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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 101

Ghastly Find in Bush Police Searchers Discover Human Remains in Ashes of Fire Young Stepson Arrested

Truth · Sunday 11 August 1935 · page 13

POLICE inquiries into the disappearance of Ora Howard Mills, a 47-year-old timber-getter, who was camped with two other men near Maroon township, 19 miles south-east of Boonah, culminated sensationally last week with the recovery of numerous pieces of bone,…

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Hornsby Hospital Swept by Fire Exits Cut Off To Patients Aftermath Of Big Blaze

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 1

When the disastrous fire broke out at Hornsby Hospital yesterday, doing considerable damage, numerous willing helpers assisted the doctors, matron, nurses and wardsmen to remove the patients to places of…

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Coroner Inquires Into Epping Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 4

The coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark held an inquiry at Ryde Court on Wednesday concerning a fire which on July H. destroyed a cottage and contents at…

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Ravaged by Fire & FLOODS Heavy Damage In Greece And Japan Big Losses

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 1

WHILE thousands have been rendered homeless in Japan by one of the worst floods for many years, a terrific fire,…

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41 Patients in Blazing Hospital Carried Out As Fire Spread Serious Damage In Sudden Outbreak At Hornsby

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 1

HURRIED from the blazing Hornsby Public Hospital yesterday afternoon 41 patients watched from their beds in the smoke-filled grounds while firemen fought the…

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Fire in Hospital. Dramatic Rescue of Patients. Carried Out to Lawns. Fine Work by Nurses and Volunteers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 August 1935 · page 9

Fire gutted a portion of the Hornsby and District Hospital during the lunch hour yesterday. Prompt action by the members of the nursing staff and local residents, who fought the flames until the Are brigade arrived, prevented more serious damage, and probably loss of life…

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Rapid Fire Romance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 4

Modern methods have invaded the world of romance and courtship moves on much faster lines than hith[?]rto judging by the whirlwind romance of Mr. and Mrs. W. C…

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Police Extinguish House Fire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 7

Cruising in James St., Hunter's Hill, yesterday, members of the Northern Wireless Patrol saw flames and smoke issuing from the back of…

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Car Destroyed by Fire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 1

A car belonging to a school teacher, Samuel Brown, caught fire in a garage in Cambridge Street. Stanmore, last night, and was destroyed. It is…

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No Surgical Cases Hornsby Hospital Fire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 1

Owing to the destruction of the operating theatre in the fire at Hornsby Hospital last Sunday, no surgical cases will be taken…

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Fire Destroys Garage and Sta[?] Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 12

[?] large story wooden garage and stables at R[?] dale, Burradoo, the country home of Mr[?] S. Donkin. Numerous big, game tro[?]…

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A Bad Night Hornsby Hospital After the Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 1

"Positively the worst night I can ever remember," said Matron Malcolm, of the Hornsby District Hospital, yesterday, when asked how…

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Hospital Fire. Inquiry to Be Held. Damage at Least £5000

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1935 · page 12

An officiai inquiry will be held into the fire which destioyed portion of the Hornsby and District Hospital on Sunday afternoon. Although the fire is believed to have begun in…

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Tarzan Act Firemen's Task 4 A.m. Blaze

The Sun · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 10

WITH flames shooting 30 feet into the air from her engine room, the R. W. Miller lighter, Audrey D.,…

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Fire Resistance of Building Materials

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 6

The past four or five years have seen a very considerable amount of experimental and research work carried out with a view to investigating the more extensive uses of asbestos for lire protection…

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Unlucky Day Fire And Collision

The Sun · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 13

R. W. Miller and Co. suffered a second mishap in one day when their collier, William McArthur, this afternoon, came into collision with…

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Splendid Rescue Work at Hornshy Hospital Fire

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 9

The picture on the left depicts the scene on the lawn at the Hornsby and District Hospital when all the patients…

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Mid-week Finals. Fire Brigades v POLICE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 18

The finals of both the Mid-week Rugby Union's competitions will be played at the Royal Agricultural Ground this afternoon. A division teams[?] N.S.W. Fire Brigades (minor premiers) and N.S.W. Police,…

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School Threatened by Grass Fire Dapto

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 8

Over 30 acres of grass arid a quantity of fencing were destroyed by fire at Dapto on Monday, on the property of Mr. J. Stevenson. A…

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"Dead" Rabbit Causes Suicide Fire and Fatalities

The World's News · Wednesday 14 August 1935 · page 7

THIS is an amazing chain of coincidence; it is also a vivid picture of the poverty and despair in which millions of…

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