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Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 101

One Killed, Three Hurt In Fire

The Sun · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 7

A Fire Brigade officer was killed and three firemen injured, when this wall of hot bricks collapsed onto them during a fire in a furniture factory at Fitzroy, Melbourne, on Saturday…

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Station Fire Imperils Huge Jubilee Crowd LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 1

TRAGEDY threatened the last day of Jubilee Week, when late last night fire broke out on Charing Cross Station, which…

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Crowd's Good Humour Averts Disaster During Fire. London, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 11

Only the good humour of the biggest crowd of sightseers London has ever known averted a terrible disaster with loss of life in the dense crushes before Buckingham Palace and…

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Dog Saves Family Warns of Fire, Then Burned to Death Through Flames In Night Attire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 May 1935 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Awakened by the barking and scratching of his dog, a Queensland heeler, at his…

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Dome on Fire Firemen's Adventure in Law Courts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 May 1935 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Two hundred feet above the street level firemen from three city stations groped their way through thick smoke…

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Extend Fire District

The Sun · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 20

The Fire Board proposes to include Castle Hill in the metropolitan lire district, and plans for the area will be defined by the Baulkham Hills…

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Fire in Factory

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 1

Fire severely damaged Britten's shoe factory on the second floor of a building at the corner of Castlereagh and Redfern Streets, Redfern,…

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Italy Playing with Fire

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 11

ITALY is very concerned because Abyssinia is taking steps to provide itself with arms and munitions in preparation for the war which appears to be…

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Young to Join Fire Brigade

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 6

JIM YOUNG, Rugby union representative winger, will join the Fire Brigade in a few days time if he pastes…

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Evidence Lost In Flames Film Fire in Court Assassination Of King Sequel MARSEILLES

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 May 1935 · page 1

NEWSREEL films of the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia were being screened to-day at the Law…

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Fire Station Merrylands Hopes Brighter

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 5

Though nothing definite is promised, it is possible that Merrylands will soon have a new fire station, as a result of a conference between the president of the Fire…

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Horses Saved From Fire. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 10

R. Star. Weerona, Walbundrie, su[?]er[?] serious loss as the result of a fire which occurred on his property. It was with difficulty that he was able to save his racehorses and…

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Local Government. Fire-fighting. the Town Brigade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 4

Community efforts to protect towns from fire date far back in the history of civilisation. The fire brigade did not form part of the English local government system until…

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Miriam Hopkins Has Narrow Escape When Lace Gown Catches Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 16

Miriam Hopkins, starring in "Becky Sharp" at the R.K.O. Radio studios in Hollywood, had a narrow escape from serious injury when she came too near…

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Marseilles Crime. Film Catches Fire in Court. LONDON, May 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 9

At the trial at Marseilles of three men charged with being accomplices of the murderer of King Alexander of Yugoslavia, a film of the crime was shown in court in the…

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Amazing Story at Fire Inquiry "For Man" Girl's Loan Face Trial

The Sun · Thursday 16 May 1935 · page 22

STATEMENTS by Mildred Kevanough, 23, that she had misrepresented herself as a widow, had used another name…

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Log Fires Home Reception at Glen Roona

The Sun · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 14

Blazing log fires gave a cheery touch to the party given by Mrs. Alfred Lee and her grandson, Mr. John Butter. at their old world home…

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New Fire Engine for Mortdale

The St George Call · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 2

The Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W. has advised Hurstville Council that it has approved of No. 113 Dennis Motor Fire Engine, which has just…

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Merrylands Fire Station Commissioner's Visit

The Biz · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 6

The president of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Hon. T. J. Smith) and other members of the Board visited Merrylands on Monday and met Ald…

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Fire Inquiry. Young Woman Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 May 1935 · page 6

At the termination of an inquiry conducted by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) yesterday, into the fire which destroyed a weatherboard cottage at…

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