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Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 101

Found Fires In House's Ten Rooms AUCKLAND

The Sun · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 18

Auckland firemen received a shock when they arrived at a fire in a city house and found that there were fires in all 10 rooms. The outbreaks…

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Fling Liquid Fire Smugglers in Daring Escape Thrills of Border Adventure Lille

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1935 · page 8

FLINGING blazing tins of petrol into a pursuing Customs car, and setting fire to their own lorry, armed smugglers…

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Fire in Kindergarten

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 April 1935 · page 5

Children's clothes, school fittings, books and bedding were damaged by fire at the Moore Park kindergarten early yesterday. Police discovered…

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Sun Blaze Red Cross Girls 4000 MARCHED

The Sun · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 15

Impressed with her first view of the Junior Red Cross children at their Anzac service at…

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Fire Destroys Houseboat

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 3

Just after midnight last Thursday the Kogarah Fire Brigade was called to a fire on a house-boat at Tom Ugly's. The structure was completely…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 1

A weatherboard cottage, of four rooms, in Gungah Bay Road, Oatley, was destroyed by fire last Saturday night, and firemen from the Mortdale…

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Country Fire Case Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 14

DUBBO, Wednesday. -- The case in which the executors of the estate of the late Henry James Lewis claimed £2900…

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House Destroyed by Fire. Wee Waa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 10

About 4 o'clock this morning, Mr. A. A. Coppleson found that the kitchen of his residence in Rose-street was on fire. An attempt to quell the fire with a small hose was…

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Township Menaced. Rapid Spread of Grass Fire. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 10

A grass fire at Greenmount, on the Darling Downs, spread with such rapidity that portion of the township for a time was threatened with destruction. The fire menaced the…

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Fire in Dublin. Incendiarism Suspected. Scene of Sweep Drawing. London, April 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 10

The Plaza building in Dublin, in the ballroom of which the Irish sweepstakes is drawn, was burnt down to-day. Incendiarism is suspected…

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Fire in Store. Claim for Insurance. Company to Pay £1090. DUBBO

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1935 · page 9

After a hearing which lasted six days and a retirement of five hours, the jury this afternoon returned a verdict for plaintiffs, with damages assessed at £1090, in the action…

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Australia To Be Ringed With Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 16

A CHAIN of fire from the north of Queensland to Fremantle is a possible feature of the King's Jubilee celebrations on the night of May 6…

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Fire at Hurstville

The St George Call · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 1

A weatherboard cottage, of four rooms, in Gungah Bay Road, Hurstville was destroyed by fire on Saturday night, and firemen from the Mortdale…

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Cottage Destroyed by Fire

The Biz · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 1

A weatherboard cottage of four rooms in Fairfield-road, Fairfield, was completely destroyed by a fire early on Monday morning, while the owner. Mr…

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Fire Guts Irish Sweep H'quarters Dublin

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 April 1935 · page 1

THE headquarters of the Irish sweep, the Plaza, was gutted by fire to-day and the famous drum from which…

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Fire Destroys Cottage. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1935 · page 16

A weatherboard cottage of four rooms, w[?] all its contents, owned by Edward Ralston, and situated at Telegraph Hill, on the outskirts of the town, was destroyed by fire at…

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Fire Destroys Homestead. Eugowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1935 · page 16

Old Goimbia homestead, a link with [?] ranging days, was destroyed by fire last night, The owner, Mr. C. J. Veney, and his family were in Sydney for Anzac Day. The lost was…

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£23,000 Adelaide Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Fire destroyed the paint, glass, and wallpaper store, of Thompson and Harvey, Ltd., in Flinders Street. Adelaide, early this…

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Big Adelaide Fire Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 5

Between £20,000 and £30,000 damage was caused by a fire which destroyed the premises of Thompson & Harvey, Flinders Street, Adelaide…

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Escape of Thief. Believed to be Wounded. Shopkeeper Fires Shots

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 April 1935 · page 11

Mr. C. W. Davis, of Seven Hills, fired three times at a thief who escaped from his store, about 4.30 o'clock on Saturday morning. ing. Mr. Davis thought the thief was struck;…

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