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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1936

2,399 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 120

Lights Out Fairfield Sub-station Fire

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 4

A fire at the electricity sub-station caused a "black-out" at Fairfield on Tuesday night. It is believed that some defect in new…

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Saw Ruins Their Art Elstree Fire London

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 1

THROUGHOUT to-day film actors and actresses, who had participated in productions, disconsolately…

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A Single Vote Elects Mutch to Fire Board

The Sun · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 7

ALDERMAN T. D. MUTCH (Randwick) was to-day elected to the vacancy on the Fire Brigades Board, heating…

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Film Studio. Destroyed by Fire. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 12

A fire which broke out at 2 a.m. to-day gutted the studios of British and Dominions Film Corporation, and severely damaged the studios of British International Films, at…

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Fire Board. To-day's Election. Close Contest Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 10

A close contest is expected in the election to fill the vacancy on the Board of Pire Commissioners due to the resignation of Mr. G. J. Baker Conciliation Commissioner. The…

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Fire Board Vacancy Botany Deadlock, No Quorum at Redfern

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 9

Two suburban councils may meet to-day, to vote in connection with the vacancy on the Fire Board. The ballot will close at noon…

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Riots in Syria. Troops Fire on Students. Death-roll of Ten. Beirut (Syria), Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 12

Troops, alter once dispersing them, were forced to fire on an armed mob of students and looters, who, excited by inflammatory speeches in a Hamah mosque, careered…

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Disastrous Fire at Big Film Centre £1,000,000 Damage Is Dowe Several Picture Negatives Are Lost at Elstree London

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 1

A DISASTROUS fire is sweeping through Elstree, the Hollywood of Great Britain, Thousands watching the…

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Films Saved From Fire

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 1

Four costly film productions were saved from the fire which gutted the studios of the British Dominion Films Corporation and…

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Fire Board. Alderman Mutch Elected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 12

Alderman Mutch, of Randwick, was yesterday elected to the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners caused by the oppointment of Mr. G. J. Baker as Conciliation…

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House Destroyed by Fire. Guyra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 12

The residence of Thomas Marshall, North Guyra, and its contents were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. About 10 o'clock Mrs. Marshall was resting in the front room, and,…

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Skirt Ablaze Woman Badly Burnt in Washhouse Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 7

PERTH, Monday.--James Kaiiona heard his wife's screams coming from a washhouse at their residence in Lake Street to…

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"Liked Excitement" Man Gets Six Months for Causing a Grass Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--At Benalla to-day Jack Marshall was given six months' gaol for having destroyed a quantity of grass, the property of…

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Fire at Elstree. Damage Estimated at £500,000. LONDON, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 12

The damage caused by the fire which destroyed the studios of the British and Dominion Film Corporation, Ltd., and severely damaged the British International Films…

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Alderman Mutch Joins Fire Board No Vote Received From Waterloo Council

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

Alderman T. D. Mutch has been elected to the Board of Fire Commissioners to represent city and suburban municipal councils and shire…

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Alderman Mutch Elected to Fire Board. Two Councils' Eleventh-hour Decisions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 11

Alderman Thomas Davies Mutch, of Randwick, was elected yesterday to fill the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners due to the resignation of Mr. G. J. Baker,…

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Ballot Envelope Mystery Big Stir Created At Fire Board Election One Too Many

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 5

THE sensation which was caused by the dramatic rejection of two of the nomination papers in the ballot for the election of a member…

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Scene Of Spectacular Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 13

The building at the corner of Riley and Liverpool streets, city, where a spectacular fire occurred to-day…

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Floor Collapses In City Fire

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 1

Section of the collapsed floor in the building occupied by the H. J. Baker Tyre Co., Ltd., and P. J. Taylor, motor engineers, at the corner of Riley and Liverpool streets, city. The fire broke out early to-day, causing extensive damage. (See story, Page 13.)…

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Garage Destroyed by Fire Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 14

A garage belonging to Charles Bowers, [?] lorry proprietor and mail contractor, was destroyed by fire. A motor lorry in the ga[?] was damaged beyond repair. Bowers had [?]…

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