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Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 101

£10,000 Damage in Tullamore Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 19

Ruins of main business portion of Tullamore destroyed by fire. Note "Fib rolite" Asbestos Cement Cottage in background with resisted fire and was undamaged…

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Fire Brigades Just Won Mid-week Rugby Union

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 4

MID-WEEK Rugby Union premiers, N.S.W. Fire Brigades, just succeeded in presenting this season's unbeaten record at the Showground yesterday, defeating…

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A Book to Read "Fire on the Wind."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 2

"FIRE ON THE WIND," by john K. Ewers, is unlike many Australian books because it does not depend for its background on the drama of inland pioneering days, nor the early settlement…

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Colt Reprieved. Pistol Fails to Fire. After Three Attempts. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 11

While running in the Fourth Division Handicap at Albion Park to-day the Deerborough colt Carriwob fractured the sesamoid bone in the near foreleg and the trainer, W. J. Noud,…

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Damage Is £15,000 Big Fire Burns Melbourne Factory and Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Fanned by a strong northerly wind, a fire in the furniture factory of F. K Cox and Co., Flemington,…

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Four Families Homeless Factory Fire Spread £15,000 Damage Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 1

Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused, and four families were rendered homeless, by a fire which broke out in F. Cox…

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FELL 30 Ft. Over Cliff and Uninjured Fire Brigade Ladders Used To Rescue Helpless Woman; Had Dress Caught

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 July 1935 · page 1

Firemen do not only attend fires. Early last night they were called out to rescue a woman who had fallen over a cliff in Kangaroo Park off Carton Street Manly…

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Blaze at Cecil Park Family Finds Home Destroyed

The Biz · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 4

While William Kendrick Hennessy [?] his family were at Fairfield on Saturday night, their home in Cecil-road, Cecil Park, was totally destroyed by fire…

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Big Fire in Polish Township. Warsaw

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 1

A big fire has done great damage in the township of Dzieciol, known among the Jewish population as Zhete. Eighty eight houses have been burnt down…

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Fire Board Finance. Councils' Annual Levy

The St George Call · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 1

Fire Commissioner George J. Baker, forwarded to Hurstville Council a copy of the communication received by him from the Secretary and Executive…

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Factory Fire Alleged Statement Man for Trial Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 5 July 1935 · page 9

A STORY of a factory fire was told in the South Melbourne Court to-day, when Clarence Milton Ebbels, 27, of Dorcas-street,…

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Tragic Fire In India LAHORE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 1

DEATH by fire threatened thousands of persons to-day in the bazaar section of Abbottabad, an important military…

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Through Fire Father's Dash Save Children Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 6 July 1935 · page 7

RUSHING through a blazing loungeroom over a burning floor which at any minute might have broken…

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My Life. Gunmen Die in Raging Inferno of Flame Brave Firemen Wanted to Extinguish Blaze Despite Bullets!

Truth · Sunday 7 July 1935 · page 18

ACCOMPANIED by an Inspector, we proceeded down the empty street, turned a corner, turned another corner, and reached a group of policemen, several of whom were armed, and a number of onlookers and journalists who had found…

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Fire Resistance Materials

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 11

The Standards Association of Austialla announces that as British standard specification No. 476-19[?]2 for fire resistance, incombustibility, and non-inflammability of building…

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A Blaze of Tennis Glorious End To Wimbledon Carnival LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 1

WIMBLEDON, with the exception of the singles championship, was the best I have ever seen, and in every way…

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"Very Small" Blacktown's Fire Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 2

Blacktown volunteer fire brigade wants a new fire station and has submitted an application to the Board of Fire Commissioners…

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Saved Children From Fire Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 5

Great bravery was shown by the former jockey, Vic Sleigh, early on Saturday morning, when he dashed through his burning hotel and…

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Girl Burned. Drying Hair Before Fire. Father Also Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 9

Jane Campbell, 18, was badly burned when her hair caught fire, as she was drying it at her home in Frederick-street, Ashfield, last night. Her father, who helped her to beat…

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Why Fire Risk Is Greater Chief at Auburn New Station Opened

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 8 July 1935 · page 2

Despite popular belief, the risk of fire is greater to-day then ever, certainly there are fewer wooden buildings, and our fire-fighting…

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