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Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 101

Fire Destroys Hayshed. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 12

A hayshed and its contents on the farm of Harry Vollmer, at Woodville, were dcstroyed by fire early this morning. The shed contained about 90 tons of lucerne hay. drays…

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17 DEAD Aeroplanes Collide Take Fire Bogota (Colombia)

The Sun · Tuesday 25 June 1935 · page 11

SEVENTEEN persons are reported to have been killed and five others injured on the aerodrome here…

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Fell Into Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Frank Ayton. 45, of Redcliffs, died in Mil-dura Base Hospital from burns on the face and chest received when he…

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Fire Destroys Miners' Hut. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 16

A hut owned and occupied by the Beale brothers, mining prospectors, at Hazelgrove, was destroyed by fire which was caused by the chimney catching alight. The owners were…

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New Fire Station. Woy Woy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 14

The new Woy Woy fire station was officially opened last night by Mr E. N. Haythorpe, the insurance companies' representative on the Board of Fire Commissioners. The building…

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Clothes on Fire Woman Severely Burned

The Sun · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 8

Severe burns were suffered by Mrs. Betty Fox, 24, to-day when her clothing caught on fire at her home in Little Edward-street, Balmain, as she…

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Fire Prevention and Extinction. On Cargo Ships

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 4

In a notice which has been issued by the Board of Trade for shipowners, shipbuilders and masters on the "Prevention and…

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Coroner Unable to Find Cause of Fire

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 5

Inquiring yesterday into a fire which damaged the premises of L. Winter, Ltd., in Harris Street, Ultimo, on June 8, the City Coroner, Mr…

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Fire in an Office. Accused Man Discharged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 11

An open verdict was returned yestetday by the City Coroner (MR. E. T. Oram) as the result of an inquest into a fire in an office in the rear of Leonard Winter, Ltd., 731-733…

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Death Follows Burns Woman Who Had Back to Fire

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 6

Mrs. Sarah Jane Wallace, 61, o[?] Bromley Street, Macquarie Field, near Liverpool, died in Auburn Hospital yesterday as a result of being…

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Clothing Ignited at Fire Burns to Woman and Child Prove Fatal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 June 1935 · page 7

Burned about the body when her dress caught alight as she stood in front of an open fire in her home at Macquarie Fields on Friday, Mrs…

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Merrylands Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 5

Heat from the sun focussed on a window-blind is believed to have been responsible for a fire at E. B. Lees's drapery store in Merrylands-road,…

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Fire Station Opening Ceremony

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 3

Claimed to be the most modern station in the western suburbs, Auburn's new fire station in Harrow-road will be officially opened next…

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Wonderful Pictures In The Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 4

"WHEN you gaze into the Ore, dear, what do you see?" "Big bears and little bears climbing a tree…

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Fire Destroys Home. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 10

A cottage at Gundowring owned by G. Egau, was destroyed by fire, with the contents…

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Fire Brigade Costs. And Municipal Contributions

The Propeller · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 2

Several of the councils in St. George decided recently to co-operate with Waverley Council, in a request to the Board of Fire Commissioners that the…

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Fire in Mine Earth Caves In CESSNOCK

The Sun · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 21

After more than two years' quiescence, fires underground at the abandoned Hill End colliery broke out again to-day…

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Fire at School Barker College Kitchen and Dining-rooms

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 9

A fire early today destroyed the kitchen and dining-rooms of Barker College. Valuable trophies were lost in the…

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WOMAN & Son Flee From Fire Factory and Cottage Ablaze at Tumut Tumut, Thursday Morning

The Labor Daily · Thursday 27 June 1935 · page 1

CAUSING damage estimated at several thousand pounds, a fire which broke out in a broom factory here at 3 o'clock this morning,…

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Blaze in Sawmill. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 June 1935 · page 12

A fire, which caused damage estimated at more than £500 by destroying prepared softwood, belting, and machinery, broke out at the sawmill of Stanley Browne and Co.,…

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