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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 101

Fire in Auckland. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 18

Fire destroyed J. S. Bell's furniture factory in Ponsonby-road, to-night. The building contained valuable machinery. The damage will amount to many thousands of pounds…

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Shed Fire Valuable Car Saved

The Sun · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 3

Valuable curios and electrical fittings from H.M.A.S. Australia were lost in a fire which destroyed a combined shed and garage off…

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Stop Press Fire in Sussex Street

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 1

Nurse Francis, of the City Hostel, Sussex Street, gave the alarm last night when a small fire broke out in a printing office…

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Industrial News Govt. Printing Office Danger of Fire

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 6

Perturbed by reports that have been received from members, the board of management of the Printing Industry Employees' Union has decided to investigate…

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Baby's Bones? Had Been In Fire MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 6 April 1935 · page 5

Charred bones, some of which resembled those of a young baby, were found to-day by a woman under the copper in a house into which she had…

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Blaze of Lights Jubilee Illuminations and Bonfires

The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1935 · page 14

In co-operation with the Citizens of Sydney Organising Committee, municipal councils are planning illuminations and bonfires on the night of…

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My Life. Death Shave From Rebel's Bullet Soldier-Adventurer's Baptism of Fire in Cuban Rebellion

Truth · Sunday 7 April 1935 · page 18

WINSTON CHURCHILL—there's a darling of the gods, if ever a man deserved the soubriquet! Before he was 25 he had written a military classic; at 30 had been on active service in more continents than any soldier since Napoleon, four years…

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Heavy Damage by Fire at Ashfield

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 April 1935 · page 4

Considerable damage was done to a building in Liverpool Road, Ashfield, by a fire about 10 a.m. on Saturday, and a quantity of…

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Country News. Grass Fire. Baan [?]Aa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1935 · page 10

A grass fire broke out on Trenton Lodge and extended into McLeod's property adjoining, being fanned by a high wind. A fire-break had to be burned to save further heavily…

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Fire in Storage Shed. H.M.A.S. Australia Relics Burnt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1935 · page 9

A fire which broke out in a large wood and iron shed off Liverpool-road, Ashfield, on Saturday, destroyed a large quantity of electrical fittings, valuable curios from H.M.A.S…

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Fire in City Store

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 5

PAPER bags that were mysteriously ignited on the first floor of Garrod's grocery store in Oxford Street, Darlinghurst last night, might have…

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Burning Coal. Fire in Ship's Bunker. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 14

The Swedish steamer Unden reached Albany at 4 a.m. to-day from Wallaroo, South Australia with 500 tons of coal smouldering in No. 3 hunker amidships. The Unden was on…

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Fire on Steamer Unden's Voyage to Las Palmas Interrupted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1935 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday.--The steamer Unden, from Wallaroo to Las Palmas with wheat, arrived at Albany early to-day with a fire apparently…

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For Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 18

Any slack or coal dust should be mixed with ashes and water and used to build up a fire which needs banking for any length of time…

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Fire

The Broadcaster · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 4

An outbreak ct fire occurred in the kitchen of Mrs. G. Connelly, junior, in Calli[?]-street, Guildford last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Connelly was left alone with…

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Fire on Unden

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 5

The Swedish steamer Unden, whilst bound from South Australia with a cargo oil wheat for the United Kingdom, arrived at…

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Fire Finishes Job

The Sun · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 27

For the second time in a month, firemen were called upon this afternoon to fight a fire at the Pacific Manufacturing Company's premises,…

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Child Causes Fire. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 12

A detached weatherboard room, occupied by William H. J. Burns, in Paisley-street, Orange, and the contents, were destroyed by a [?], caused by a child throwing a lighted match on…

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Fire on Lorry. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 12

A log lorry, owned by Messrs. Longworths, of Laurieton, was partly destroyed by [?] through a spark connecting with the petrol while the tank was being refilled. The cabin…

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Fire at Factory Brigades' Smart Work

The Sun · Thursday 11 April 1935 · page 30

A fire which broke out in the factory of the Precision Bobbin Co., Botany-road, Waterloo, last night, was got under control in 10 minutes…

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