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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1934

1,844 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 93

Bush Fire Diet

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 15

THE nankeen kestrel, the letter winged and the white-shouldered kite hawk, hover over bush fires in search of insects which…

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Permanent Fire Officer

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 1

"I THINK it is a matter that we need to discuss in the near future, the appointment of a permanent man at Ponrith Fire Station,"…

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Obiter Digta Arms Shares Active Fire Trial

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 8

THE execution of the moron Van de[?] Lubbe for his par[?] in the Reichstag[?]…

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"By FIRE" This original short story won the recent com[?] [?]petition conducted by the "John o' London'' Literary Circle of Sydney

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1934 · page 54

THE door was flung open and two men entered the bar parlor, the rain…

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Bush Fire Endangers Sheep. Wee Waa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 10

A bush fire broke out on Mr. R. Price's Nyora holding, south of Wee Waa, yesterday, and burned freely in long grass and thistles. The paddock is ringbarked, but heavily…

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Mysterious Fires at Ballarat East Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 6

MYSTERIOUS fires which have occurred at Ballarat East since November 13 reached a total of 13 when a…

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Wheat Fire Police Suspect Incendiarism INVERELL

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

Police are investigating what they consider a case of incendiarism at Nullamanna, a village 17 miles from Inverell, where a 15-tons stack of…

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Wheat Exhibits. Destroyed by Fire. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 10

Fire destroyed a hayshed on Mr. W. H. Lye's property at Loomberah, near Tamworth, on Saturday, and a large collection of material for the Central Coast and Tablelands district…

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Trapped in Factory Fire Burning Feather Fumes Overcome Firemen

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 6

Two girls and a man were trapped when fire broke out recently at the Northern Feather Works, Cordova-road; London. They escaped through a small window,…

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Alleged Malicious Fire Case at West Pennant Hills Coroner's Inquiry

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 1

George David Sydney Sharp was committed for trial at the Coroner's Court at Ryde on Wednesday, after the Coroner had inquired into the burning of a…

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Easing Misery Of Natives "Collars of Fire" Use Of Chains Restricted Now Govt. Instruction

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 9

JUST as any of the lower animals will strain at and try to break the chain that holds it until it realises the hopelessness of the situation, so will a human being; but his sense of invention will impel him to cut, or…

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Risk of Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Monday.--An Air Force plane, working in conjunction with the Forest Commission, was up to-day, for the first time this season…

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Wireless Tower Blaze Leipzig

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 9

Four hundred feet of the transmitting tower at the Leipzig wireless station caught fire 200ft. from the ground, and soon it was a…

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Fire in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 12

Volumes of smoke were seen issuing from the fourth floor of Denyer House, George-street, city early this morning. It was found that a fire had broken out in the…

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Fire Brigades Board Three Candidates

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 6

The Fire Brigades Association is conducting a pre-selection ballot for permanent Firemen's representative on the Board of Fire…

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Took Off Pants To Beat Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Hugh Adams. 11, son of John Adams, of Laen, near Donald, was smoking out rabbits when…

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Candidates for Fire Board Three Nominations Received

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 4

Three nominations have been received for the pre-selection ballot in connection with the election of a Fire Brigade Association representative on…

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Fire Menace Women Fight For Homes HOBART

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 7

EVERY available man, woman, and child at Mount Lloyd labored in swirling smoke, and terrific…

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Frangestan Fire Recalled. Captain A. D. Turton Retires

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 January 1934 · page 5

An interesting record of the total mileage which he has covered at sea in the course of his career has been kept by…

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School Burned Tasmanian Bush Fires DEVONPORT

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 18

Settlers in the timbered districts are fighting to save their homes, in several instances without success. At Lorinna the State school has…

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