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Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 93

Aerial View Of Big City Fire

The Sun · Saturday 21 July 1934 · page 1

Aerial view of the fire which gulled the premises of Peters. Bryden, and Peters Ltd., motor body builders, at Redfern to-day. Photograph taken by "The Sun" photographer aboard an Adasira Airways 'plane. (See story on Page 5.)…

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DAMAGE £10,000. King Island Fire. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 July 1934 · page 16

A fire occurred at Currie, King Island, Bass Strait, yesterday, when the stole and manger's residence of the King Island Co-operative Co., Ltd., was destroyed. The damage is…

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"Joint Labor Policy" Under Fire U.C.P. Links Scullin with Lang Two Platforms Quoted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 July 1934 · page 7

"THE Scullin-Lang Labor Party is asking the people for a mandate to tamper with the people's savings lodged in…

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Explosions In Redfern Fire Cars Saved From Flames Workers Escape Police Held Crowd Building Gutted

The Sun · Saturday 21 July 1934 · page 5

WHILE nearly 100 police and police-cadets kept in check thousands of seething, excited onlookers, firemen from five brigades fought a desperate battle to-day with flames that gutted the factory of Peters, Bryden, and…

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150 Thrown Idle by Fire

Truth · Sunday 22 July 1934 · page 16

IT is estimated that about 150 workers will be rendered idle by yesterday's fire at the factory of Peters, Bryden and Peters,…

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Leaking Gas Jet Fires Home

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1934 · page 7

A fire believed to have been caused by a leakage In a gas Jet, last night severely damaged a weatherboard cottage, occupied by Albert…

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Salvage Risks in Blaze Redfern Factory Is Gutted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1934 · page 9

Many thousands of pounds' damage was caused on Saturday when fire gutted the premises of Peters, Bryden, and Peters, motor body…

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Saturday's Big Fire

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 July 1934 · page 7

And home interested--very interested--spectators, Workers in the ducoing department Peters, Bryden add Peters motor-body makers, Philip Street, Redfern, they wondered if their jobs had gone up with the smoke when the factory was gutted by fire on Saturday…

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Brake Van Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1934 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Three brigades turned out to-night to a fire in a brake-van at Port Waratah. It badly damaged the van and a coal…

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Fire Deprives 150 Men Of Jobs

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 July 1934 · page 6

ALTHOUGH no official estimate has been made, the damage caused by the fire which destroyed the premises of Peters, Bryden and…

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Ruins of Redfern Building After Saturday's Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 July 1934 · page 14

Looking down from the fire brigade's extension ladder on to the blackened debris after the fire at the premises of Peters[?] Bryden[?] and Peters Ltd., motor builders, Phillip-street, had been subdued…

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£18,000 DAMAGE. Fire in Motor-Body Works. Crowds Hamper Firemen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 July 1934 · page 12

A spectacular fire which severely damaged the motor body building factory of Peters, Bryden, and Peters, Ltd., in Phillip-street, Waterloo, on Saturday afternoon, caused…

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Fire Outbreak. Canadian Britisher's Cargo Damaged

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 24 July 1934 · page 4

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association has received a cable stating that the cargo on the Canadian National steamer Canadian…

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Fire in Retread Premises Cause Is Unknown

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 July 1934 · page 7

A small fire which broke out among tyres at the Advanx Retread Co.'s Premises, Parramatta Road. Petersham, last night, was quickly…

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Novels And Novelties Fuel on the Fires of Racial Hate Raked with Cunning Poker-pen Dramatic Work, But Dangerous 'Burnt Sugar' Blazing Passions

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 July 1934 · page 4

THE fires of racial hatred burn fiercely on the canefields of Northern Queensland, and sugar, even "Burnt Sugar"--the title of Mr. E. E. Baume's latest work--can be dangerous fuel. MR. BAUME, a Sydney writer,…

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Cause of Fire. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 July 1934 · page 16

After hearing evidence concerning a [?] which damaged the premises occupied in Parkes by Cecil Hubert Cox, fruiterer, the district Coroner (Mr. A. W. Cockram) found that the…

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Family's Dash From Home Blaze at Timber Works

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 7

WHEN fire broke out yesterday morning at timber works conducted by T. W. Gallacher, in Paling Street, Leichhardt, the occupants of…

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Fire in City

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 1

When a fire broke out in a three-storey building in crown Street last night, the wife of the caretaker was slightly overcome by smoke when…

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Dog Gives Fire Alarm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 13

The excited barking of a bulldog yesterday [?]ning probably saved the home of Mrs. C. [?] Cunnington, 183 O'Sullivan-road, Rose Bay, [?] damage…

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Escape From Fire. Burning Building in City. Furniture Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 July 1934 · page 9

Three people narrowly escaped being trapped on the top floor of a burning building in Crown-street, city, last night. Mr. Wonders, his wife, and a woman visitor…

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