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Fires & bushfires, 1935

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Fire Brigades' Sporting. Kensington Oval Secured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 18

The New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners has secured Kensington oval, as part of the extension of the physical training activities of the fire service. The daily Physical training…

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For 12 Months Fire Brigades Sport at Kensington

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 3

The sports council of the N.S.W. Board of Fire Commissioners has set out an ambitious programme for the next 12 months. Yesterday it was announced that…

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Tar Fire Two Men Leap From Death Hot Shower

The Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 13

TWO men to-day saved themselves from a shocking death by their promptness in escaping from blazing tar, which did considerable damage to the North Sydney Council's tar depot at Blue's Point…

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Bushfire Menaces Town

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 8

PERTH, Tuesday.--After having destroyed 45,000 acres of grass feed, a bush fire has got within two and a half miles of Brunswick Junction…

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Bush Fires

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 15

"CINDERELLA" (Nimmitabel).—We have a great dread of bush fires in this district as the country is covered with dense timber. There have been many bush fires on father's…

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Two Fires Damage Only Slight

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 5

A fire occurred in the teasing room at Bond's cotton mills, Wentworthville, shortly after 6 a.m. yesterday. Twelve bales of cotton were slightly…

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Fire Brigades' Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 3

The final match of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades' Cricket Competition between A and B Platoons will be played to-day on the Kensington Oval, commencing at 10.30…

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Fires at Peakhurst. Council Complains to Board

The Propeller · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 8

In reply to a protest from Hurstville Council to the Board of Fire Commissioners that a Are engine had been allowed to remain in the station…

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Two Dead In Fire

The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 19

At left is shown firemen fighting the fire which followed an explosion in a workshop behind the Lygon Leadlight Co's shop at East Brunswick…

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Fire Brigades Final Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 16

The final of the New South Wales Fire Brigades inter-district competition, which was postponed on Tuesday and Wednesday, owing to rain, will be decided to-day at 10.30 a.m., on the Kensington…

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Western News Nearly Big Fire Blacktown Outbreak Severe Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 5

A heave storm at Blacktown on Monday evening, besides being responsible for breakage of several windows, nearly caused a disastrous fire at the…

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EXPLOSION. Two Boys Burnt to Death. Films on Fire. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 11

Two boys, each aged 14, were burnt to death this afternoon when thousands of feet of motion picture film exploded in a narrow brick workshop in which they were working…

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Fire Brigades Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 15

The final match in the Fire Brigade competition was begun yesterday on the Kensington Oval between George-street West, winners of the A Platoon division, and Headquarters, winners of the B…

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Grass Fire Raging Firefighters Battle Through Night

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.--A fierce grass fire broke out in a 6000-acre paddock on Langley Downs Station this morning. Strong winds blew the…

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Grass Fire Raging. Heavy Losses of Sheep Feared. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 11

A flerce grass fire is raging on Langley Downs, 30 miles from Emerald. It is feared that it will result in heavy losses of sheep, as many thousands have been on the property…

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Fire Raging in Bush Fanned by Strong Wind Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 1

A fierce Brass fire broke out in a 6OOO-acre paddock at Langley Downs station, near Emerald, this morning…

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Bushfires. Baan Baa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 12

A bushfire broke out about seven miles from the town. The Baan Baa bushfire brigade burned fire breaks to save property, and checked the spread of the flames. Another…

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BUSHFIRES. 1500 Acres Burnt Out. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 16

With the temperature soaring to 110 degrees, settlers, in the Langley Downs area, near Emerald, continued to fight the bushfire which broke out early on Thursday morning…

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Fire Brigades' Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 3

George Street West yesterday defeated Headquarters in the final of the Fire Brigades' Cricket Competition by an innings and 253 runs at kensington Oval. Scores:--…

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Fire Brigades Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 19

In the fire brigades match, played between the headquarters and George-street West, in the final at Kensington yesterday, the headquarters were defeated by an innings and 253 runs…

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