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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

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Saw Home Burn to Ground Blaze at Miranda

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 7

Awakened by a woman occupant of his six-roomed weatherboard house in Kareena Road, Miranda, after she had found the building was…

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Charge of Arson Sequel to Flat Fire

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 4

As a sequel to a fire in a flat at the Commodore building at Darlinghurst on February 2, Stanley Cook, 23, laborer, appeared at Central…

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Fire at Miranda. Family's Early Morning Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 16

James Bernard, of Kareena-road, Miranda, was awakened by choking clouds of smoke early yesterday morning and found his house in stames. He quickly aroused his three sons…

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Charred Remains of Baby in Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 1

THE charred remains of a baby were found in the ruins of a house destroyed by fire near Underbool this…

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AT 3 a.m. Escape From Fire Landmark Gone Bathurst

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 7

FIFTEEN people escaped in their night clothes from a fire at Newbridge early this morning, which completely…

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Strange News of Week Bush Fires Caused by Broken Glass

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 7

SYDNEY.--Most of the 81 bush fires that occurred, on Tuesday were attributed by the Fire Brigades Chief Officer to the "lens"…

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Fast and Furious Farndale's "Fire-Engine" Finish MELBOURNE

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 2

FARNDALE was responsible for a performance at Williamstown to-day which will bring him into prominence when the St…

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Ice and Fire Freaks in State-wide Storm Man Blinded, Wall Crashes, Horses Die Cigarette Halved In Mouth Hail Cuts Hands And Face

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 1

Yesterday's storm produced some freak lightning which: Knocked down and temporarily blinded Mr. C. Burgess (,82) as he was putting a kettle on the stove in his…

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Two Burned in Fires Man's Clothing Alight Petrol Explosion Starts Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 7

ATTEMPTING to extinguish a fire yesterday at the premises of Associated Oil Co., Park Road, Glebe, Arthur…

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Fire at Brookvale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 11

The front portion of a weatherboard cottage in Pittwater-road, Brookvale, was badly damaged by a fire which broke out during the storm on Saturday night. The occupants…

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Fire at Lithgow. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 10

Fire broke out in the Self Help Stores early this morning in a storeroom at the rear of the premises. The stores are in the centre of a shopping block, but the fire brigade…

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Stop Press Fire in Shop

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

Caused by petrol fumes igniting, a fire broke out in a shop in Enmore Road, Newtown, last night,. Maurice Segal, 19, who…

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Fire Destroys Old Landmark Bathurst, Sunday

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 8

An, old landmarK in the Royal Hotel was. destroyed by fire at Newbridge on Saturday morning. Damage estimated at £2000 was done…

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Fire in Oils Store. Watchman Burned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 13

The premises of Associated Oils in Wentworth Park-road, Glebe, were severely damaged by fire yesterday morning, and a watchman, Arthur Dobson, 48, of Parramatta-road,…

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Books Lost in Fire Theatre Crowds Alarmed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 6

London theatregoers were held up for nearly an hour one night recently, when a West End office was found ablaze. A point duty policeman, controlling…

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Chain of Accidents Man Daughter, Fire Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

A MAN and his daughter suffered burns yesterday at their home in Elizabeth Street, Granville. It Was the second serious accident to…

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Empty Trains Collide Carriages On Fire MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 7

WHEN the brakes of an electric train tailed on an incline leading to Croydon Station this morning, the train rushed through the station and crashed into a stationary train at a siding. The leading cars of each train rushed in the air, fouled the overhead gear…

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Blazing Petrol. Man and Daughter Burned. Fire in Kitchen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 9

After James Westwood, of Elizabeth-street Granville yesterday beat out the flames of blazing petrol which enveloped his daughter his own clothing caught fire and he was…

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FATHER & Daughter in Flames Clothes Alight; Both Collapse Petrol Fire

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 5

FATHER and daughter staggered around the kitchen of their home in Elizabeth Street, Granville, Yesterday, with their clothing ablaze…

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Fire in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 9

Fire broke out in The Dell cake and coffee shop in George-street, near Bathrurst-street, city, last night. Fire brigades from headquarters, George-street West, and Pyrmont,…

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