eichardson Clark (the Parramatta District Coroner) at Burwood yesterday, at the…

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Fire Inquiry Verdict Coroner's Scathing Attack

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 10

AT the Burwood Courthouse yesterday. when the Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, continued an inquest into the…

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Woman Falls Into Fire. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 12

After lighting a fire at her residence at Burraga, Mrs. Edgar Hanrahan, 29, took a fit and fell forward into the flames She suffered extensive burns to the face, neek…

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Cost of Fire Prevention £372,752 for the Year

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 10

IT is disclosed in the annual report for 1933 of the Board of Fire Commissioners, tabled in Parliament yesterday, that expenditure amount…

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10 Killed When Police Fire on Crowd Calcutta, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 1

TEN persons were killed and 20 injured when the Sultanpur police fired on a…

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Champion Firemen But No Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 7

LITHGOW, Friday.--Lithgow has the champion volunteer Fire Brigade in the State--but no fires! Members have had little…

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Gelignite In a Fire Woman Near Death

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 6

FIVE pieces of gelignite placed inadvertently in a pile of rubbish being burned under a copper by Mrs. Norcott in the rear of a shop in Crown Street, City, last night exploded with a terrific report and extinguished the fire. Mrs. Norcott had a…

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Shivered As They Saw Cafe Blaze Escapes From Wagga Fire Wagga

The Sun · Sunday 29 April 1934 · page 11

MEN and women escaped in their night attire from a fire which destroyed W. J. Watson's cafe in…

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Heroine of the Week Risked Life Saving Aged Recluse Ordeal by Fire in Hut

The Sun · Sunday 29 April 1934 · page 49

Mrs. Gertrude Felton, of Bendigo, Victoria, who risked her life in a blazing hut to rescue an old man whom the world had…

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Nurses As Fire Fighters Blaze in Hospital Lift

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 7

When a fire broke out in an automatic lift in the Masonic Hospital, Victoria Street, Ashfield, yesterday nurses kept it in check until fireman…

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Nurses Combat Flames Bed-ridden Patients Unaware Fire Was Raging Hospital Blaze

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 5

WHILE bed-ridden patients were unaware that a fire was raging on the premises, nurses at the Masonic Hospital. Victoria Street…

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Destroyed by Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 1

A cottage owned and occupied by Mrs. Catherine Richards in Seven Hills-road, Seven Hills, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday…

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"JUSTIFIED" New Fire Station for Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 1

A new fire station is likely to be built at Auburn. At a meeting of the council last Monday the Mayor (Alderman Cheetham)…

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Motor Car on Fire. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 10

A motor car which was parked outside the Soldieis' Memorial Hall caught fire. Chemical fire extinguishers from the hall were used to subdue the flames, but both seats and the…

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