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Fires & bushfires, 1935

2,020 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 101

Kidman Suffers in Fire Wide Damage Man May Die Stock Burned Adelaide

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 13

SEVERAL valuable properties, including that of Sir Sidney Kidman, were badly damaged by a fire…

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Dazzling Themi With Science— and Glass Future Homes Proof Against Burglars, Fire, Time

The World's News · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 8

THE citizen of to-morrow's progressive world will literally be dazzled with science when he is installed in his…

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20 Collapsed In Hottest Summer Day NEAR 102 DEGREES Then Came "Buster" Many Fire Alarms

The Sun · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 13

AFTER having sweltered to-day while the thermometer climbed to the highest point of the season--101.7 at 1.30 p.m.—Sydney welcomed the southerly which arrived with a rush and a scurry at 2.28 p.m., and quickly…

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Oil Tanker On Fire in Atlantic. Engine Room Gutted. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 13

A fire broke out on the British oil tanker Valverda, 8807 tons, in mid-Atlantic to-day, and in response to wireless calls for immediate help six merchantmen of various…

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Fire on Oil Tanker Race to Rescue in Mid-atlantic ("The Labor Daily" Special.) LONDON

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 1

A fire broke out on the British oil tanker Valverda, 8807 tons, 500 mile north of Puerto Rice, in mid-Atlantic yesterday,…

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Local Fires

The Propeller · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 7

Last Monday morning a fire broke out in the laundry of a house in Whitfield Parade, Hurstville Grove. The cottage, of brick construction…

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For Home Fires

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 4

Copper fire mutt burn in some Horn, home so a young worker helps mother by taking home good supply of fuel…

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Stable Blaze Old Man's Bravery HOBART

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 19

Risking his life by rushing into a blazing stable, T. Jones, aged 76, saved the life of a valuable horse at Ouse…

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Waikato Peat Fires. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 12

Peat and bush fires in Waikato, after being nearly subdued, broke out again, and Public Works relief workers at Tauhei were nearly trapped. Eight huts in their encampment,…

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Fire Extinguishers. Methyl Bromide

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 5

Recent experiments conducted it Richmond (Eng.) prove the remarkable efficacy of methyl bromide as a means of fire extinction…

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Fire Brigades v "Herald" Office

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 15

A combined Fire Brigades eleven, which included representatives from headquarters Stanmore. Crow's Nest Pyrmont, Paddington, and Parramatta played a match against the "Herald" Office…

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Peat Fires Sweep District Stock Destroyed Wellington (N.z.). Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

THE peat fires in the Waitako district are now beyond control, and, fanned by strong winds, are sweeping forward, causing…

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House Destroyed by Fire. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 12

Fire destroyed a seven-roomed weatherboard house in Farnell-str[?]t, Forbes, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Green, and owned by Mr. William Bing. The outbreak occurred…

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Clyde Fire Outbreak in Blacksmith's Shop

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 2

Fire broke out in a blacksmith's shop at Clyde Engineering Works on Monday. As the result of a defective valve, Crude oil from a pipe sprayed on to the…

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Truck on Fire Train Delayed HOBART

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 8

A truck of straw was almost destroyed, and three other trucks were damaged, when a fire broke out on a train near the Berridale station last…

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Junior Doubles Fire Brigade Club to Fore

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 5

A junior tennis tournament was played on Lamb's court; in Oxford-street, Guildford, on Monday, seven couples competing. The winners were Ray Baber and Beryl…

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Town Lives in Smoke Combat Mosquito Plague in Shops Fires in Buckets Cattle Suffer Beset by Swarms

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 20

THE mosquito plague at Boggabilla is growing worse! Even inside the shops of the…

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Bushfire Havoc in Three States 2 DIE, 50 Collapse in Sydney Livestock And Crops Destroyed Terrific Heat

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

WALLS of leaping flame threatened crops and homesteads in three States yesterday, when terrific bushfires swept over large areas…

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Fire at Clyde Works

The Biz · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 5

On Monday afternoon last, a Are v.'which might have had very serious results brock out at the Clyde works. The outbreak was caused by oil leaking through…

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Rush From Fire Wellington (N.z.), Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

THERE is no improvement in the peat fire position. Many more thousands of acres of country have been swept by the flames, which…

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