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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 101

Fire-proof Planes the Objective Plans Of British Air Ministry to Burn Oil London, August 3

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 20 August 1935 · page 10

THE British Air Ministry has set itself the definite object of perfecting a fire proof aeroplane. Resent crashes and fires have…

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Two Fire Deaths

The Sun · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 1

Berlin, Tuesday.--A charred body was found to-day in the ruins of the Berlin radio exhibition and a patient died in hospital…

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Cottage Set on Fire

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 8

A finding that a cottage in Tyne Avenue, Epping, owned by Robert Daniel Morrison, grazier, of Baradine, had been willfully set on fire by…

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Forest Fires Settlement's Peril St. John (N.b.)

The Sun · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 1

The settlement of Charnesey, with 25 houses, was wiped out by forest fire to-day, and nine buildings were razed at Belledune…

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Cottage Fire "Reeks with Suspicion." Coroner's Comments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 13

"The whole thing reeks with suspicion," remarked the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) at the termination of an inquiry which he conducted at Parramatta…

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Trapped In Radio Tower Blaze in Berlin Firemen Rescue Over 100 Many Hurt Berlin

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 1

Spectacular rescues from a gigantic radio tower marked a disastrous fire, which gutted the Berlin Radio Exhibition last…

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"Malicious" Fire Cottage Explosion Culprit Unknown Forbes

The Sun · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 11

At an inquiry into the cause of a terrific explosion and fire that destroyed a weatherboard cottage in Queen-street owned by T. C. Maxwell,…

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Huge Fire. Berlin Exhibition Hitler Orders Inquiry. Damage Estimated at £500,000 BERLIN, Aug. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 August 1935 · page 13

A disastrous fire broke out at half past 8 o'clock to-night in one of the great wooden buildings housing the Radio Exhibition, and rapidly spread…

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Bush Fires

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 5

Houses were threatened by scrub fires which broke out or Cabramatta and Canley Vale yesterday. Chancery-street, Longfield-street, Cabramatta-road and Roebuck-street…

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Local Bush Fires

The Propeller · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 3

The Hurstville and Kogarah Fire Brigades have been kept busy in the past week in attending to many local bush and grass fires. Last Thursday…

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Bush Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 5

Twenty acres of bush were burned by a fire which broke out in Illawarra-road, Moorbank, on Thursday. Hommondville settlement might have…

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Agricultural Hall Blaze

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 5

A photographer's flashlight set fire to the agricultural hall on Brisbane showground on Monday, destroying a large section of the…

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Scrub Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 5

Scrub on land off Talbot-street, Guildford caught fire on Monday. The outbreak was quickly extinguished by Guildford firemen…

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Fire at Abattoirs

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 5

A small fire which broke out in the roof of roof partly-constructed chilling room at Homebush Abattoirs last night was put out with…

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Prevent Fires Every Precaution Should be Taken

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 18

A FIRE in the country is a very serious calamity and often results in the loss of life and valuable property consequently constant preventive measures…

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Fire in Church Roof

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 6

Fire brigades from Kogorah, Hurstville, and Mortdale attended a small fire in the roof of the Presbyterian Church in Penshurst Street,…

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Sawmill Fire Liverpool Outbreak

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 5

But for a timely alarm, wood stored at Alexander Grimson's sawmill in George-street, Liverpool, might have been destroyed by fire early yesterday morning,…

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Fire at a Church

The Propeller · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 4

At about 3 o'clock yesterday, afternoon Hurstville, Kogarah, and Mortdale fire brigades were called to a fire at the Penshurst Presbyterian…

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Rescued From Fire Jockey Dragged From Burning Car

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 1

Men in Liverpool Road, Bass Hill, last night, pulled Samuel Charles Shelton, 21, jockey, of New Zealand Street, Parramatta, from the blazing…

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Destroyed Cottage. Fire Maliciously Lit. Coroner's Comments. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 August 1935 · page 9

At the inquiry into the cause of the explosion and fire at 3 a.m. on August 1 that destroyed a weatherboard cottage owned by T. C. Maxwell, in Queen-street, and occupied…

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