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Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 93

80 Die Trapped by Fire In Salt Mine MUNICH

The Sun · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 1

THOUGH many escaped, 80 miners have been trapped by a fire in the Buggengen salt mine. Hope has been abandoned and the…

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Tragic Fire. Two Women Burned to Death. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 9

A tragedy occurred at Bloomfield in the southern Hawkes Bay district, last night, Mrs. Ellen Franklin, 76, and her companion. Miss Smaile, about 40, being trapped and burned…

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Fire-prevention System. For New Orient Liner

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 5

The new Orient liner, Orion, of 22,000 tons gross, which is now building at the yard of Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness,…

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Will Not Recognise Marriage I Was Only 15, Says Woman In Court Fire Inquiry Brisbane. Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 May 1934 · page 5

DURING the course of an inquiry to-day into the fire which destroyed a new farm house, Kathlyn Rose Levette [?]…

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A Home-made Fire Screen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 18

There are quite a number of useful household articles which can be made by a woman with skilful fingers and a little spare time, involving the use of hammer and nails in place of the customary…

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Assassination Attempted Bengalis Fire on Governor London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 1

AN unsuccessful attempt to murder the Governor of Bengal, Sir John Anderson was made on the racecourse at Darjeeling yesterday…

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Great Fire In Historic Town. BUCHAREST, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1934 · page 9

A great fire is raging in the historic town of Campu-Lung, and the famous monastery and 100 houses have already been destroyed. There were distressing scenes at the…

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Cheerful Fires At Dance

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 15

Open log fires, whose goldenred flames toned with the masses of chrysanthemums, marigolds, and autumn foliage arranged in…

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Cronulla Fire Brigade Recreation Club

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 4

The members of the above club, together with their friends, were entertained at supper by Mr. Wright, the new proprietor of the “Ritz”…

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Icicles After Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 1

HAKODATE, a beauty spot of North Japan, was recently swept by a huge fire, which, killed 760 people, and injured 2000. The picture shows the water poured by the firemen congealed in huge icicles…

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Heating Liquid Without Fire

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 May 1934 · page 9

ENGINEERS have devised a method by which liquids in large tanks can be heated without building a fire under…

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The GIRLS of Cliffdale a Bushfire

The Sun · Sunday 13 May 1934 · page 2

NEVER was there a more delightful day than the one chosen by the fourth form girls for their hike to Baneful Rock, which was six…

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Fires in Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 11

Firemen did good work on Saturday night, when they extinguished an outbreak in the Sydney Flour Mills at Darling-street, Glebe, which were found to be alight. The…

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New Blaze Of Anti-Jewish Hatred LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 8

A NEW savage attack on Jews by the Minister for Propaganda (Dr. Goebbels), following the demand by the…

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Fire in Silo Save at Glebe

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 5

When the top floor of a wheat and flour silo, the property of the Sydney Flour Milling Co., of Darling Street, Globe, caught fire on…

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Youth's Agony. Feet Burned in Camp Fire. Long Wait for Medical Aid. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 9

Arthur Israel, 16, of Boomerang-street Springwood, suffered intense agony to-day while waiting many hours for medical aid in an isolated part of the bush about 10 miles…

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Lay with His Feet in a Fire Mates On Camping Trip Find Youth Had Fainted

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 May 1934 · page 1

TO lie for some time in a faint with his feet in a camp fire was the experience of Arthur Israel, 16, of Boomerang Street,…

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Petrol Blaze Firebug Suspected ISTAMBUL

The Sun · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 13

A FIRE broke out last night in large petrol stores on the upper Bosphorus, owned by a Turkish-American company, and…

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Body in Fire Bloodstains Found Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 7

Bloodstains found on the body of Mrs. L. Hutchinson (36) after it had been recovered from a file which destroyed her home at the brown coal…

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Big Death Roll In Gasometer Blast Fire Amid Hongkong Havoc Hongkong

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 1

BETWEEN 100 and 200 lives are believed to have been lost in a terrific gasometer explosion at Hongkong gasworks…

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