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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 101

Third Victim of Fire. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 12

The death occurred in the Armidale and New England Hospital yesterday of George Cook, 64, the third victim of the five tragedy at Backwater, near Guyra, on May 25, when…

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Land-owner's Loss by Fire. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 12

A large shed and its contents on Councillor W. S. Hewitt's property. Mulgoa, were destroyed by fire. Almost an entire crop of corn, a considerable quantity of hay, and other goods…

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Woman on Fire Wouldn't Take Food

The Sun · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 7

The story of how a woman, alleged to have suffered from delusions, had made an attempt on her life by pouring inflammable spirits over herself…

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Fingers in Fire, Say Police Arrested Man's Alleged Action

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 6

Just prior to having his fingerprints taken on Saturday, afternoon at Paddington police station, a young man, who had been arrested and charged…

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Tragic Fire From Cigarette One Dead; Town Menaced Simla

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 1

A CIGARETTE end dropped in the important military hill-station of Kassauli caused a great forest fire which threatened to wipe out the…

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Winter Tea Beside The Fire Is Pleasant Hot Cakes That Will Have Appeal One Of The Delightful Interludes In A Busy Week Some Recipes

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 June 1935 · page 9

DURING an Australian summer afternoon, tea is generally regarded as more of a penance than a Pleasure, even though we know that…

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Children Cause Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 9

Children who were playing with kerosene are believed to have caused a fire last night in a bedroom of a house in Victoria-street. North Sydney, occupied by Mr. Herbert…

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Shop Fire Insurance Claim

The Sun · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 11

Police evidence of a visit, to the scene of a fire in a shop at Forbes, in 1933, marked the hearing of a claim to-day before the Chief…

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Fire Damages Cafe. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 10

The building and contents of the Paramount Cafe, Wharf-street, Murwillumbah, were badly damaged by fire early this morning. The fire was discovered by the night watchman, Mr…

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Third Victim of Fire Tamworth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 5

Arthur George Cook, 61, one of the men badly burned in the tragic fire at Backwater, in the Guyra district, on May 26, when Herbert Baldwin's…

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Fire Destroys Cottage. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 10

A cottage, occupied by Mr. Henry Doyle and owned by Mrs. Little, was destroyed by fire while the tenants were absent. Both building and contents were insured…

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Fire-fighter's Fatal Collapse. Bundarra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 10

Mr. Michael McHugh, 62, collapsed while extinguishing a grass fire near a homestead, and died of heart failure. Mr. McHugh was a member of a well-known Bundarra pastoralist…

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Red Note Japan Charged Border Fire Moscow

The Sun · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 1

ALLEGING a violation of Soviet territory by a Japanese Manchurian detachment, accompanied by…

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Supreme Court. Banco Jury Causes. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Jordan, and jury.) Sequel to a Fire. Halberg and others v Home Insurance Co., Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 June 1935 · page 5

William Halberg, Alfred John R. Parsons, Thomas Anderson, and Leslie William Molloy, acting for the assigned estate of Nicholas Gaha, brought an action against the Home…

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My Fire

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 10

WHAT care I for Winter's gloom, Piercing gusts and sleety showers, Leafless trees and dearth of flowers, As within my firelit room…

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Automobile Fire Nets £13,566

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 12

Accounts of the Automobile Fire and General Insurance Co. of Australia, Ltd., disclose a net profit of £13,566 for the year to April 30, against £6546 for the…

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Buried Fire Trades Hall Smoke NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 13

Smoke issuing from the ground behind the Newcastle Trades Hall, is believed to be evidence that a sunken dump of chitter (inferior coal) has…

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Fire! And Volley Hit Courthouse NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 5

THE celebration of his 88th brithday by a well-known Newcastle Identity, Mr. James ("Pa") Dalby, was responsible for the expression…

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After the Moore-street (Sydney) Fire of 1890

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 49

The view, which is from George-street, shows the ruined buildings from the corner of Moore-street (the narrow thoroughfare in the right distance) along Pitt-street. The City Bank building is at the corner of Moore-street. After the great fire Moore-street was widened, and at the same time the thoroughfare in front of the General Post Office was…

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Supreme Court. Banco Jury Causes. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Jordan, and jury.) Sequel to a Fire. Halberg and others v Home Insurance. Co., Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 10

The hearing was continued of the action in which William Halberg, A. J. R. Parsons, Thomas Anderson, and Les[?]e William Molloy trustees of the assigned estate of Nicholas…

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