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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 120

Fire at Railway Siding. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 18

A fire at Minore Siding destroyed a shed containing tools, material, and paints being used for the construction of wheat silos at Minore. The police investigated the fire, but…

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Small City Fire Means Long Hold-up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 7

A SMALL fire in Champion Knitting Mills, Brierley House, Goulburn Street, City, last night, is likely to halt the…

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Fire Rescue £12,000 Blaze Destroys Government Store

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Saturday.-- Damage estimated at nearly £12,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the Government Supply and Tender…

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Fire in George St. Store

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 3

A fire in a haberdashery store in George-street West, city, yesterday severely damaged the stock and building, but brigades from…

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Coroner's Open Verdict In Fire At Slipper Factory No Suggestion of Incendiarism Police Pay Tribute To Business Man

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 10

GLOWING tribute to the business integrity of an ex-Rockhampton (Q.) slipper manufacturer, Joseph Goldberg, now managing director of Australian Slippers, Limited, Waterloo, was paid by the police at the…

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Fire Damages Stock

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 10

A fire severely damaged stock in a haberdashery store in George St. West, City, on Saturday. Brigades prevented the flames from…

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Girls Rescued By Fire Brigade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 8

Two girl employees were locked in a factory at 135 Sussex-street, city, after the premises were closed at noon on Saturday. After five hours they were able to send word to the fire…

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Fire in George-street Shop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the fire brigade was called to a fire which broke out in stores at 99 George-street West. The shop was locked u[?] about an hour earlier, and as the flames…

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Country News. Danger of Bushfires. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 8

Owing to the severe heat and the abundance of grass, Councillor B. P. Bell, president of the Hume Shire Council, said yesterday that bushfire outbreaks were likely unless the…

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Heat Causes Bush Fires

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 4

Yesterday's extreme neat caused a number of minor bush fires, particularly in the Northern Suburbs, Brigades attended outbreaks in a…

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Fire Destroys School. Leeton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 10

Yanco Public School, a weatherboard structure, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The fire brigade from Leeton attended the outbreak, but was unable to save anything…

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Big Fire in Albury Albury

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 6

The moss serious are in Albury for many years destroyed the sample rooms at the rear of the Albury Hotel in Dean Street yesterday. A…

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Kurri Fire Kurri Kurri

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 8

A grocery store in Barton Street, Kurri Kurri, was severely damaged early today. The Kurri Kurri Fire Brigade was quickly on…

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Police Fire Egyptian Disorder CAIRO

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 6

Students have declared a general No clashes have occurred in Cairo, where the bridges were opened to…

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Tim Tyler's Luck Fat in the Fire

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 12

Tim Tyler's adventures will be continued in "The Sun" te-morrow…

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Farmhouse Fire. Three Men Charged. GRIFFITH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 10

Three men have been arrested at Griffith and charged with having conspired together to burn down [?] house and defraud an insurance company…

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Quelled Fire Guests From Wedding BRISBANE

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 16

A wedding party at Ashgrove yesterday was broken up temporarily while the guests quelled a fire which occurred in a nearby house…

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Farm Fire Conspiracy Charge Men Burned Griffith

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 11

Following a fire, which, early on the morning of January 13, destroyed a farmhouse, Henry Lucca was charged in the local court with…

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Bed Caught Fire Injured Man Rescued From Flames

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Severely burned on the chest, arms, and body when his bed caught fire to-night, George J. McCaughey, 54, of Miles…

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Fire at Albury. Hotel Building Damaged. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 10

Damage of approximately £500 was caused by a fire in a building at the rear of the Albury Hotel this morning. The building contained 12 rooms, occupied by Quinn's boot…

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