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Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 93

Camp Fire Dance Presentation to Scoutmaster MR. McFARLANE’S Sterling Services

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 12 July 1934 · page 1

The glow of the flames of the camp fire made a striking effect against the blue illumination of the hall, at the Camp Fire Dance of the 1st Mascot Boy Scout…

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Gas Fires for Winter

The Propeller · Friday 13 July 1934 · page 2

The problem of house-warming is acute in this chilly weather. Householders are holders are more inclined to Change over from the smoky dirty coal…

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Car Catches Fire. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 July 1934 · page 12

When Tony Zande, an Italian tobacco-grower at Texas, was driving a car between Bonshaw and Texas, it backfired and burst into flames. Zande sprang from the car,…

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Fire Prevention. Fitting for Petrol Tanks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 July 1934 · page 7

An ingenious device, which prevents the risk of the main petrol tank of the [?]r catching fire when being refilled, has been produced by an English inventor. Instead of the…

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Fire at Hurstville. Early Morning Outbreak in Shop

The Propeller · Friday 13 July 1934 · page 4

At 2.15 this morning the Hurstville Fire Brigade received two calls simultaneously, one from the nightwatchman and the other from a citizen, to an…

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Hurstville Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 July 1934 · page 10

A [?] shop of brick, with iron roof, occupied by Michael Papa[?] was severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke, and water early yesterday morning at 254 Forest-road,…

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Camp Fire Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 July 1934 · page 7

The picturesque camp fire ceremonial and the display by Boy Scouts will again be a feature of the annual Camp Fire Ball, for which plans were discussed at a meeting held…

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Dreaming of Wonderful Things The Fascination a Fire Holds for Me

The Sun · Sunday 15 July 1934 · page 3

THE fire crackles Joyously, leaping high up the chimney, dancing to and fro, A ruddy glare flickers about the room and on the faces…

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Big Fire In William-street

The Sun · Monday 16 July 1934 · page 1

A big force of firemen fought a fire at Mac's Retreads prem ises, William-street, City to-day. The blaze was accompanied by swirling billows of dense black smoke. Precaution's were taken for the safely of the inmates of the Blind Institute, which is nearby…

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Beaudesert Fire Volunteers Fighting BRISBANE

The Sun · Monday 16 July 1934 · page 7

In a big fire still blazing at Beaudesert, this afternoon, Gary's garage and the Logan and Albert Hotel, have been burned to the ground. A…

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Air Liner on Fire. Crashes While Taking-off. Passengers' Escape. London, July 14

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

Spectators were horrified when the air-liner Aberdonian, owned by a Scottish air company, in which the Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDonald) flew to Birmingham last Wednesday,…

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Fire in William-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1934 · page 12

Firemen at work quelling the [?]ames at the premises of Mac's Retreads, Ltd., 52 William-street, during yesterday's lunch-hour…

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Big Blaze in City Building Crowd Of 15,000 See Firemen Fight Outbreak £5000 DAMAGE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 July 1934 · page 6

RAGING fiercely and sending up dense columns of smoke, a fire that attracted approximately 15,000 persons to the scene caused…

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City Fire. Tyre Storeroom. Rubber Burns Fiercely. Blind Institute Threatened

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1934 · page 9

Thousands of people gathered in William-street and adjacent streets and parks yesterday afternoon for an hour, to watch 50 firemen from city stations fighting a fierce…

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TURKS Fire on British Boat. Officer Killed; Another Wounded. London, July 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 July 1934 · page 9

The Admiralty states that Turkish sentries fired from the mainland opposite the Greek island of Samos on a sailing boat belonging to the H.M.S. Devonshire…

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600 Fowls Perish In Farm Blaze Gutted Food Factory Station Blaze Thief's Work?

The Sun · Wednesday 18 July 1934 · page 8

TWO hundred fowls and 400 chickens perished and a valuable food manufacturing plant was…

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The Sydney Spy My Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 July 1934 · page 9

THE clock had already struck 10, but heavy thoughts pinned me to the bed…

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Small Fire in Stolen Car

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 July 1934 · page 5

Early this morning the police recovered a stolen car in Brisbane St, city. A few hours previously there had been a mild outbreak of fire in…

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Sydney Bill Still Under Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 July 1934 · page 8

PROTESTING that certain clauses gave the City Building Appeal Board greater powers than a Supreme Court judge,…

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Thieves Suspected. Fire in Railway Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1934 · page 14

The railway station at Pennant Hills was badly damaged by fire early this morning. Fire brigades from Hornsby and Beecroft subdued the outbreak…

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