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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 101

B GRADE—2nd Division ORANA v Fire Brigade

The Biz · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 8

A. Lee and H. Nealon v C. Watts and A. Edwards 6-5; Mrs,' Filtness and J. Sharpe v Miss Luhr and A. Lawrence 4-6; Miss Locke and. J. Williams v Mrs. Duncan…

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Colonial Mutual Fire. Slight Increase in Dividend Rate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 13

For the fifteen-month period ended December 31 last year, the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Ltd., showed an underwriting surplus of £21,109, compared with…

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Caravan Catches Fire While Filling at Bowser. ADAMINABY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 8

Mr. A. J. Green, a travelling plumber, was filling up with petrol at a local garage this morning when the cabin of his caravan burst into flames. The attendant threw down the…

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Riverina Whet Varieties Now Under Fire Vic. Discussion of Quality F.A.Q. and Millers Blamed Hot Debate on Wheat Deterioration

The Land · Friday 8 March 1935 · page 6

THE campaign of criticism which has been in progress in Victoria regarding the quality of the State's wheat has now widened its scope. Most of the blame in the early stages was placed at the door of the Department of Agriculture, but within the past week the f.a.q. system and the prices paid by…

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Fire at North Sydney

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 5

Within an hour, brigades from circular Quay, Neutral Bay, North Sydney and Crow's Nest extinguished a fire which broke out early…

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Prince Kicks Over Traces in Fiji Climbed Down Fire Escape To Bachelors' Party

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 1

AUSTRALIA and New Zealand saw Prince Henry as a Good Boy. Faithfully and conscientiously he jumped through the hoops of official…

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Consistent Canine To Collect In Distance Race Sailing Fire Looks Good Bet Rarely Unplaced

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 12

AS consistency usually brings reward Sailing Fire should be the only one in it in the President's Stake at Harold…

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Fitting Finale To Boom Season At Speedway Royal Mitchell-pearce in Big Match a Thorough Test Of Riding Skill Fire Works

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 March 1935 · page 3

FITTING finale to a speedway season of furious records and Australian triumphs will be the meeting of Clem Mitchell and…

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Prisoners Escape During Fire Confusion While Flames Swept Foundry Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 10 March 1935 · page 6

Taking advantage of the confusion caused by a fire which destroyed the pattern shop of Castlemaine's big foundry this afternoon, three prisoners escaped from the local reformatory…

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Prisoners Escape During Confusion Of Fire Slide Down Pipe Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 10 March 1935 · page 17

THREE prisoners escaped from the Castlemaine Reformatory to-day while the attention of warders was distracted by a serious…

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Leaves Australia in a Blaze of Glory Count Ito the Real Aristocrat Overshadowed His Rivals For Four Wins In Row Press Gang's Failure Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 10 March 1935 · page 42

COUNT ITO capped his other three successive wins, with a fourth, which overshadowed them all to-day. However, he passes to a new owner…

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Bush Fires Sweep Mount Gambier. Homes Burnt. Live Stock Perish. Adelaide

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

About 15,000 acres of rich farm land in the Mt. Gambier district were swept yesterday afternoon by one of the most destructive fires on record…

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Stop Press Big Fire. Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 1

Damage estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000 was caused by a fire in the Mt. Ga[?] dairying district yesterday. Three homes…

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Castlemaine Fire. Pattern Store Destroyed. MELBOURNE

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

A fire at the works of Thompson's Engineering and Pipe Company at Castlemaine on Saturday afternoon destroyed a two-story pattern store, which was filled with light wooden patterns,…

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Racing Grass Fire Causes £30,000 Ruin

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 1

MOUNT GAMBIER, Sunday.--A raging grass fire swept yesterday along a four-mile front, over 15,000 acres of…

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Fire Menaces Town

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 7

PERTH, Tuesaay.--A seven miles wide bushfire in the Brunswick district, 100 miles south-west of Perth, is within two and a half miles of…

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Goulburn Fire. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 10

Firemen prevented a serious extension of a fire which broke out at A. Poley's shoe st[?]. Auburn-street. Damage amounting to about £100 was done to the store, which forces…

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Priest's Cassock Catches Fire Orange

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

A MILD sensation was caused at East Orange Roman Catholic Church last night, during Benediction,…

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Rebels' Dogged Fighting Large Force Now Camped Outside Seres Brisk Fire Athens

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 1

THE full force of the Greek army was checked, and the Minister for War,'General Kondylis, suffered a serious reversal when the…

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Tar Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 9

Damage was caused when tar caught fire at the North Sydney Council's tar depot, Blue's Point, to-day…

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