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Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 101

More Gas Fires

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 11

Up to June 9, according to a report by the A.G.L. Co., the number of gas fires sold in Sydney "this winter exceeded the number sold up…

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Fire Brigade Tennis

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 5

A team from Guildford Fire Brigade defeated Parramatta Fire Brigade's Palmer Cup team by six sets to two in a friendly match Thursday. The…

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House Damaged Blacktown Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 10

Explosion of a drum of petrol from which a lorry tank was being filled on Thursday night, set alight to the side wall of a weatherboard house occupied…

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Won't Proceed Extension of Fire District

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 4

"It's no use getting an extension of the fire area unless we get some reduction in the prem.niums," said the president (Councillor Whitling) at this…

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Cease Fire Gran Chaco War Buenos Aires

The Sun · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 2

THE Bolivian-Paraguyan truce protocol, establishing peace in El Gran Chaco, was signed to-day. Hostilities ceased at noon…

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Can't Put It Out Newcastle Fire Will Have to Be Dug Up

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--A fire which water will not quell may have to be dug out from just under the surface of land at the rear of the…

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Big Underground Fire Grave Danger of Gas Dump Of Chitter Is Alight at Newcastle Newcastle, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 7

THAT a sunken dump of chitter had ignited on vacant land at the rear of Newcastle Trades Hall to-day was the explanation tendered…

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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 · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 6

The hearing was concluded of the action in which the trustees of the assigned estate of Nicholas Gaha sued the Home Insurance Co. Ltd, to recover £1300 under two policies…

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Underground Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The fire under the surface of land at the rear of the Trades Hall, and thought to arise from inferior coal dumped there…

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Playing with Fire - Arms

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 14

SPECIALLY MADE paste-board dummies of cavalry and infantry are used in German military manoeuvres. TOP LEFT CORNER: The Ghost Army, dummy machine-gunners and infantry. LEFT: Bringing up the (dummy) rear-guards ABOVE: Giving the "horses"…

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Underground Fire Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 8

A warning to keep clear of the fumes emanating from the fire in the underground chitter dump near the Trades Hall was issued…

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Le paquebot "Normandie' fire proof Ship

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 2

Au moment où ce paquebot vient d'effctuer ea premiére traversée, en etablissant un record de vitssse transatlantique, il convient de…

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Fire in Timber Barn. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 12

Damage, estimated at £200, was caused by a fire which gutted the top story of a timber barn on D. G. Collins' property, Breimba-street, Grafton, and destroyed hay. farming…

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For Women Warm Fire Greets Cold Dancers. Polo Ball at Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

Polo interest is centred in the Camden district this week with matches being played almost every day at Cobbitty. Most of the…

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Looking for the Fire

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 1

THE story is told of a lady who booked in at a hotel for the night recently. Being of a nervous temperament, she went reconnoitring to…

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Freed After Two Years Found Not Guilty at Fire Trial Berlin

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 1

The Minister for Enlightenment and Propaganda, Dr. Goebbels, announced to-day that the former Communist leader, Ernst…

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Gunpoint Arrest After Smash Constable Fires Shot During Wild Chase

The Sun · Sunday 16 June 1935 · page 2

A wild chase along main roads, a constable's shot after the fugitives, and finally a smash, after which a man was arrested at revolver-point,…

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Smoking in Bed Swells Fire Total

The Sun · Sunday 16 June 1935 · page 13

"MANY outbreaks of fire are due to gross carelessness, and one of the causes is smoking in bed," said Mr. T. J. Smith, president of the…

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Boy, Seeking Ball, Found Big Fire Two Dogs Perish in £5000 Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 June 1935 · page 7

A BOY who jumped over the fence after a cricket ball yesterday discovered a fire which caused £5000 damage…

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Dogs Perish in £15,000 Factory Blaze

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 June 1935 · page 1

FIREMEN battled against flames in. constant danger of walls collapsing on them dogs were burned to death, and a horse, on being taken to safety, galloped madly through city streets daring a blaze which caused damage, estimated at £.15,000, to a hide and tallow factory in…

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