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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 93

Fire in Brisbane Causes Extensive Damage. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 July 1934 · page 9

Manufacturera and indent agents who occupied the second and third floors of the Commercial Travellers' Association's building in Elizabeth-street lost stock valued at many…

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Names There But Not Ability Rugby Lacked Fire Poor Guide to Form Union Game a Draw in Result Only McLEAN STARS

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 July 1934 · page 3

SATURDAY'S Rugby Union match between New South Wales and Queensland fell short of expectations on all…

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Fires in Adjoining Shops. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 12

There have been two fires in adjoining shops in Parkes dunng the last fortnight. The first damaged Smith's bootery, and the coroner returned an open finding. The next fire…

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Fire Brigades Win

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 16

In the preliminery match at North Sydney Oval yesterday, Fire Brigade be[?] Mid-week Union by three points to nil. G[?] scored a try…

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Fire in Vaults. Treasury Papers Damaged. Premier Continues Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 11

Fire in the State Treasury vaults beneath the Premiers Department building in Macquarle-street yesterday afternoon destroyed large quantities of officiai documents—mainly…

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Boy Fights Fire in Treasury Injured, But Calls, the Brigades

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 7

WHEN little Ted Horner went into a corner of the State Treasury Building yesterday afternoon and smelled smoke…

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Youthful Hero at Treasury Attacked Outbreak Of Fire Alone "Bit of Fun"

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 5

HERO of yesterday's fire at the Treasury was 15-year-old Edgar Horner, who, after giving the alarm, attacked the…

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Tried To Right Lorry After Skid on Gravel Story of Driver Rounding Bend Crash and Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 3 July 1934 · page 15

GIVING the cause of the accident, in which a passenger was killed and a petrol waggon burnt, Ernest…

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Petrol Lorry Fire. Accident Due to Skid. Evidence at Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1934 · page 10

An account of a petrol waggon overturning and catching fire, and a passenger being killed in Prince's Highway, near Sutherland, on May 22, was given at the City Coroner's…

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Fire in Cafe "Maliciously Caused." Coroner's Remarks to Police. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1934 · page 14

An inquiry was held by the Coroner (Mr. H. D. Pulling) into the cause of the fire at the Regent Cafe. The evidence was that the business was conducted by Mrs. George…

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Smash On Way To "Fire"

The Sun · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 28

Skidding in the mud at Sunshine (Victoria) yesterday, a fire hose Waggon from Footscray overturned and struck a fence. The call turned out lo be a false alarm…

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Fire Engine Overturns. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 13

While answering a cail to a file near the Sunshine Technical School, a motor waggon attached to the Footscray Fire Brigade skidded and overturned on the Ballarat-road to-day,…

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For Women Cosy Fires. Dance at College. Students Entertain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 5

Cosy fires, which were lighted in the students' rooms and in the common-room, proved a counterattraction to the dancing at St…

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Orsova Malay Fire Chief Arrivals Safety in the Air

The Sun · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 23

A SYDNEY business man, a former fire brigade chief at Mandalay, a New Zealander, who had taken autogyro instruction in…

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On a cold night Nothing Can Replace the Warmth of a Real Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 10

Although people living in Sydney can pride themselves on the fact that they possess a temperate climate, the winter months inevitably bring in their train excessive dampness, together with a series of epidemics, which is abundant…

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Fruitgrowers' Annual Conference Delegates Discuss New Zealand Embargo and Dangers of Fire-blight; Speakers Plead for Unity Doctor Noble Gives Scientific View of Disease

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 July 1934 · page 11

THE annual conference of the Fruit-growers' Federation continued its sessions on Thursday afternoon and Friday after last week's issue went to press,…

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Fire in Markets

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 1

Fire brigades from headquarters George Street West and Pyrmont attended an outbreak in a lock-up shop in Steammill Street, off Day…

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Fire at Fairfield

The Biz · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 4

On Monday evening, about 5.30, a fire broke out at the Wanless' bakery, Fairfield, the wood pile in the bake house catching fire. Fairfield and Guildford…

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Petrol Lorry Fire. Evidence at Inquiry

The Propeller · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 2

An account of a petrol waggon overturning and catching fire, and a passenger being killed in Prince's Highway, near Sutherland, on May 22, was given…

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Fire Chief From India. Estimate of Burmese

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 10

After having served a number of years as chief of fire brigades in Mandalay, Upper Burma, and Lahore, in the Punjab, Mr. A. A. Newland, a Londoner by birth, came to…

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