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Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 101

€3000 LOSS Theatre Fire at Ramsgate

The Sun · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 12

FIRE early to- day destroyed the stage and ceiling of the Ramsgate Theatre, Ramsgate, damage being…

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Students' Riot. Beer, Crackers, and Petrol Fires. Protest Against Discipline. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 13

Following the dismissal of a student from the Training College for having, at the Trinity common room dance on Saturday night, broken a college rule, students at the college…

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WAR-CRIES At Camp Fire Ball. Scouts' Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 7

The congenial spirit of a Scout camp prevailed at the annual Camp Fire Ball of the Boy Scouts' Club at Hordern Bros' last night, for when the lights were dimmed so that the…

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Women Fight Fire at Seaforth Held Flames Till Brigades Could Get to Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 August 1935 · page 7

When a are broke out in one scrub adjoining their homes at Seaforth yesterday three women, regardless of the intense heat and clouds of smoke,…

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Theatre Damaged by Fire Blaze at Ramsgate

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 5

Damage estimated at over £2000 was done to the Ramsgate Theatre. Ramsgate by a fire which broke out yesterday, and which took firemen…

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Dress Caught Fire

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 5

Mrs. Laurie Chidgey, 40, at Middleton street, Stanmore, received burns about the arms, legs and body when her dress caught fire…

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Fire in Theatre. Smoke Hampers Firemen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 9

Damage estimated at more than £2000 was caused by a fire which destroyed part of the Ramsgate Picture Theatre, in Rocky Pointroad, Ramsgate, yesterday morning. Firemen…

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Cars Wrecked Fire at Auburn Undertakers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 3

Two cars belonging to the company were wrecked and a third car was badly damaged when fire destroyed a garage at the back of…

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Steelworks Office on Fire Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 10

The Lithgow Fire Brigade used 1100 feet of hose, its total supply, in quelling an outbreak of fire last night. The fire destroyed an office of the Australian…

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Ramsgate Theatre Fire. Good Save by Brigades

The Propeller · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 4

Early yesterday morning Kogarah, Rockdale, and Hurstville fire brigades, under District Officer O'Toole, were rushed to Ramsgate when a report…

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£20,000 DAMAGE Fire On U.S. Cruiser QUINCY (Mass.)

The Sun · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 19

Damage estimated at 100,000 dollars (£20,000) was done by a fire to-day on the newest United States 10,000 tons cruiser…

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Angry Centenarian Forcibly Saved From Fire. Woman's Protest to Rescuers. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 9

When fire was noticed in a house in Shanksstreet, Gympie, a young man living nearby burst open the door of a detached room in which he knew Mrs. E. H. Bubbers, aged 103,…

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Ex-Jockey Has Strange End Burning Tree Hit Him Had Been Used As Gamp Fire at a Meal Ashford. Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 August 1935 · page 1

A FIRE that was built at the butt of a 20ft dry box-tree off the road at Dinton Vale, between Ashford and Inverell, by William…

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Bush Fires

The Biz · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 4

Several bush fires broke out in the Cabra-Vale district last week-end, bu were speedily extinguished before causing any serious damage. The first outbreak…

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Many Week-end Fires

The Biz · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 5

As snow blankeed the highlands of th State and Sydney shivered under th blasts of a raging wind, bush fires [?] Saturday oncircled the city. Houses an…

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Heat and Fires in England London

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 7

ENGLAND i again experiencing a period of very warm, fine weather, while considerably higher temperatures are predicted for the next…

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Warmth in the Home. Gas Fires in Vogue

The St George Call · Friday 9 August 1935 · page 6

Lecturing before the Rotary Club, Mr. Charles Hibberd explained the advances that have been made in recent years in domestic heating appliances…

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Fire in Theatre. Films Burnt at Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 16

Films caught alight in the projecting box of the Parramatta Cinema in George-street, Parramatta last night, and the performance wa[?] delayed about 30 minutes…

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Reign of Terror Spreads Three Killed When Police Fire On Rioters Paris Next Toulon

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 1

FIERCE battles between the strikers and the military broke out in Toulon last night and continued until 3 a.m. to-day before the…

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Wade In and Gather Wealth From Wirra Walla What a Bet He Looks Watts' Wonder Wants Plenty of Room and He'll Have It at Victoria Park Race Is Sure to Set Cinders on Fire

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 10 August 1935 · page 6

ONLY bad luck has prevented Wirra Walla from getting into the winning list at his recent starts, but the black looks like carrying everything before him in the Unhoppled Handicap at Victoria Park trots on Monday…

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