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Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 101

Fire on Launch. Occupants' Narrow Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 10

A launch was destroyed by fire off Bald Face on the George's River, on Saturday. Of the five occupants, one man wa[?] badly burned…

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Country Fires. Dash Into Blazing Home. Man Badly Burnt. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1935 · page 9

Jack Wallace, 35, a railway linesman, was burnt about the arms, shoulders, and face when he dashed into a burning cottage at noon to-day. He was admitted to hospital in a…

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Bush Fire Rages Battle to Save Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 9

For hours last night firemen and civilians fought a big bushfire on the Sutherland side of Taren Point, spurred on by the fact that if the…

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Seven Fire Deaths

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 8

Chicago, Monday.--A further death has occurred as the result of the fire at the Morton Grove road- house, bringing the total fatalities…

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MYSTERY York-street Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 11

Describing the origin of the recent big fire in Hardwicke House, York-street, as a complete mystery, the City Coroner (Mr. Oram) to-day…

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Fire at Gunnamatta Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 10

A furnished cottage on the eastern shore of Gunnamatta Bay was almost completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The fire broke out between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., and…

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Cessnock Fire; Finding of Arson

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 9

CESSNOCK, Monday. -- The coroner, Mr. W. S. Johnston, to-night found that the fire in B. O. Baker's Cessnock premises…

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Two Cars on Fire. Goondiwindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 10

A party of residents left the town yesterday to [?]sh in the McIntyre River, about 13 miles from Goondiwindi, but their two cars caught fire, one being destroyed…

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Farm Woe Fire, Mice, Frosts Drought, Too

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 9

NEARLY every calamity that can befall the man on the land had prevented him from sending much money to his wife…

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Fire at Alexandria. Two Men Slightly Burnt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 10

When a fire broke out in the chemical works of the Ago Supply Company, Ltd., last evening, in Henderson-road. Alexandria, the manager, Mr. William McLaughlin, rushed…

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Factory Razed at Alexandria Fire Origin Unknown

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 5

AFTER employees left a big factory in Henderson Road. Alexandria, last night, a fire broke out the promises being completely…

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"Wilfully Slain" Cessnock Fire Finding, CESSNOCK

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 14

That John Carr, who died from injuries received in a fire at Cessnock on December 2, was feloniously, and wilfully slain by some person…

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Fire in Cabaret. Six Persons Killed. CHICAGO, March 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 9

Six persons were killed and more than 50 were injured, some seriously, in a fire which swept through a suburban roadhouse cabaret shortly before dawn to-day…

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Each Feared That The Other Was Trapped In Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 10

WHEN the Ago Supply Company buildings in Henderson Road, Alexandria, blazed late yesterday, the manager, Mr. W…

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Cessnock Fire Found to be Maliciously Caused. Coroner Criticises Witnesses. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 9

Scathing comment was made by the Cessnock district coroner (Mr. W. H. Johnston) in returning his verdict after an inquiry into the death of John Carr and the cause…

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6 Killed; Fire Stampede Fighting in Panic for Life Terrible Scene In Roadhouse Single Exit Chicago

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 1

WITH the emergency exists cut off by flames that roared up to the ceiling, the terrified patrons of a roadhouse in a suburb of Chicago I…

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Big Bushfire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 March 1935 · page 7

Although the weather was bitterly cold, a large area of bush caught fire off Box Road, Sutherland, late last night. The usual cause of…

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Coroner Mystified by Blaze Inquiry Into York Street Fire Open Verdict

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 March 1935 · page 6

IT was revealed at an inquest conducted by the City Coroner yesterday into the fire which swept through Hardwicke House, York…

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Fire Brigades Rugby

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 March 1935 · page 2

In the Fire Brigades Rugby Union trial match yesterday Possibles 18 (Miller 2, Warner. McIntyre, Hinton. Attwill tries) beat Probables 15 (Mulhall, O'Reilly,…

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Fire at Northbridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1935 · page 14

Fire broke out in Ambrose Smith's brick cottage in Eric-street, Northbridge, last night, during the absence of the occupants. Fire brigades were able to save portion of the front…

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