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Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 101

Burned While Trying to Put Out Fire

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 12

While attempting to subdue a fire which broke out in a laundry at the rear of promises in Bourke Street. Surly Hills, yesterday. Thomas…

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Dog Blamed for Fire in Bedroom Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 8

A DOG is believed to have been responsible for an outbreak of fire, which damaged a room and its contents…

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Object at Sea. Resembling Ship on Fire. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 12

The Deputy Director of Navigation (Captain A. H. D. Gransbury) received advice from Port Broughton police to-night that an object which appeared to be a ship on fire was seen…

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Fire at People's Palace

The Sun · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 5

Fire brigades from Headquarters. Darlinghurst, George-street North and George-street West used chemical extinguishers to quell an outbreak…

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Fire Secret Turkish Sensation ISTANBUL

The Sun · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 1

A fire attended by explosions threatens munition dumps in the military zone at the Ismid naval base…

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Engine-driver Raises Fire Alarm. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 16

Fire destroyed the home of Mr. J. H. Counsell, Bundanoon. Warning of the fire, which broke out in the early morning, was given by the driver of a passing train. The owner…

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£45,000 Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- The Schempp Textile Company's mills and plant, in Trench Street, Ballarat North, were almost destroyed early…

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Fire-Officer's Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 1

SubStation Officer A. Baber (Guildford) had his holiday trip to Newcastle last week delayed when another car collided with his own at Hornsby…

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Man Fires Shots. Exciting Capture Constable in Ambush. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 10

On receiving a report that a man was scaring the neighbourhood by firing shots from a pea-rifle at Grafton railway station, Constable G. Pickerton commandeered a motor car and…

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Link Fire Two Cruisers Sink Sloops Jervis Bay

The Sun · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 7

BIG guns will fire as one off Sydney Heads on Thursday, when the cruisers Canberra and…

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Man's Fall Down a Quarry. Mysterious Fire In Council's Magazine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 9

The destruction of the Concord Council's explosives magazine by fire and the discovery of a man dreadfully injured rolling in agony at the bottom…

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Three Trapped in Fire Wife: Children Die Husband's Gallant Fight Fails

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- Trapped in a blazing building at Southport at 3 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Isabel Hoyle…

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Escaped Fire, But Crashes Blinded By Flames, Man Falls Into Deep Quarry

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 5

LEAVING a trail of blood behind him when he apparently staggered blindly from a blazing shed, containing explosives, in Ian St.,…

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Suburban Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 6

About 200 gallons of tar caught, fire yesterday in an open yard of premises on the coinei of Fountain and Lawrence streets, Alexandria. Alexandria, Redfern, Waterloo, and…

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Peach Blossom And Fires

The Sun · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 12

Although cosy fires burned brightly, masses of peach blossom mingling with stocks and sweet peas, gave a spring touch to the drawing room at Government House this afternoon when Lady Hore-Ruthven entertained a number of people interested in kindergarten Work…

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The Sun Stop-press City Blaze

The Sun · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 1

Brigades from headquarters quickly quelled a fire which broke out near a petrol pump in Graham's Garage, Jamieson-street, city,…

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Fierce Fire Board's Heavy Loss MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 5

Much of the proposed new undertakings of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works was destroyed early this morning when a…

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Saw Home Reduced to Ashes Husband And Wife At Pennant Hills Several Fires

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 5

FIRE brigades were active in the metropolitan area yesterday, when one house was destroyed and another extensively damaged…

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Rescued Pup From Fire Woman Dashes Into Burning Shop Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 5

GREAT bravery was shown by Miss E. Mansfield, 27, to-day, when she risked her life to save a young Alsatian pup. which had been…

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Records Destroyed. Fire Causes £20,000 Loss. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 July 1935 · page 10

Valuable records, plans, maps, and documents, some of them irreplaceable, of a total value of £20,000, were destroyed by fire in the Waimakariri River Trust's office, near…

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